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Is Your Theory of Everything Pure Enough?

Fundamental theories of nature aren’t allowed to hide information.

January 29, 2015

Is Your Theory of Everything Pure Enough?

Fundamental theories of nature aren’t allowed to hide information.

January 29, 2015

Nostalgia Just Became a Law of Nature

New theories have mixed perception and knowledge into the hardest of sciences.

January 29, 2015

Moore’s Law Is About to Get Weird

Never mind tablet computers. Wait till you see bubbles and slime mold.

January 29, 2015

How I Taught My Computer to Write Its Own Music

I wanted to build the ideal collaborator. Was I ever surprised.

January 29, 2015

The Future of the Web Is 100 Years Old

In the debate between structure and openness, 19th-century ideas are making a comeback.

January 29, 2015

Your DNA Is Nothing Special

It’s time to relax about genetic testing.

January 29, 2015

How ISIS Broke My Questionnaire

I felt the impact of an attack by the terrorist group. So why didn’t my research data?

January 29, 2015

The Man Who Tried to Redeem the World with Logic

Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.

January 29, 2015