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How Designers Engineer Luck Into Video Games
The responsibilities and challenges of programmed luck.
Don’t Tell Your Friends They’re Lucky
Luck has a lot to do with success. We just don’t want to admit it.
Is the Chinese Language a Superstition Machine?
How ambiguity in language can create unique taboos.
From a Pink Squiggle to the Human Genome Project
This Yellowstone bacterium sparked PCR, one of the great advances in genetics.
What Sea Slugs Taught Us About Our Brain
The simple nerve cells of sea creatures helped scientists fathom human memory.
Why Do Jellyfish Glow?
A fluorescent protein helped researchers illuminate human cellular biology.
The Man Who Kicked Off the Biotech Revolution
The $325 billion biotech industry began with the discovery of an enzyme to slice DNA.