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Clinton: Not All Americans Wear Bikinis and Wrestle

(Nov. 9) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wants to clear up a few misconceptions: Not all Americans look like the Kardashians and strut around in bikinis. "If you look at American TV as much of the rest of the world does, you would think we all went around wrestling and wearing bikinis," she told the comedy...

Astronomers Observe Black Holes Devouring Matter

(June 12) -- Astronomers at an Australian university have developed a new technique that lets them see matter falling into huge black holes millions of miles away. Their secret? Use a galaxy, a collection of millions of stars, as a lens. The gravitational pull of black holes compresses and super-heats the matter nearby,...

Background on University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria.

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