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Natural History, Not Technology, Will Dictate Our Destiny

By Rob Dunn
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The Future of Robot Nannies

By Joanna J. Bryson and Ronny Bogani
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The Office Is an Efficiency Trap

By Anne Helen Petersen and Charlie Warzel
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Who Are We If Not Our Faces?

By Ariel Henley
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How Apps Commandeered the Age-Old Idea of Takeout

By Corey Mintz
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Why Can’t People Teleport?

By Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson
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The Missing Teen Who Fueled ‘Cult Panic’ Over D&D

By Jon Peterson
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Why Skincare That Burns Is So Satisfying

By Leigh Cowart
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In a Tiny Arctic Town, Food Is Getting Harder to Come By

By Devi Lockwood
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Pigeons, Curves, and the Traveling Salesperson Problem 

By Ian Stewart
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Artificial Intelligence and the ‘Gods Behind the Masks’

By Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan
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So … What If Aliens’ Quantum Computers Explain Dark Energy?

By Stephon Alexander
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Can Robots Evolve Into Machines of Loving Grace?

By Meghan O'Gieblyn
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The Truth About the Quietest Town in America 

By Stephen Kurczy
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When the Next Animal Plague Hits, Can This Lab Stop It?

By Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley
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How Humans Think When They Think As Part of a Group

By Annie Murphy Paul
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Inside Silicon Valley’s Mayo Marketing Madness

By Larissa Zimberoff
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Awesome, Hypnotic Photos of Swirling, Crystal Chemistry

By Meghan Herbst
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How a Geeky Superhero Fan Revived a Failing Comic Con 

By Jon Levy
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The Secret Origins of Amazon’s Alexa

By Brad Stone
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The Wolf Tree and the World Wide Web

By Suzanne Simard
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A Brief History of Transformers (Not the Robot Kind)

By Vaclav Smil
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Here’s What It Takes to Fly a Drone on Mount Everest

By Mark Synnott
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The Secret Auction That Set Off the Race for AI Supremacy

By Cade Metz
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