Thu. 03/17 - Why Are Movies So Long These Days?

Why have movies gotten so long recently? Plus, the startups working to develop lab-created chocolate. And a nightmarish creature from Texas to rival all the hype around those giant Joro spiders.

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Links:

• Why Are Movies So Long Now? (Variety)
• Silicon Valley Is Coming for Your Chocolate (The Atlantic)
• Watch Dark Side of Chocolate (Slave Free Chocolate)
• A look at the frightening Texas giant red-headed centipede (Yahoo)
• Texas Centipedes: 3 Things You Probably Don't Want to Know (Texas Hill Country)
• Killer Centipede | World's Deadliest (National Geographic)
• NASA Preparing to Roll Out Its SLS Megarocket Later This Week (Gizmodo)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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