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By J. Richard - AOL News(Nov. 18) -- From "Star Trek" to "Angels and Demons," antimatter has been a staple of science fiction for decades -- but not any longer. Today, scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, announced that they have successfully produced and trapped atoms of antihydrogen as part of an ongoing effort to understand the difference between matter and antimatter. As any sci-fi buff is aware, matter and antimatter destroy each other on contact, making "antimatter bombs" a very useful plot device. But what exactly is the elusive substance? Surge Desk surveyed the Web ...
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By Jeffrey Weiss - Politics DailyNeedlessly stupid, apparently. My general rule about facts in fiction is that anybody who looks to learn religion from a movie probably expects to learn science from Star Wars. But Dan Brown's work seems to inspire a different level of expectation. ...
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