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The "Phylogeny" of Scientific Life.
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Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education - Inside Higher Ed :: Early (Encouraging) Data on Early Colleges
Stopping atoms A "coil-gun" method for slowing atomic beams without lasers, from the Raizen group at Texas

A good rule of thumb is that when a paper title asks a question the answer is "no."

In particle physics, at least, this is known as "Hinchliffe's Rule", which led someone to write the paper "Is Hinchliffe's Rule True?"