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trains Gorgeous photos of Soviet subway stations Clive Thompson

moon Scientists discover 4.8 quintillion pound "mystery blob" below the moon's surface Mark Frauenfelder

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puppets These otherworldly caves in Bermuda were the birthplace of Fraggle Rock David Pescovitz

politics EL CHAPO GUILTY: Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman CONVICTED in U.S. trial Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Karl Schroeder's "The Million": a science fiction conspiracy novel of radically altered timescales Cory Doctorow

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Homebiogas: easy, clean, climate-friendly way to heat and power your home with garbage Cory Doctorow

piketty How the "global super-rich" have honeycombed London's posh neighbourhoods with sub-basements, sub-sub-basements, and sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-basements Cory Doctorow

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