Ten Minute Sabbatical

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.

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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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8. Indigestible but useful carbohydrate
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10. Reptilian striker, for short
11. Sense apparently lacking in dolphins
12. Ubiquinone by another name (2 wds.)
17. Jumping spiders’ typical eye allotment
19. Small, yellowish, pestilent type of ant
21. Skeletal part in front, not back
22. Warble, as from a skylark
23. Crescent-shaped tool or bone
24. Small prominence at the opening of the outer ear

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