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Science The Anthropocene Working Group has chosen Crawford Lake as a "golden spike" that can help scientists understand this new geological epoch Jennifer Sandlin

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Spoken Word with Electronics Sound Design: How to Make Your Home Into Eraserhead or 2001: A Space Odyssey Ethan Persoff

crowdfunding The original legacy of Wendy and Richard Pini's ElfQuest Hannah Means-Shannon

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happy mutants Messy: a celebration of improvisation and disorder as the keys to creativity, play, and work Cory Doctorow

politics Debate: Trump admits paying no taxes, denies sexually assaulting women, says Hillary is the devil Rob Beschizza

politics Broadcasters should time-delay presidential debates, allowing them to mute any outright lies Cory Doctorow

Funny Dad joke turns into a Hugh Mungus meme Andrea James

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Science Before Breitbart, before Trump, Bannon bullied people in Biosphere 2 Xeni Jardin

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