Episodes
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Filmmaker David Fincher takes angst and gloom and makes it beautiful. Who better to direct The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo? Issue 19.12, December 2011
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Fiber-optics exec by day, gun-toting defender of justice by night. Issue 19.12, December 2011
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Missing episodes?
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos talks about the new Kindle Fire, cloud computing, social media, and sending people into space. Issue 19.12, December 2011
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The story of the virtual currency you can actually spend—if it doesn't get stolen first. Issue 19.12, December 2011
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Six men, locked in a capsule on a 520-day simulated mission to Mars. You should see what that does to a person. Issue 19.11, November 2011
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Last year a cargo container arrived at an Italian port. It was emitting torrents of radiation. And no one knew what to do next. Issue 19.11, November 2011
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A decade ago, Napster's attempt to set music free was crushed by the record labels. Now, Facebook and Spotify (and a host of others) have resurrected the dream. Hallelujah. 19.11, November 2011
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Many of the ingredients prized by perfume companies—like oakmoss—are being regulated out of existence. So the industry is racing to produce replacements. Will they pass the smell test?
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A Russian shortwave radio station has been broadcasting mysterious patterns of beeps for decades. Why?
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How two scammers built an empire by selling malevolent cures for fake computer viruses. Issue 19.10, October 2011
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How scientists are trying to reverse-evolve a chicken into a dinosaur. Issue 19.10, October 2011
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Can the Danish electronics company's far-out vision of the future survive in Apple's world? Issue 19.10, October 2011
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Ridiculously fast, hugely expensive, more than a little dangerous. The new America's Cup racers push the limits of what a sailboat can do. Issue 19.09, September 2011
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What caricatures can teach us about facial recognition. Issue 19.08, August 2011
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The heir to the inefficient incandescent bulb isn't the mercury-laden CFL. Instead, it's a liquid-cooled creation that's radically different from anything ever screwed into a socket. Issue 19.09, September 2011
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Auctions were supposed to be the new way to buy and sell everything. It didn't turn out that way. Issue 19.06, June 2011
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How one man hacked his way into the super-secretive slot-machine industry. Issue 19.08, August 2011
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Inside the booming market for nature's miracle: breast milk. Issue 19.06, June 2011
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When a plane goes down in the ocean, crucial info goes down with it. There's a better way to fly. Issue 19.07, July 2011
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The IUD is an ideal form of birth control, but in the 1970s one version made thousands of women sick and infertile. It's time to give the technology a second chance. Issue 19.08, August 2011
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