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The Data That Threatened to Break Physics
What does a rational scientist do with an impossible result?
Why Hasn’t the World Been Destroyed in a Nuclear War Yet?
The precariousness of game theory.
How Enormous Dominoes Can Help You Rethink Saving for Retirement
Can the spectacle of crashing dominoes shock people out of old habits?
The Admiral of the String Theory Wars
After a decade, Peter Woit still thinks string theory is a gory mess.
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.
In Mathematics, Mistakes Aren’t What They Used to Be
Computers can’t invent, but they’re changing the field anyway.











