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Explain It to Me Again, Computer
What if technology makes scientific discoveries that we can’t understand?
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Stop Hyping Big Data and Start Paying Attention to ‘Long Data’
Big data may tell us what we need to know for hype cycles today. But long data can reach into our past … and help us lay a path to our future.
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Naming the sky
The true story of one man’s quest to give George Plimpton a permanent presence in orbit
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Warning: Your reality is out of date – Introducing the mesofact
When people think of knowledge, they generally think of two sorts of facts: facts that don’t change, like the height of Mount Everest or the capital of the United States, and facts that fluctuate constantly, like the temperature or the stock market close.
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New Ways to Measure Science
Leo Szilard, a physicist involved in the Manhattan Project, was known for his generosity of ideas and helpfulness toward his colleagues.