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Business

A Child Abuse Prediction Model Fails Poor Families

By Virginia Eubanks
Science

How Dirt Could Save Humanity From an Infectious Apocalypse

By Peter Andrey Smith
Gear

The Kindle Changed the Book Business. Can It Change Books?

By David Pierce
Science

The Unlikely Hero Who Predicted Hurricane Harvey's Floods

By Chris Jones
Business

What Happens When We Let Tech Care for Our Aging Parents

By Lauren Smiley
Science

The Hard Math Behind Bitcoin's Global Warming Problem

By Adam Rogers
The Big Story

Inside China's Vast New Experiment in Social Ranking

By Mara Hvistendahl
Business

In Ed Lee's San Francisco, Utopia and Dystopia Are Neighbors

By Adam Rogers
The Big Story

How a Dorm Room Minecraft Scam Brought Down the Internet

By Garrett M. Graff
Science

The Dirty Secret of the Global Plan to Avert Climate Disaster

By Abby Rabinowitz and Amanda Simson
Transportation

The Airport's Terminal Identity Crisis

By Adam Rogers
Science

How Criminal Courts Are Putting Brains—Not People—on Trial

By Robbie Gonzalez
Gear

How Two Guys and an Internet Forum Built a Kickass Computer

By David Pierce
Transportation

These Shapeshifting Metals Could Be the Future of Flight

By Nick Stockton
Business

When Local News Struggles, Democracy Withers

By Henri Gendreau
Business

Inside Adidas’ Robot-Powered, On-Demand Sneaker Factory

By Anna Wiener
Gear

Email Is Broken. Can Anyone Fix It?

By David Pierce
Culture

It’s a Living: Inside the World of a Pro D&D Dungeon Master

By Brian Raftery
The Big Story

Inside the Race to Hack the Human Brain

By John H. Richardson
The Big Story

Inside the First Church of Artificial Intelligence

By Mark Ellis Harris
The Big Story

How One Woman's Digital Life Was Weaponized Against Her

By Brooke Jarvis
Business

Free Money: The Surprising Effects of a Basic Income

By Issie Lapowsky
Security

How Journalists Fought Back Against Crippling Email Bombs

By Julia Angwin
Science

After Another Mass Shooting, Fear of Data Threatens Us All

By Adam Rogers
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