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Human Fallibility and the Case for Robot Baseball Umpires

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How Space Tries to Kill You and Make You Ugly

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One Woman's Instagram-Fueled Ascent to ‘Boss Lady Status’

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Wait, What’s the Deal With Sunscreen? Does It Work or Not?

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How to Escape From a Sunken Submarine

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The Illusion of Perfect Protection

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A History of the Census—and How Covid-19 Could Change It

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The Mom Who Took on Purdue Pharma for Its OxyContin Marketing

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How UFO Sightings Became an American Obsession

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Bad Math, Pepsi Points, and the Greatest Plane Non-Crash Ever

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The Brain Cells That Connect our Mental and Physical Health

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How the Dumb Design of a WWII Plane Led to the Macintosh

Culture

The Undeniable Blackness of Vine (RIP)

Security

Inside Olympic Destroyer, the Most Deceptive Hack in History

Business

How Salesforce Closed the Pay Gap Between Men and Women

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The First Smartphone War

Gear

Everything You Need to Enjoy One Tech-Free Day a Week

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The Tech Helping Dogs Learn to 'Talk' With Humans

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Why Are Rich People So Mean?

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Snowden in His Own Words: Why I Became a Whistle-Blower

Business

Do Our Faces Deserve the Same Protection as Our Phones?

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Uncertainty Isn't Always a Problem—It Can Be the Solution

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xkcd's Randall Munroe on How to Mail a Package (From Space)

Culture

WFH: Chinese Engineers Abroad Come Back