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Pigeons Would Make Pretty Good Art Critics

Today in 2001 that a scientific journal published a study with an interesting name, which read in part: “Van Gogh, Chagall and pigeons." There's been a lot of research into how pigeons take in and process visual information, like art, and apparently it's pretty complex.

There’s A Way To Turn Old Chewing Gum Into Wheels For Skateboards

Two design students have come up with an idea to turn the stretchy, plasticky parts of chewing gum into new wheels for skateboards, so the gum isn't wasted. It's the kind of idea that just might stick.

Can Drones Help Make Bridges Safer?

The drone company Skydio has just announced a new 3D scanning software that’s intended for use on large-scale structures like bridges. That may help us deal with the tens of thousands of "structurally deficient" bridges in the US.

Gleaming The Cube

Gleaming the Cube isn't a great b-movie, though it does have some fun moments, and about six hundred subplots