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Inside the Mansion—and Mind—of the Net's Most Wanted Man

Operation Takedown

Inside the Mansion—and Mind—of the Net's Most Wanted Man

Charles Graeber

Apocalypse Not: Here's Why You Shouldn't Worry About End Times

Don't Panic

Apocalypse Not: Here's Why You Shouldn't Worry About End Times

Matt Ridley

Can an Algorithm Write a Better News Story Than a Human Reporter?

Type Machine

Can an Algorithm Write a Better News Story Than a Human Reporter?

Steven Levy

Chain World Videogame Was Supposed to be a Religion—Not a Holy War

Magazine

Chain World Videogame Was Supposed to be a Religion—Not a Holy War

Jason Fagone

Y Combinator Is Boot Camp for Startups

Magazine

Y Combinator Is Boot Camp for Startups

Steven Levy

Going, Going, Gone: Who Killed the Internet Auction?

Bid Farewell

Going, Going, Gone: Who Killed the Internet Auction?

James Surowiecki

Anthrax Redux: Did the Feds Nab the Wrong Guy?

The Strain

Anthrax Redux: Did the Feds Nab the Wrong Guy?

Noah Shachtman

A University Researcher Was Denied Tenure—Then Turned to Murder

Tenure Denied

A University Researcher Was Denied Tenure—Then Turned to Murder

Amy Wallace

The Clever Math That Cracked the Scratch Code Lottery

Jackpot

The Clever Math That Cracked the Scratch Code Lottery

Jonah Lehrer

The Incredible True Story of the Collar Bomb Heist

Follow the Clues

The Incredible True Story of the Collar Bomb Heist

Rich Schapiro

Inside the Battle to Define Mental Illness

The Book of Woe

Inside the Battle to Define Mental Illness

Gary Greenberg

The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet

Who’s to Blame?

The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet

Chris Anderson and Michael Wolff

Sergey Brin’s Search for a Parkinson’s Cure

Data Dive

Sergey Brin’s Search for a Parkinson’s Cure

Thomas Goetz

Geek Power: Steven Levy Revisits Tech Titans, Hackers, Idealists

Master Minds

Geek Power: Steven Levy Revisits Tech Titans, Hackers, Idealists

Steven Levy

Art of the Steal: On the Trail of the World's Most Ingenious Thief

Heist Society

Art of the Steal: On the Trail of the World's Most Ingenious Thief

Joshuah Bearman

How the Inbred Lab Mouse Helps Reprogram the Human Genome

Of Mice and Men

How the Inbred Lab Mouse Helps Reprogram the Human Genome

Gary Wolf

Time Your Attack: Oracle’s Lost Revolution

How to Fail

Time Your Attack: Oracle’s Lost Revolution

Daniel Roth

Writer Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here's What Happened

Without a Trace

Writer Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here's What Happened

Evan Ratliff

Best Case Scenario

Your Future in 5 Easy Steps: Wired Guide to Personal Scenario Planning

Peter Schwartz

DIY DNA: One Father's Attempt to Hack His Daughter's Genetic Code

DIY DNA

DIY DNA: One Father's Attempt to Hack His Daughter's Genetic Code

Brendan I. Koerner