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Nature Physics 5, 613 (1 September 2009) | doi:10.1038/nphys1379

Don't overdo it

The summer months are typically a 'silly season' for the media, when journalists look to lighter-weight, less-mainstream stories to fill their air time or column inches. Science also benefits from this opportunity to steal some headlines — although, as befits the season, those headlines may end up being slightly silly.