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This study opens the door to extraordinary new means of human collaboration while, at the same time, blurring fundamental notions about individual identity and autonomy in disconcerting ways.

Researchers need community because good ideas don’t just come from reading literature and thinking deep thoughts; it’s helpful to bounce ideas off others, particularly in a nonthreatening environment.

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11. Sense apparently lacking in dolphins
12. Ubiquinone by another name (2 wds.)
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22. Warble, as from a skylark
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24. Small prominence at the opening of the outer ear

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