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Private space-junk probe snaps historic photo of discarded rocket in orbit

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The private ADRAS-J probe snapped an epic, up-close image of its rendezvous target, a Japanese rocket stage that's been circling Earth since 2009.

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Extinct goat was cold-blooded (2009)

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(PhysOrg.com) -- An extinct goat that lived on a barren Mediterranean island survived for millions of years by reducing in size and by becoming cold-blooded, which has never before been discovered in mammals.

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Leveraging ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis Tests to Analyze the Impact of the Great Recession on Housing Prices

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The years 2007 to 2009 marked a tumultuous time for the US housing market. In the world of real estate, numerous factors influence property prices. The economy, market demand, location, and even the year a property is sold can play significant roles.

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Consciousness and Anaesthesia (2009)

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When we are anesthetized, we expect consciousness to vanish. But does it always? Although anesthesia undoubtedly induces unresponsiveness and amnesia, the extent to which it causes unconsciousness is harder to establish. For instance, certain anesthetics.

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In Praise of Difficult Children (2009)

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It isn’t simply that rules are made to be broken: the rules tell you that there is something to break. If there was no.

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Quantum Soccer (2009)

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Illustrations for Border Guards by Greg Egan

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The world of Yakuza fan magazines (2009)

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By Jake Adelstein TOKYO: The Japanese mafia, better known as the yakuza, has been the subject of fan magazines for decades.

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