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The Bitcoin Paradox

Why cryptocurrency will always be political.

December 8, 2017

Are Algorithms Building the New Infrastructure of Racism?

How we use big data can reinforce our worst biases—or help fix them.

December 5, 2017

Why Garbage Science Gets Published

Predatory journals keep the pseudoscience flowing.

The Science of Star Wars Weaponry

Just how realistic are lightsabers, blasters, and ion cannons?

November 30, 2017

The Fish That Took a Century to Name

The unlikely story of Alfred Russel Wallace’s pike.

November 30, 2017

The Resulting Fallacy Is Ruining Your Decisions

Are you judging your decisions on their outcomes?

November 30, 2017

The Overlooked Link Between Two of This Year’s Nobel Prizes

To better understand the molecules described by the latest prize in medicine, we will need the technique recognized by the latest prize in chemistry.

November 30, 2017