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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. This will just take a minute. Youve probably chased a fly or two around the house this summer. And, chances are, it took a few swings before you brought down the buzzing nuisance.

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Youve given some thought to oxygen, carbon, uranium. But youve probably never mused about the element ytterbium, symbol Yb. A new study by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, says that ytterbium could find a rol

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Rating Agency Downgrades US Credit Outlook

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Italy Faces Credit Rating Cut

A major financial services company says that Italy faces a significant chance of having its credit rating cut soon, but that it has no plans to downgrade France's top credit standing. Fitch Ratings said Tuesday it is confident that the 17-nation Euro

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