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1). A cluster of atoms Imagine a new variety of compounds; compounds that have properties never seen before or simply compounds that have properties more pronounced than tho 2). Cellphones are the devil’s work Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone? – Cartoon caption by James Thurber.But I say, “I will not pick up my cellpho 3). Is yawning contagious? It is a fact to any observer that yawning flies like a butterfly and stings like a bee. Scientists and others studying yawning, seem to have reached t 4). Mosquitoes like my blood Here in Mauritius, mosquitoes are in paradise. The male mosquitoes have all the fruits they’ll ever dream of – god knows whether they actually dream – 5). Programmed life Does aging happen by chance? Is aging the breaking down of an organism till the latter eventually stops working?According to Valter Longo’s la 6). The why behind ‘1+1=2 What does 1+1 equal to? Too easy of a question, you might think. Well yes the answer is 2. There were not any traps whatsoever. But why is it that 1+1 7). The “beauty” of number theories In the proceedings of the London Mathematical Society of May 1921, Srinivasa Ramanujan said something startling as a reply to G.H. Hardy’s suggestion 8). Time travel: sci-fi? When you look at the clear night sky, you see stars-those tiny diamonds suspended in the vast pitch-black emptiness. But stars shine because…? Our own