Who Will Dare To Challenge The Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer?

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By Carl Zimmer
Apr 1, 2010 1:35 PMJul 18, 2023 4:05 PM

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This morning, during my daily graze of news and commentary, I've come across some fairly excellent science-themed April Fool's jokes. But it will take an exceptional hoax to mount a serious challenge to what is arguably the finest science-themed April Fool's joke of all time, which today celebrates its fifteenth anniversary: the tale of the hotheaded naked ice borer.

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