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For your Monday morning reading pleasure.Mike sent in a link to a story about Hashima, also known as "the island of ghosts." Here's an excerpt:
Off the coast of the Japanese city of Nagasaki lies a terrifying symbol of shortsighted development. Out of the dark blue East China Sea rises a dead island covered with dilapidated concrete buildings. Forms of life are absent. No people, no animals. However, in the not so distant past more than five thousand inhabitants lived here. The voices of children echoed from the houses, laughter sounded in the streets. Now only dead concrete is left. This is the island Hashima, once the most densely populated place in the world.
It's a fantastic, fascinating story, and you can read it here.
Brian Minsker set in links to some spectacular pictures from the Mars rover.
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Andrew Borelli sent in a link to an incredible picture of Saturn, with Earth as a tiny speck in the left background. You can see it here.
Matthew Sakey's excellent column Culture Clash has a new installment, and you can read it here.
Several of you sent in links to a video about TED, a touch-driven computer screen that makes what we see in Minority Report (and more) a reality much sooner than I ever expected. It's amazing, and you can watch it here.
Finally, Sirius sent in a link to a very interesting story about crows and how they learn from each other, particularly in the area of making tools. It's a remarkable story, and you can read it here.
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