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Science Great science reads for your holiday vacation Maggie Koerth

Science The Open Laboratory: Best Science Writing on the Web 2012 Maggie Koerth
Technology Turning bricks into batteries David Pescovitz
Science Startling, beautiful, and weird close-up images of our Sun David Pescovitz
coronavirus Covid-19 mutated into a more contagious strain, according to study Carla Sinclair
Science When NASA quarantined the astronauts David Pescovitz
police This popular police "mindreading" technique is bullshit — but the things that cops say about it are somehow even worse. Thom Dunn
authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow
artificial intelligence Why didn't OpenAI release the "Unicorn" version of its AI storytelling software? Mark Frauenfelder
Gadgets Photography is fun again with these themed Polaroid bundles Boing Boing's Shop
computer science DARPA's Spectrum Collaboration Challenge: finally some progress towards a "Cognitive Radio" future Cory Doctorow
bong bong Brewers yeast genetically modified to produce THC and CBD Jason Weisberger
Science Lasers can beam audible messages directly to people's ears David Pescovitz
elections The GOP stole Wisconsin; now they're trying to steal it again on the way out — PROTEST TODAY! Cory Doctorow
Space NASA InSight robot lander's amazing first images from Mars David Pescovitz
News California Fires: From space, NASA JPL maps damage from Woolsey and Camp blazes Xeni Jardin
happy mutants Scenes from the Bangalore Literature Festival Jasmina Tesanovic
happy mutants Last chance to back the Kickstarter for our interdisciplinary seminar series on censorship today and in the Renaissance Cory Doctorow
books The ethics of wiping out a mosquito species Christopher Preston
Japan LA has a cool exhibit about making robots at the new Japan House Mark Frauenfelder