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Games The age of physical games begins to come to a close as PlayStation discontinues discs Grant St. Clair

music This site turns LA Metro trains into ambient music Popkin

Science A synthetic cell grew, copied its DNA, and split in two Ellsworth Toohey

politics County with 37 data centers tells schools to turn off lights to save electricity Rob Beschizza

History In 1681, a mystery attacker who vanished instantly terrorized London Ellsworth Toohey

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Technology Clicks Communicator brings back the physical keyboard for $500 Séamus Bellamy

Science Nature's Mars simulator scores your terraforming skills Gail Sherman

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Science A single drug injection reversed autism-like behavior in mice Ellsworth Toohey

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Games The Steam Machine Companion Cube was a lie Rob Beschizza

mysteries An Oklahoma family vanished in 2009 with $32,000 cash, a trancelike home video, and no explanation Ellsworth Toohey

books Kevin Kelly's plan for the smallest library to restart civilization Ellsworth Toohey

Games Pick the hub word last in 4×3 and you lose 100 points Gail Sherman

History The dentist who convinced FDR to bomb Japan with bats Gail Sherman