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The discovery of this element in 1669 has led to a lot of friction -- in matches

Japanese scientists genetically engineered this type of coffee plant with 70% less jitter than the regular

A microwave detector put the precise age of this at 13.7 billion years (give or take 1%)

A weighty issue, but researchers found that eating the "dark" type of this food daily can lower blood pressure

This scientist, a model for Dr. Strangelove, passed away in September at age 95

Oddly, geologists learned that much of the sand in the Grand Canyon came from these mountains between Quebec & Alabama

Lignite, a low-grade type of this rock, is only about 30 percent carbon

The poorwill is one of the few species of birds that's known to do this in the winter

In 1997 the world said "Hello Dolly" to one of these mammals, the first successfully cloned

Codeine & morphine are both made from opium, which is obtained from a species of this flower