art New Ways of Seeing: James Bridle's BBC radio show about networked digital tools in our "image-soaked culture" Cory Doctorow
Science "Cave of Bones" scientist Lee Berger talks about extinct apes that buried their dead and created art Ruben Bolling
Science Study: Small-brained hominins used fire, engraved tools and cave walls, and buried their dead Ruben Bolling
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twitter Mastodon users embrace columnist's funny error about a fictitious "John Mastodon" Mark Frauenfelder
music The Happy Mondays' huge 1990s hit "Step On" was a cover song. Here's the incredible original. David Pescovitz
cryptocurrency SEC charges blockchain payments firm Ripple with conducting unregistered securities offering Xeni Jardin
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