Economics
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A new step in computer creativity has been made in the culinary arts.
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Capable of navigating through mazes, creating complex networks, and anticipating recurring trends, slime mold demands intellectual respect.
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In the truest sense, the ability to pay for bail is the ability to buy freedom, and there is a wide disparity in Americans’ ability to do so.
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Employers illegally siphon billions of dollars out of low-wage workers' paychecks each year, but the vast majority of these crimes go unreported.
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Researchers recorded and analyzed almost 1,000 speed dates to come up with a linguistic portrait of a good first date.
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How a young man abandoned his science career to make a fortune dealing rocks and crystals. No, not like Breaking Bad: actual rocks, actual crystals.
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Half-fish, half-businesswoman, Mermaid Melissa has crafted a thriving company around her alter-ego.
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As a UPS cargo load master, Bland Matthews has been tasked with shipping everything from Terracotta Army soldiers to beluga whales.
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In a card stunt, thousands of audience members raise squares of colored paper over their heads, each a pixel in a giant multi-coloured image. Here's how that's done.
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From a small Connecticut shop, David Roy builds mind-blowing, moving sculptures that operate entirely on kinetic energy.
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How the need to rationalize Gehry’s artistry in 1992 changed the architecture and construction industries into what they are today.
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How ignorance and a little ego threat can make us ridiculously over-confident.
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For better or worse, the one-hit wonder seems to be going the way of roller skating rinks and marquee boxing matches: once common, they’re now increasingly rare.
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Dr. Vasav Sahni studies the adhesive qualities of spider webs, and hopes to use his findings to make a tape strong enough to stick a television to the wall.
