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            <news:title><![CDATA[Tutankhamun’s Tomb May Contain Hidden Chambers Housing The Body Of His Predecessor, Queen Nefertiti]]></news:title>
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            <news:title><![CDATA[Are You Ever In Two Minds? It's Not Surprising, Because The Brain Is Two Organs That Evolved Separately]]></news:title>
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            <news:title><![CDATA[From Giganotosaurus To Diplodocus, Is There A Correct Way To Pronounce Dinosaur Names?]]></news:title>
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            <news:title><![CDATA[In 2025, The Hole In Ozone Layer Above Antarctica Shrunk To One Of Its Smallest Sizes In Decades]]></news:title>
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            <news:title><![CDATA[68 Percent Of Physicists Agree That The Big Bang Does Not Necessarily Mark The Beginning Of Time]]></news:title>
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            <news:title><![CDATA[For The First Time, NASA Is Putting A Trio Of Autonomous Robots On The Moon Without Humans Calling The Shots]]></news:title>
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            <image:title><![CDATA[CADRE]]></image:title>
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            <news:title><![CDATA[FDA Approves First Autonomous Blood-Drawing Robot To Tackle Shortages In The US, And Patients Seem To Like It]]></news:title>
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            <news:title><![CDATA[Sea Spider Taxi, Anyone? Amphipods Found Clinging To The Long Legs Of Sea Spiders In Boy-Girl Pairs In The Deep Sea]]></news:title>
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