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Why We Should Let the Pantheon Crack

Modern architects have a lot to learn from the sound engineering of the ancients.

May 19, 2015

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.

April 29, 2015

How the Computer Got Its Revenge on the Soviet Union

Condemned as a capitalist tool, the computer would help expose the USSR’s weakness.

April 2, 2015

Will Humans Be Able to Control Computers That Are Smarter Than Us?

Let’s consider the fear that once surrounded another powerful technology: recombinant DNA.

February 20, 2015

Moore’s Law Is About to Get Weird

Never mind tablet computers. Wait till you see bubbles and slime mold.

January 29, 2015

The Future of the Web Is 100 Years Old

In the debate between structure and openness, 19th-century ideas are making a comeback.

January 29, 2015