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After a decade, Peter Woit still thinks string theory is a gory mess.

Computers can’t invent, but they’re changing the field anyway.

Many obstacles lie on the path to rational thought.

Many obstacles lie on the path to rational thought.

From our knees to our eyeballs, our bodies are full of hack solutions.

Medicine’s latest cure is forgetting you’re sick.

In sprawling Florida, one group of geologists is never short on business.

Cosmic microwaves and crime.