In December 2005, 14 classrooms and two science labs were destroyed in a fire started by a pupil who was playing with a lighter and an aerosol.

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Social media fuel the fire, as anyone can publish any outlandish junk science claim on the Internet.

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And like any modern science, truth is forged in the fire of trial and error, and subjects nearly always emerge with theories of their own.

NPR: Subzero Biker Checks In

The tale of the tiny lunar pebbles' restoration to the 49th state includes an arson's fire, a teenager's theft, a science fair photo and a ship's captain from a reality TV show.

MSN: Alaska's lost moon rocks back after theft, arson and more

Doctors since at least the 1930s have advised drastically lower salt consumption, but the science behind this advice has come under a lot of fire of late.

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Much as Mr. Perry drew fire for his contention in last week's debate that the science behind global warming hasn't been proven, Mr. Reagan was attacked for his contention that forests' hydrocarbon production was as big a contributor to smog as were machines.

WSJ: Doubts About Perry Echo Those Faced by Reagan

Forty years ago, women with no apparent power, either transactional or economic, moved tens of thousands of women into business and the professions, into the skilled trades, into science, engineering, and, technology, onto police forces and into fire houses.

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