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"  Welcome to PM/AM, PopMech&amp;#039;s morning briefing on the top science and tech stories for today. Read This Remember that drone maker that Facebook wanted to buy? It belongs to Google now. [via The Wall Street Journal] The Washington Post and The Guardian earn journalism&amp;#039;s top honor for its part in revealing the NSA&amp;#039;s surveillance program. [via CBS News] How exactly did a once harmless bacteria evolve into a flesh-eating killer? [via LiveScience] Watch This      The film is simple\u2014a bear going up stairs\u2014but this two-second long clip on a loop required a team from DBLG, a London-based design agency, to 3D print 50 separate bear statues and then motion capture each precise movement. The team essentially created an old-fashioned, stop-motion animation with the help of modern technology. In an era where digital animation is much faster and more efficient, there&amp;#039;s something still mesmerizing about bringing physical objects to life. Check out the team&amp;#039;s process in the video above. [via Visual News] Consider This Could more science be coming to late night? With David Letterman announcing his retirement and the decision to hire on Stephen Colbert for &amp;quot;The Late Show,&amp;quot; CBS execs inadvertently (though hopefully intentionally) brought one of the most science-friendly talk show hosts to millions of viewers. Fans of Colbert know that the energetic faux-news anchor has always had a deep lineup of scientists on his Comedy Central talk show. Science comedian Brian Malow points out in a Chicago Tribune article that Colbert has asked astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson back to his show more than any other celebrity. But we already know that &amp;quot;The Late Show&amp;quot; Colbert won&amp;#039;t be the same as his Comedy Central persona, and a much wider audience means science could once again be pushed aside. But with shows like the new Cosmos and documentaries like Particle Fever aiming to make science more mainstream, maybe Colbert&amp;#039;s Late Show will be good place to start fighting against a country&amp;#039;s growing science illiteracy. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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