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Here's a one chapter excerpt from Yao Ming's new book. It provides a fascinating glimpse into the life of a kid growing up in China in the 1980's and 1990's, including some comments about Mao Tse-tung's Cultural Revolution.

In other news, we found a new kind of ape. Funny how we could miss something that big.

And just 'cause it's cool, there's a new idea about how we could create super-speed spacecraft via magnetic repulsion. It could go to Mars and back in only 90 days. Just point the spacecraft at the planet you want to go to and then shoot it away from earth via magnets on a spacestation. The only trick is that you need another huge magnet at the destination in order to send the spacecraft back.