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Top 10 Science Stories of 2008
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Top 10 Science Stories of 2008

There was a lot of news in 2008.

Madonna got divorced. Brad and Angie had some more kids. Michael Phelps won a few gold medals and, oh yeah, there was a presidential election - maybe you read about it?

You won't find any of those stories here, but we do have a collection of 2008's best, weirdest and most promising science....because, after all, we are the Science Channel.

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