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A Familiar Star Wars Face Returns In This Exclusive Thrawn: Treason Excerpt
Timothy Zahn’s return to his most famous creation, Grand Admiral Thrawn, has been one of the consistent highlights of the new canon of Star Wars under Disney. So far we’ve got to see Thrawn’s early days in the Empire and a fateful encounter between him and Anakin Skywalker. Gizmodo can now give you an exclusive…
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Why Breeding Pedigree Dogs Is Just Eugenics By Another Name
Eugenics is the now-defunct (and creepy!) practice of breeding supposedly superior humans to achieve genetic improvements while sterilising undesirables. Sound familiar? It’s the exact same thing we now do to dogs and it’s responsible for a range of health and behavioural issues in them.
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The Amazing Anatomical Diagrams Of Fritz Kahn, Pioneer Of Infographics
While the singularity may still be a ways off, mankind has long marveled at analogies between the inner workings of the human body and the industrial processes of the modern world. The most famous of these design-minded biologists, German doctor, illustrator and author Fritz Kahn, not only revealed startling similarities between the two, he invented…