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fake news Noah’s Ark found, a Palace coup, and a Hollywood poker scam, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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Nature Ship exhaust makes ocean lightning more common and intense in shipping lanes Andrea James

Annalee Newitz's Autonomous: a robosexual romp through an unequal future where biotech patent-enforcement is the only law Cory Doctorow

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