music The Library of Congress is launching an open-source archive of hip-hop samples dating back more than a century Thom Dunn

music Listen to the sources of Daft Punk's samples David Pescovitz

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Copyfight German court hands Kraftwerk its ass, rules sampling is legal Cory Doctorow

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books Horse Yoga, All About Pockets, How God Gives Us Ice Cream, and a slew of other weird books David Pescovitz

tech The Ripsaw, the Phaser, and more new drone technology John Struan

toys Electronic "sand toy" features LEDs that shift as if affected by gravity John Struan

Cryptozoology Loch Ness DNA suggests 'Nessie' might be eel, says geneticist Xeni Jardin