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Bruce Sterling
Jan 7, 2018 5:01 AM

The tale of the Gorilla Channel

*Hoaxes are hazardous. Also, parodies, when you're working too hard on the details.

Especially when you are clever and talented

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Previous landmark scientific discoveries like the Higgs boson provide a better template for what it will take to confirm whether aliens have made contact with Earth.
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A study based on 47 million galaxies found that the cosmic web retains patterns on enormous scales, which could force a reevaluation of a pillar of cosmology.
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The incident could disrupt a key part of the defense company’s rocket motor business, which designs and tests prototype motors for military customers.
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ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics
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I Tried DeleteMe, the Original Data-Broker-Removal Service
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