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Electric Shock Makes Mushrooms Grow: That's Improbable!

— Also, how to slow down ping pong

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Giving mushrooms electric shocks appears to make them grow bigger and faster, according to a 2012 .

Is it possible to slow down a game of ping pong? attempt to answer this question using computer simulations.

A researcher analyzes whether can influence, even foreshadow, political events.

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One professor explores examples of sting operations on predatory journals in his .

That's Improbable! is 51˶'s weekly roundup of clinically, um, relevant finds at , which awards the .