Is there any science behind Gwyneth Paltrow’s $200 smoothie? Either way, we drank it.; Boaty McBoatface is a fine name for a $300 million research ship, says the Internet; Women are still getting Toxic Shock Syndrome, and no one quite knows why; The Hubble Space Telescope just spotted a gang of ‘monster’ stars;
 
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Is there any science behind Gwyneth Paltrow’s $200 smoothie? Either way, we drank it.
The verdict: Definitely not $200 worth of science.
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Boaty McBoatface is a fine name for a $300 million research ship, says the Internet
The U.K.'s Natural Environment Research Council was looking for an "inspirational name" for its polar research ship. The Internet had other ideas.
 
Women are still getting Toxic Shock Syndrome, and no one quite knows why
A cluster of cases in Michigan reminds us of how little we know about the potentially fatal condition.
 
Five new studies on Pluto show just how weird the little planet is
Scientists are even suggesting that Pluto might have a liquid ocean.
 
The Hubble Space Telescope just spotted a gang of ‘monster’ stars
The stars, more than 100 times more massive than the sun, are in an unusually dense cluster.
 
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