Japan Town in Japan spent $228,000 of Covid relief fund on this large pink squid statue Carla Sinclair

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animals Incredible X-ray footage of a bat in flight David Pescovitz

robotics A flying drone and a walking robot share a brain Mark Frauenfelder

Japan 15 things I love about Tokyo DisneySea Richard Kaufman

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Awesome nonprofit Wings of Rescue: pilots donate flights to take euthanasia-bound dogs and cats to adopting homes Xeni Jardin