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magic Harry Anderson, TV's 'Night Court' star, has died at 65 in Asheville, N.C. Xeni Jardin

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Science Video of the International Space Station passing in front of the solar eclipse David Pescovitz

video Driver beats drunk driving test by juggling Andrea James

happy mutants Parasitic Souls: what if there was a tech bubble, but for magic? Kater Cheek

picks Actor Gene Wilder dies at 83 Xeni Jardin

picks Dictionary.com to stop saying pow wows are where Native Americans practice “magic” Jason Weisberger

security On whistleblowers and secrecy: What author Barry Eisler said to a room of ex-intelligence officers Barry Eisler

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material culture Forget tidying: losing your precious possessions is the real "life-changing magic" Cory Doctorow

magic tricks Rick Lax: How I fooled Penn and Teller Mark Frauenfelder

offworld Offworld Monday roundup: Nostalgia, magical girls and cybersex Laura Hudson

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

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offworld You're the writer of a terrible video game. Can you save it? Laura Hudson