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Mr. Robot killed the Hollywood hacker
The popular portrayal of computers as magic boxes capable of anything has done real societal harm. Now one TV show wants to save us.
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Given Tablets but No Teachers, Ethiopian Children Teach Themselves
A bold experiment by the One Laptop Per Child organization has shown “encouraging” results.
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Fukushima’s nuclear signature found in California wine
The Japanese nuclear disaster bathed north America in a radioactive cloud. Now pharmacologists have found the telltale signature in California wine made at the time.
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The four ways that ex-internet idealists explain where it all went wrong
21st-century digital evangelists had a lot in common with early Christians and Russian revolutionaries.
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Quantum Entanglement Holds DNA Together
A new theoretical model suggests that quantum entanglement helps prevent the molecules of life from breaking apart.