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Look at These Beautiful Planets JK They’re Bacteria From Public Buses

If you’re the kind of person who carries hand sanitizer everywhere you go, then you’re aware—maybe too aware—of the colonies of bacteria camped out on everything from gas pumps to ATM machines. Marco Castelli plays to your worst fears in his series A Micro Odyssey.

Oh sure, they look like photographs of distant planets. But they’re petri dishes awash in bacteria found in bank terminals, public buses and women’s bathrooms, photographed against pictures of the stars. Yet suspended in space, they are surprisingly beautiful. “It’s fantastic to let microorganisms meet stars,” Castelli says.

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EFF Sues for Secret Court Orders Requiring Tech Companies to Decrypt Users’ Communications

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VIDEO: Breakthrough tech lets single antenna WiFi system get double the speeds at half the size

Appearing before a congressional panel, government officials and Apple representatives showed no sign of compromise in their battle over encryption and privacy.

Retro video game art by Andrew Heath

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VIDEO: ‘The Nostalgist’ short film about the future will leave you wanting more