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Science Look at this photo printed on algae in a petri dish Xeni Jardin

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biology Interactive online tour of Antarctica's microworld from science hacker Ariel Waldman David Pescovitz

immigration Homeland Security labelled a group of volunteer doctors as "radical political activists" Thom Dunn

zoology Paris zoo opens a new exhibit with an immortal mutant slime mold called "The Blob" Thom Dunn

happy mutants The magic theatre of High Weirdness Ferdinando Buscema

elections The GOP stole Wisconsin; now they're trying to steal it again on the way out — PROTEST TODAY! Cory Doctorow

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