In a week where the world’s smallest pacemaker, one smaller than a grain of rice, was announced for children, where the human brain was mapped in 3D for the first time, where a very rare Pampas cat was sighted by walking up to a trail camera, where a new 3D scan of the Titanic provides new evidence about the sinking, and where, from the timbers of Fennario, genetic engineers working with ancient DNA, were able to bring back the dire wolf after being extinct for over 10,000 years.
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Andy Matthews
Founder and editor in chief of Meeple Mountain, software engineer, Father of 4, husband to 1, lover of games, books, and movies, and all around nice guy. I also run Nashville Tabletop Day.
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