Link roundup

1. The adorable Google Android mascot bears more than a passing resemblance to an old character from Gauntlet. Via.

2. Time to throw up your hands in despair:

Exercising your brain can keep you sharp longer into old age, confirmed a new study. But here's the twist: When symptoms of dementia finally settle in, the decline happens faster in those whose brains have been busiest.

3. Some skinks lay eggs, and some give live birth - - apparently they're evolving right before our eyes. Via.

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