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Google Thought I Was a Man

How Facebook and Google build a picture of who you really are.

September 9, 2017

The Catch 22 of Hacktivism

Are hackers who expose the military serving it?

August 21, 2017

When Driver and Car Share the Same Brain

An artist teams with an automaker to counter driverless cars with neuroscience.

August 21, 2017

The Moon Is Full of Money

Capitalism in space.

August 21, 2017

How Information Got Re-Invented

The story behind the birth of the information age.

How the Oil Pipeline Began

Pipeline fights have a longer history than you think.

June 30, 2017

The Ultimate Clean Energy Strategy

Could nanoscale catalysts bring us inexpensive fuels and fertilizers—made from air and sunlight—that do not contribute to climate change?

June 27, 2017

How to Obfuscate

What misinformation on Twitter and radar have in common.

Why Quantum Computers Might Not Break Cryptography

A new paper claims that a common digital security system could be tweaked to withstand attacks even from a powerful quantum computer.

May 15, 2017

Your Robot Car Should Ignore You

Some research suggests that cars would be safer with no involvement from humans at all.