Indeed, for those who love science, the true drama is in the discoveries themselves.

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This is far less true now, as many in the science community have emerged as talented communicators with the wherewithal to reach broad audiences.

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The back story to every success story in art, science, business or true love is a long series of rejections, and the single biggest reason why we never live our dreams is the fear of failure which is just another term for fear of rejection.

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And more recently, advances in brain science have given us the beginnings of a true understanding of this essential piece of human behavior.

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As is almost always true in forensic-science laboratories, these examiners knew what the case was about.

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Published in Science, that paper gave the best-yet estimate of the true number of words in English a million, far more than any dictionary has recorded (the 2002 Webster's Third New International Dictionary has 348, 000).

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