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Why Our Genome and Technology Are Both Riddled With “Crawling Horrors”
Why Were the UK Election Polls So Wrong? A Statistical Mystery
In Mathematics, Mistakes Aren’t What They Used To Be
Computers can’t invent, but they’re changing the field anyway.
Why Hasn’t the World Been Destroyed in a Nuclear War Yet?
How Enormous Dominoes Can Help You Rethink Saving for Retirement
Meet the 17-Year-Old, Award-Winning, Rube Goldberg Parts Manufacturer
Tommy George and the Agents of SHIELD shot a Nerf ball and erased a whiteboard.
Why the Flash Crash Really Matters
The debate about what caused the 2010 stock market Flash Crash is missing the point.
Nobody Knows the Real Price of a Forest—and That’s a Problem
How the Computer Got Its Revenge on the Soviet Union
Condemned as a capitalist tool, the computer would help expose the USSR’s weakness.
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