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oops Internet fixes botched art restoration with glorious results Rusty Blazenhoff

Space NASA renames DC headquarters after Mary W. Jackson Rob Beschizza

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newsletters Recommended newsletter: Exploding Topics, "a list of rapidly trending topics, insights and analysis." Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus Today Arizona reports its highest Covid daily death toll, and it's not even noon yet Carla Sinclair

Food Post office evacuated and workers treated for durian exposure David Pescovitz

cars This Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite looks to be the most cheerful of cars Jason Weisberger

History Watch the rise and fall of Blockbuster Video in under four minutes Seamus Bellamy

crimes Gentleman arrested for smuggling cocaine inside fake penis David Pescovitz

fonts Goldman Sachs releases its own font, forbids criticism of Goldman Sachs with it Rob Beschizza

Science NASA delivers first grant in 30 years to support the search for extraterrestrial intelligence David Pescovitz

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the cruelty is the point A catalog of Trump's top cruelties 2011-2020 Mark Frauenfelder

politics Biden "dominating" Trump in latest national poll Rob Beschizza

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