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britain Britons! Warm your homes by leaving bathwater in the tub instead of heating the sewers with it. Rob Beschizza

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

tricks One mundane trick to organize nails Rob Beschizza

security Modechai Guri: the guy who gets data out of airgapped computers Cory Doctorow

physics Nice video explains why perpetual motion machines won't work Mark Frauenfelder

Creation Myths A crash course on creation myths Caroline Siede

happy mutants How optimistic disaster stories can save us from dystopia Cory Doctorow

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Science Here's a crash course in thermodynamics Caroline Siede

perpetual motion Can you spot how this "perpetual motion" machine works? Mark Frauenfelder

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Science What came before the big bang? Paul Davies