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Fear in the Cockpit

The tragic plane crash in Taipei was the result of mechanical and psychological failures.

April 2, 2015

Yes, You Can Catch Insanity

A controversial disease revives the debate about the immune system and mental illness.

April 2, 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

The Executioner We Can’t Live Without

You’re dead meat without special molecules that kill rotten proteins.

March 26, 2015

The Amazing, Autotuning Sandpile

A simple mathematical model of a sandpile shows remarkably complex behavior.

March 26, 2015

How a Snowflake Turns Into an Avalanche

Meet the avalanche engineers of the Subzero Laboratory.

March 26, 2015

The Man Who Beat HIV at Its Own Game for 30 Years

A survivor’s story is about to change.

March 4, 2015

What the Deer Are Telling Us

A lesson in home improvement.

December 5, 2014