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If You Are Going to Survive, You Must Prepare to Fail

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The Autonomous-Car Chaos of the 2004 Darpa Grand Challenge

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Facial Hair Is Biologically Useless. Why Do Humans Have It?

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26 of the Most Fascinating Books WIRED Read in 2020

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The History of Poop Is Really the History of Technology

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How 30 Lines of Code Blew Up a 27-Ton Generator

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Your Food Isn’t ‘Natural’ and It Never Will Be

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How Cities (and Citizens) Create Hostile Environments

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Does a Millipede Have a Penis? Well ... Define 'Penis'

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How Work Became an Inescapable Hellhole

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How to Leave Space and (Safely) Crash Back Down to Earth

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The 20-Year Hunt for the Man Behind the Love Bug Virus

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A Saudi Prince's Attempt to Silence Critics on Twitter

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The Oysters That Knew What Time It Was

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How to Undo Gender Stereotypes in Math—With Math!

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The American Scientists Who Saved London From Nazi Drones

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All Those Cute Selfies Are Loving Nature to Death

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How to Outrun a Dinosaur

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Poker and the Psychology of Uncertainty

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AI, AR, and the Speculative Future of a Tech-Fueled FBI

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Inside the NSA’s Secret Tool for Mapping Your Social Network

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Why Humans Totally Freak Out When They Get Lost

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How Albert Einstein's Son Tamed the Mississippi River

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Who Invented the Wheel? And How Did They Do It?