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- Robust Quantum Money - and who says theoretical physics is impractical?
- Oh, My Country - Iceland descends into a caricature of a bad joke about itself.
Told you, you should have thrown the bastard in the harbour while you were on a roll. - Decline of the Humanities - as long as we don't mention the percentages for maths and physical sciences...
- Economists duel - but who will do the honourable thing?
- Carnival of Space 120, 121, 122
- Apparently, Obama is overly self-referential -
and Newsweek is concerned, they feel he should focus on bigger things.
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