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A complete index to the paper issues of Dragon Magazine. That's it. This is just an index; finding the issues themselves is left up to the reader.
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The Zenith Space Command, one of the first wireless television remotes ever to exist, is a monument to a time before we took the remote for granted. It also just so happened to contain one of the most influential and intriguing buttons in history.
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“Subliminal” videos have been popping up on YouTube and TikTok recently that purport to be able to manifest physical changes in appearance and even genetics to match those of East Asians.
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In 1985 , after one album using new technology and generating a market-changing single, three-fifths of Art Of Noise departed the ZTT music label for greener pastures. The remaining duo, Trevor Horn and Paul Morley vowed to continue at ZTT but didn't. The Art & ACT project's [Facebook post about history] manifesto remains yet to be found, but Life's A Barrel Of Laughs [YT playlist ~20m, linktree to various sources], the audio component has finally been released. This is mostly of interest to AON completionists, but it is of interest nonetheless.
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Pope Francis is going to be in Lisbon next week for the World Youth Days. To welcome him, artist Bordalo II strolled into the gargantuan and controversial stage still under construction for the main mass, and unrolled €500 banknote replicas for an installation he called "The Walk of Shame" for "the tour of the Italian multinational."
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With a freely downloadable, compact ruleset, fast character creation and narratively focused gameplay, Cairn is a low barrier to entry table-top roleplaying game. It's derived from Chris McDowall's Into the Odd and Ben Milton's Knave and is a prime example of the emerging NSR scene. Several dedicated adventures have been produced by the game's enthusiasts. Popular starters include Tannic and Barrow of the Elf King. Alternatively, there's a growing list of conversions of classic OSR modules. Most recently, creator Yochai-Gal has recently made available a playtest of the game's second edition, meaning that there's never been a better time to get on board with the Cairn community.
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Australian ant honey inhibits tough pathogens, new research shows. The honey has powerful anti-microbial effects, particularly against certain heat-tolerant yeasts and moulds which resist most current antifungal drugs.
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