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Safecracking the Brain

What neuroscience is learning from code-breakers and thieves.

October 10, 2013

When Hackers Fight

A leet hacker recounts an epic pwning.

October 7, 2013

Teaching Me Softly

Machine learning is teaching us the secret to teaching.

October 7, 2013

Literature by the Numbers

Critical reading gets even better when you use your computer.

October 7, 2013

The Twin Prime Hero

Rags, riches, and fame in mathematics.

September 19, 2013

The Nobel Exchange

Announcing the Nautilus Nobel Prize Futures Market

August 29, 2013

Homo Narrativus and the Trouble with Fame

We think that fame is deserved. We are wrong.

August 29, 2013

Science’s Significant Stats Problem

Researchers’ rituals for assessing probability may mislead as much as they enlighten.

August 12, 2013

The Odds of Innocence

How numbers can tip the scales of justice.

The Man Who Invented Modern Probability

Chance encounters in the life of Andrei Kolmogorov.

August 12, 2013