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coronavirus Hotel bedbugs face severe food shortage Mark Frauenfelder

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social distancing Why is everyone suddenly baking bread? I think I know Gareth Branwyn

COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn

art Art in the age of artifice Ferdinando Buscema

photography Photo of mice brawling on a subway platform wins wildlife photography award David Pescovitz

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evolution Some wasps have evolved to recognize and remember faces Thom Dunn

drugs This is the first cannabis-themed US restaurant that encourages you to smoke weed inside David Pescovitz

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