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Boing Boing, May 04, 2025

Dance your PhD, crafty turtles, and German insults that hit different

Boing Boing
May 04, 2025
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Today we're serving up a delightfully eclectic mix: watch scientists explain chemesthesis through interpretive dance (spoiler: there's a Matrix homage), learn why calling someone a "moonlight princess" in German is shadier than it sounds, and meet Root, the box turtle rolling around Halifax on a custom LEGO prosthetic.

Plus, we've dusted off a reprint f…

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