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Are Human Genes Changing As Fast As Culture and Technology?

Are Human Genes Changing As Fast As Culture and Technology?

On the Rise of Epigenetics in the Anthropocene

By Peter Ward | August 22, 2018

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is the Best Place on the Internet

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is the Best Place on the Internet

Self-Referential, Argumentative, and Never Dispassionate

By MH Rowe | August 16, 2018

'What is That? It’s Nothing.' On the Unlikely Origins of Twitter

'What is That? It’s Nothing.' On the Unlikely Origins of Twitter

An Oral History, From the People Who Built It

By Adam Fisher | July 16, 2018

How Much Does Fake News Actually Sway Voters?

How Much Does Fake News Actually Sway Voters?

A Closer Look at Bots and Politics

By David Sumpter | June 27, 2018

The All-Too Human Cost of Appalachia's Fracking Boom

The All-Too Human Cost of Appalachia's Fracking Boom

America's Answer to Energy Scarcity Has Always Been to Dig Deeper

By Eliza Griswold | June 19, 2018

Technostalgia: From Analog to Digital, Memories in Technology

Technostalgia: From Analog to Digital, Memories in Technology

From Small Pox on the Oregon Trail to the 2016 Election

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It Only Takes Seconds to Hack an ATM... Are Our Cars Just as Vulnerable?

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The More Complex the System the More Vulnerable it is to Attack and Human Error

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The Silicon Spies: Public Money and Private Surveillance

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By Thomas Mira y Lopez | December 28, 2017

The Downloadable Brain: We're Closer Than We Think to Immortality

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How I Turned My Discarded Novel Drafts Into an AI

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