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The Big Story

Meth, Murder, and Pirates: The Coder Who Became a Crime Boss

By Evan Ratliff

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How Corning Makes Super-Pure Glass for Fiber-Optic Cable

By Susan Crawford

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Galileo, Krypton, and How the True Meter Came to Be

By Simon Winchester

Business

How Doug Engelbart Pulled off the Mother of All Demos

By Adam Fisher

Business

Why China Can Do AI More Quickly Than the US

By Kai-Fu Lee

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Meet the Carousing Texan Who Just Won a Nobel Prize

By Charles Graeber

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How McLaren Learned to Treat Its Pit Crew Like Athletes

By João Medeiros

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A Prince Goes on a High-Tech Job Interview

By Jessica Powell

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Sex, Beer, and Coding: Inside Facebook’s Wild Early Days

By Adam Fisher

Gear

How Can We Make Technology Healthier for Humans?

By Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever

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A Look Inside Theranos’ Dysfunctional Corporate Culture

By John Carreyrou

Science

$@&%*! Why Swearing Reduces Pain

By Emma Byrne

Business

A Child Abuse Prediction Model Fails Poor Families

By Virginia Eubanks

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Why Teens Aren’t Partying Anymore

By Jean M. Twenge

Science

The Physics of When, Exactly, Star Wars Takes Place

By Patrick Johnson

Culture

A Brief History of Sex on the Internet

By David Friend

Science

How Congress Ignored Science and Fueled Antibiotic Resistance

By Maryn McKenna

Culture

Terms of Service Aren't Just Annoying—They're a Failure

By Zoë Quinn

Science

Einstein’s Little-Known Passion Project? A Refrigerator

By Sam Kean

Transportation

Here’s What It’s Like to Control a Predator Drone

By Brett Velicovich

Science

Meet the Woman Who Can See With Her Ears

By Adam Piore

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What Happens When Your Virtual Home Gets a Virus?

By The Backchannel Team

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What It’s Like to Stand at the Threshold to Space

By The Backchannel Team

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The Top Tech Books of 2016 (Part II)

By The Backchannel Team