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Nature 448, 865 (23 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/448865a; Published online 22 August 2007

Puns: wimp or macho, not a particle of offence is meant

Milan Hopkins1

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Beyond the excellence of the scientific reporting, I particularly enjoy the entertaining use of language and the enlightened levity of Nature. Consequently, I am somewhat concerned by the complaint of R.

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