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To the surprise of nobody in Hollywood, Warner Bros. has greenlit a sequel to the nearly-billion-dollar smash “A Minecraft Movie.” “Minecraft 2” is currently in the works and is scheduled to premiere ...

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THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. “I’m not sure if it was the effect of the atomic bomb, but I have always had a weak body, and when I was born, the ...