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The Brilliant “Baloney Slicer” That Started the Digital Age

How the hard disk drive married two very powerful concepts.

February 16, 2015

The Common Genius of Lincoln and Einstein

The president and the physicist teach us a lesson about moral genius.

October 2, 2014

Do You Know These Scientific Pioneers?

10 great minds that should have been in your science textbooks.

October 2, 2014

Top Ten Unsung Geniuses

For these scientists, success and fame did not come in equal measure.

October 2, 2014

From Isaac Newton to the Genius Bar

Why it’s time to retire the concept of genius.

October 2, 2014

From Isaac Newton to the Genius Bar

Why it’s time to retire the concept of genius.

October 2, 2014

Cloudy With a Chance of War

His weather forecasts changed the world. Could his predictions of war?

June 25, 2014

When Theft Was Worse Than Murder

Hundreds of years of trial documents reveal our changing attitudes to violent crime.

April 7, 2014

The Vulgar Mechanic and His Magical Oven

A Renaissance alchemist pioneers feedback control.

April 7, 2014

The Glassmaker Who Sparked Astrophysics

His curious discovery, 200 years ago, foresaw our expanding universe.

March 5, 2014