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THAT AUTUMN, A RESEARCH VESSEL called the Glomar Challenger sailed over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to drill holes and sample sediment. Fossils within the sediment samples they retrieved gave scientists a ...

Being gay is not a superpower,” one person wrote on social media. Immediately, my heart sank, says Rick Pidcock.