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Ideas

The Meaning of All Caps—in Texting and in Life

Culture

Social Media Could Make It Impossible to Grow Up

The Big Story

The Cold War Project That Pulled Climate Science From the Ice

Business

How Early-Stage VCs Decide Where to Invest

The Big Story

The Beauty and Madness of Sending a Man to the Moon

Security

Much @Stake: The Band of Hackers That Defined an Era

The Big Story

The Curious History of Crap—From Space Junk to Actual Poop

Security

How Tech Helped Unknown Staffers Change the US Way of War

The Big Story

Adam Savage on Lists, More Lists, and the Power of Checkboxes

The Big Story

The Woman Who Saved John McAfee from an Epically Bad Deal

The Big Story

How to Fly a Plane in an Emergency Situation

The Big Story

The FBI Wanted a Back Door to the iPhone. Tim Cook Said No

The Big Story

A Brief History of Porn on the Internet

Culture

The Read/Write Metaphor Is a Flawed Way to Talk About DNA

Culture

'We're in the Business of Programming People's Lives'

The Big Story

Will Machines Be Able to Tell When Patients Are About to Die?

The Big Story

People Want to Know About Algorithms—but Not Too Much

The Big Story

Meth, Murder, and Pirates: The Coder Who Became a Crime Boss

The Big Story

How Corning Makes Super-Pure Glass for Fiber-Optic Cable

The Big Story

Galileo, Krypton, and How the True Meter Came to Be

Business

How Doug Engelbart Pulled off the Mother of All Demos

Business

Why China Can Do AI More Quickly Than the US

The Big Story

Meet the Carousing Texan Who Just Won a Nobel Prize

The Big Story

How McLaren Learned to Treat Its Pit Crew Like Athletes