1980s How the Nintendo NES Zapper gun worked (and why it doesn't on today's TVs) David Pescovitz

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amazon Walmart thinks it can save itself from Amazon with a streaming video service Seamus Bellamy

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art Shark cats: delightful portraits of terror Andrea James

video games The story behind the sounds of Pong, Pac-Man, and Doom David Pescovitz

dehumanization Child of millionaire says Democrats investigating his dad are "not even people" Mark Frauenfelder

Alaska Photos of a family that's lived in near isolation in the Alaska wilderness for 18 years Mark Frauenfelder

apocalyptic literature Pursuit of the Apocalypse, a Duck and Cover Adventure Jason Weisberger

science fiction The Android’s Prehistoric Menagerie A Merc Rustad

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

travel What bees taught me about Cambodia Tom Fassbender

Science Climate change is life and death Rob Beschizza

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