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The Big Story

A Brief History of Porn on the Internet

By David Kushner
Culture

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

By George Estreich
Culture

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

By Andrew Smith
The Big Story

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

By Eric Topol
The Big Story

People Want to Know About Algorithms—but Not Too Much

By Kartik Hosanagar
The Big Story

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

By Evan Ratliff
The Big Story

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

By Susan Crawford
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Galileo, Krypton, and How the True Meter Came to Be

By Simon Winchester
Business

How Doug Engelbart Pulled off the Mother of All Demos

By Adam Fisher
Business

Why China Can Do AI More Quickly Than the US

By Kai-Fu Lee
The Big Story

Meet the Carousing Texan Who Just Won a Nobel Prize

By Charles Graeber
The Big Story

How McLaren Learned to Treat Its Pit Crew Like Athletes

By João Medeiros
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A Prince Goes on a High-Tech Job Interview

By Jessica Powell
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Sex, Beer, and Coding: Inside Facebook’s Wild Early Days

By Adam Fisher
Gear

How Can We Make Technology Healthier for Humans?

By Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever
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A Look Inside Theranos’ Dysfunctional Corporate Culture

By John Carreyrou
Science

$@&%*! Why Swearing Reduces Pain

By Emma Byrne
Business

A Child Abuse Prediction Model Fails Poor Families

By Virginia Eubanks
The Big Story

Why Teens Aren’t Partying Anymore

By Jean M. Twenge
Science

The Physics of When, Exactly, Star Wars Takes Place

By Patrick Johnson
Culture

A Brief History of Sex on the Internet

By David Friend
Science

How Congress Ignored Science and Fueled Antibiotic Resistance

By Maryn McKenna
Culture

Terms of Service Aren't Just Annoying—They're a Failure

By Zoë Quinn
Science

Einstein’s Little-Known Passion Project? A Refrigerator

By Sam Kean
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