The pitter-patter is drowned out as people take to the dancefloor, twirling and flat-footing in a sweaty, happy mass.

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But for Alice, a pleasant male companion is what she wants a lot more than someone that might make her heart go pitter-patter.

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If the oceans do not make your heart go pitter-patter, how about engineering a bacteria that eats carbon dioxide -- and thus helps protect the world from overheating -- AND excretes fuel which will allow us to drive our cars and machines, without oil?

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