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Anthrax Redux: Did the Feds Nab the Wrong Guy?

The Strain

Anthrax Redux: Did the Feds Nab the Wrong Guy?

Noah Shachtman

A University Researcher Was Denied Tenure—Then Turned to Murder

Tenure Denied

A University Researcher Was Denied Tenure—Then Turned to Murder

Amy Wallace

The Clever Math That Cracked the Scratch Code Lottery

Jackpot

The Clever Math That Cracked the Scratch Code Lottery

Jonah Lehrer

The Incredible True Story of the Collar Bomb Heist

Follow the Clues

The Incredible True Story of the Collar Bomb Heist

Rich Schapiro

Inside the Battle to Define Mental Illness

The Book of Woe

Inside the Battle to Define Mental Illness

Gary Greenberg

The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet

Who’s to Blame?

The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet

Chris Anderson and Michael Wolff

Sergey Brin’s Search for a Parkinson’s Cure

Data Dive

Sergey Brin’s Search for a Parkinson’s Cure

Thomas Goetz

Geek Power: Steven Levy Revisits Tech Titans, Hackers, Idealists

Master Minds

Geek Power: Steven Levy Revisits Tech Titans, Hackers, Idealists

Steven Levy

Art of the Steal: On the Trail of the World's Most Ingenious Thief

Heist Society

Art of the Steal: On the Trail of the World's Most Ingenious Thief

Joshuah Bearman

How the Inbred Lab Mouse Helps Reprogram the Human Genome

Of Mice and Men

How the Inbred Lab Mouse Helps Reprogram the Human Genome

Gary Wolf

Time Your Attack: Oracle’s Lost Revolution

How to Fail

Time Your Attack: Oracle’s Lost Revolution

Daniel Roth

Writer Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here's What Happened

Without a Trace

Writer Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here's What Happened

Evan Ratliff

Best Case Scenario

Your Future in 5 Easy Steps: Wired Guide to Personal Scenario Planning

Peter Schwartz

DIY DNA: One Father's Attempt to Hack His Daughter's Genetic Code

DIY DNA

DIY DNA: One Father's Attempt to Hack His Daughter's Genetic Code

Brendan I. Koerner

I Am Here: One Man’s Experiment With the Location-Aware Lifestyle

You Have Arrived

I Am Here: One Man’s Experiment With the Location-Aware Lifestyle

Mathew Honan

Internet Famous: Julia Allison and the Secrets of Self-Promotion

Internet Famous

Internet Famous: Julia Allison and the Secrets of Self-Promotion

Jason Tanz

Never Mind the Singularity, Here's the Science

Singular Science

Never Mind the Singularity, Here's the Science

Mark Anderson

Ray Kurzweil Pulls Out All the Stops (and Pills) to Survive to the Singularity

Stayin’ Alive

Ray Kurzweil Pulls Out All the Stops (and Pills) to Survive to the Singularity

Gary Wolf

How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong

Evil/Genius

How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong

Leander Kahney

Never Fear! High-Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas Are Here

S.O.S.

Never Fear! High-Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas Are Here

Joshua Davis