How Complex Math and Human Innovation Created the Calculator

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Keith Houston on the People, Technology, and Equations Behind a Modern Mathematical Convenience

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Beyond Tortured Genius: Science and Conscience in Two Rediscovered Oppenheimer Films

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Lauren Carroll Harris on the Sober Spectacle of The Day After Trinity and The Strangest Dream

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Michael G. Long on the Greatness of Bayard Rustin

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Avi Loeb on Why Aliens (Probably) Don't Care About Humans

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How Big Tech Helps Promote Disinformation—And How It Can Help Stop It

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Lee McIntyre on Media Literacy (Or Lack Thereof) in the Internet Age

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William Egginton on Crystalline Spheres and Dante's Divine Comedy

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How Our Kidneys Keep Us Healthy—And What It Means When They Fail

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Tom Mueller on the History of Dialysis and the Monetization of Prolonging Life

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