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Fear in the Cockpit
The tragic plane crash in Taipei was the result of mechanical and psychological failures.
Yes, You Can Catch Insanity
A controversial disease revives the debate about the immune system and mental illness.
How the Computer Got Its Revenge on the Soviet Union
Condemned as a capitalist tool, the computer would help expose the USSR’s weakness.
The Executioner We Can’t Live Without
You’re dead meat without special molecules that kill rotten proteins.
The Amazing, Autotuning Sandpile
A simple mathematical model of a sandpile shows remarkably complex behavior.
How a Snowflake Turns Into an Avalanche
Meet the avalanche engineers of the Subzero Laboratory.