Artist Oliver Laric worked with the Usher Gallery and The Collection in Lincoln to create 3D scans of their collections, then made the files available online. The art that emerged is varied and sometimes astonishing, like the work above by Leah Ferrini. Read the rest

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It flashed at protesters during the Black Lives Matter die-in at the Mall of America in December, 2014. Read the rest

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This Nintendo-themed art event sounds like a great way to spend a Saturday. Read the rest

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After Xeni posted a photo of one of my cats sleeping on a doll bed, I received an email from Katy Cone, who makes couches for cats.

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That tell-tale wedding of relentless hostility and ethical affectation is a peculiar youth subculture spilling out into the open web. Get ready for more of it. Read the rest

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The hotel chain petitioned the FCC for changes that could let venues shut down personal networks. Microsoft, Google, and the cell industry are opposed. Read the rest

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As our friends in Death Cab for Cutie put it...

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Rick Kleffel: An Argument that books can change the world and nine from 2014 have the potential to do so; including Karen Armstrong, Roz Chast, Cory Doctorow, Richard Ford, William Gibson, Jake Halpern, Michael Katakis, Thomas Piketty,and Lawrence Wright.

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"I do not think it is the government's role to decide who is honourable."

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I've been travelling continuously since September, and that means that despite my best efforts, I haven't been able to see Citizenfour, Laura Poitras's storied Edward Snowden documentary -- until last night. Read the rest

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I love audiobooks, but I hate DRM (actually, I think it's an existential threat to humanity), and since Audible requires all its books to be sold with DRM (even when the publishers object), that's left me with limited options -- until 2014, when I discovered Downpour. Read the rest

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He left without remembering to take his money. I've done that before.

Would-be thief's plan to blow up ATM knocked him off his feet

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I thought that water was already burnt. But I just learned we could have all been driving water-burning cars, if not for the oil cartels who suppressed this amazing invention, introduced in the May 1950 issue of Popular Science.

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Professor Lynda Barry has been on a roll of late. First, she published her astonishing and inspired writing-workshop-in-a-book, What It Is.

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The CDC announced yesterday that this year's flu has officially become an epidemic. One reason: the vaccine being used is not working.

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Michelle Vandy gets severe arm pain when she uses her hands to do design work. She solved the problem by putting a trackpad on a small tripod and using her nose and lips to make her designs.

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On December 5, Heather Cho, head of in-flight service at Korean Air Lines, was a passenger on Flight 86 from New York to Seoul. As the plane was sitting on the runway, ready for takeoff, an attendant served Cho a bag of macadamia nuts without asking. Cho was infuriated. She “screamed and scolded” the attendant, then ordered the pilot to return back to the gate, where the head of the service crew was kicked off the plane. Read the rest

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