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Comic Books Love and Rockets gets a documentary after 40 years of being the best comic book ever made Mark Frauenfelder

computer history The 1947 origin story of the first computer bug is bogus Mark Frauenfelder

Science Watch these miniature Brazilian frogs in all their awkward glory Jennifer Sandlin

tech Programming Language Creator or Serial Killer? Rob Beschizza

banking Why COBOL will never die Clive Thompson

Science What is a nanosecond anyway? Computing pioneer Grace Hopper shows us (1983) David Pescovitz

trump 'Flynn Doesn't Matter,' says TPM's Josh Marshall, 'This Is About Trump' Xeni Jardin

education Yale's college will no longer bear the name of a slaver, from now on, it's "Grace Murray Hopper" college Cory Doctorow

obama President Obama's final State of the Union address Xeni Jardin

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