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Dust, costumes, weirdness — and science: Burning Man is back

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Aug. 26, 2022

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By Jennifer A. Kingson

The annual Burning Man bacchanal in the Nevada desert returns Sunday after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus — this time with a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers conducting a science experiment with implications for online social networks.

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