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language The Reddit chart of compound pejoratives Rob Beschizza

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radiation A new breakthrough in the study of Einsteinium, a rare element discovered in a 50s nuclear test Thom Dunn

game theory How "God Makes God" is a 1993 CD-ROM about probability, game theory, genetic algorithms, and evolutionary strategies Mark Frauenfelder

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