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A Saudi Prince's Attempt to Silence Critics on Twitter

By Bradley Hope and Justin Scheck
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The Oysters That Knew What Time It Was

By Jo Marchant
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How to Undo Gender Stereotypes in Math—With Math!

By Eugenia Cheng
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The American Scientists Who Saved London From Nazi Drones 

By Jamie Holmes
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All Those Cute Selfies Are Loving Nature to Death

By Rebecca Giggs
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How to Outrun a Dinosaur

By Cody Cassidy
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Poker and the Psychology of Uncertainty

By Maria Konnikova
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AI, AR, and the Speculative Future of a Tech-Fueled FBI

By August Cole and P.W. Singer
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Inside the NSA’s Secret Tool for Mapping Your Social Network

By Barton Gellman
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Why Humans Totally Freak Out When They Get Lost

By Michael Bond
Science

How Albert Einstein's Son Tamed the Mississippi River

By Simon Winchester
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Who Invented the Wheel? And How Did They Do It?

By Cody Cassidy
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Human Fallibility and the Case for Robot Baseball Umpires

By Keith Law
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How Space Tries to Kill You and Make You Ugly

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

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

By George Zaidan
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How to Escape From a Sunken Submarine

By Rachel Lance
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The Illusion of Perfect Protection

By Kenneth R. Rosen
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A History of the Census—and How Covid-19 Could Change It

By Andrew Whitby
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The Mom Who Took on Purdue Pharma for Its OxyContin Marketing

By Gerald Posner
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How UFO Sightings Became an American Obsession

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

By Matt Parker
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The Brain Cells That Connect our Mental and Physical Health

By Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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How the Dumb Design of a WWII Plane Led to the Macintosh 

By Cliff Kuang
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