Science Europe's massive plan to require open access for all science gets two new backers: Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation Cory Doctorow

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Gadgets Python is fueling some of tech’s coolest innovations and these videos and ebooks can get you up to speed Boing Boing's Shop

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Space This curious object fell from the sky in northern India David Pescovitz

Business Camp Fire: PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for negligence in California’s worst wildfire Xeni Jardin

Science How do you count more than 60,000 sea turtles? David Pescovitz

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when gentleman disagree Piers Morgan and Rudy Giuliani quarrel on air Mark Frauenfelder

Welome to Gilead Barr gives DEA power to investigate people protesting George Floyd's murder Mark Frauenfelder

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australia Mining company destroys sacred Aboriginal cave in Western Australia. They're "sorry." David Pescovitz

Space Watch: SpaceX prototype Starship rocket just exploded in a big fireball David Pescovitz

Gadgets Have some fun with these attention-grabbing face mask designs Boing Boing's Shop

tabloids Kim Jong-un is dead, Prince Andrew is broke, and Kobe Bryant killed himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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