A prototype for self-repairing planetary exploration robots made of ice. The surprising history of the word “dude.” And a new Danish children’s cartoon about the misadventures of a man with a huge dong. Yep.

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Links:

• Robots Made of Ice Could Build and Repair Themselves on Other Planets (IEEE)
• The surprising history of the word ‘dude’ (BBC)
• dude, n., adj., and int. (Oxford English Dictionary)
• mobile, n.2. (Oxford English Dictionary)
• John Dillermand: New Danish children's TV show features a man with a massive penis (CNN)
• John Dillermand is kid's TV about a guy with an elastic dick (A/V Club)
• Denmark launches children's TV show about man with giant penis (The Guardian)
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• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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