This Week in the Future, October 10-14, 2011

We’ve been looking in all the wrong places for the creator of bitcoin. All the evidence (read: this Baarbarian illustration) points indisputably toward one culprit: the kraken. The truth is out there, people. Spread the word.

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• Navy’s Distinctly UFO-Like X-47B War Drone Makes First Flight in Cruise Mode
• Winner of Million-Dollar X Challenge Cleans Up Oil Spills Three Times Better Than Existing Tech
• Did an Ancient Kraken Create Its Own Friends? What About a Modern Jellyfish?
• Today in Good Reads: The Case of the Cryptic Currency Creator

And don’t forget to check out our other favorite stories of the week:

• The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, October 10-14
• Archive Gallery: Classic Thrill Rides and Carnival Attractions
• PopSci’s 10th Annual Brilliant 10
• Nearly All Vertebrates, Including Us, Descended From a Creature With An Electromagnetic Sixth Sense
• The Techno-Culinary Trickeries of Andoni Luis Aduriz
• Video: South Korea’s Small Robot Dog Quietly Prances Around
• Winner of Million-Dollar X Challenge Cleans Up Oil Spills Three Times Better Than Existing Tech
• $80 Kindle Review: Worth the Price and Then Some
• Awesome but Creepy Japanese Product of the Day: Realistic 3-D Face Replicas
• Optimism Is a Brain Defect, According to Functional MRI Scans
• How a Team of Enthusiasts Are Mapping Dark Matter
• Video: A Homemade Rocket Soars 121,000 Feet in 92 Seconds