While
the cosmological version is the most famous, it is far from the only dark
matter story in science. There are silent neurons, missing fossils, and
nighttime animal migration; death and conception; algorithms both genetic and
man-made. Seeing, it turns out, isn’t the only path to believing.
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An Earthy Fallen Star
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