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wonderful creatures Macrocilix maia, a moth that evolved to look like flies eating glistening bird shit Rob Beschizza

cyborgs Engineers design a robotic tail for people to assist with balance and movement Mark Frauenfelder

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Kids Watch why bees can understand zero, but young children can't Andrea James

books Tom Wolfe, pioneering "New Journalist" and novelist, RIP David Pescovitz

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Science Autonomous bat bot weighs 93g, flies like a bat Cory Doctorow

animals Why the US Navy wanted to communicate using whale language David Pescovitz

Science Are you ready for robots skinned with sensitive hairs? Andrea James

art Cool hand carved "hobo nickels" up for auction Mark Frauenfelder

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music Wrong notes and syntax errors: The joy of improv in music and code Maddy Myers