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How Necking Shaped the Giraffe
The private life of the African giant offers a remarkable view on evolution.
How the Biggest Fabricator in Science Got Caught
Yoshitaka Fujii falsified 183 papers before statistics exposed him.
The Data That Threatened to Break Physics
What does a rational scientist do with an impossible result?
The Admiral of the String Theory Wars
After a decade, Peter Woit still thinks string theory is a gory mess.
Meet the 17-Year-Old, Award-Winning, Rube Goldberg Parts Manufacturer
Tommy George and the Agents of SHIELD shot a Nerf ball and erased a whiteboard.
Top 10 Design Flaws in the Human Body
From our knees to our eyeballs, our bodies are full of hack solutions.
Why the Flash Crash Really Matters
The debate about what caused the 2010 stock market Flash Crash is missing the point.
The Man Who Drank Cholera and Launched the Yogurt Craze
Ilya Metchnikoff laid the foundation for modern probiotics.










