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In 2018, do we laud our creations enough to call them worlds? As we turn the knob of a Breville BOV650XL toaster oven and scrape strawberry jam over the 1,000 nooks and crannies of an english muffin, are we vain enough to proclaim a new world?

2018: Against Worldbuilding

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At least half of termite studies used to be about how to kill them. But science is discovering their extraordinary usefulness

A giant crawling brain: the...

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Updated 4 days ago

Part I: Zooming Out Recently, one of my students at Stanford told me a strange story. His parents, who live in Palo Alto, Calif., had been receiving mysterious packages at their house. The packages were all different shapes and sizes but each was addressed to "Returns Department, Valley Fountain LLC."

A Business With No End

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Updated 10 days ago

Searching for a Cultural Home – Judy...

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The most dramatic cybersecurity story of 2016 came to a quiet conclusion Friday in an Anchorage courtroom, as three young American computer savants pleaded guilty to masterminding an unprecedented botnet-powered by unsecured internet-of-things devices like security cameras and wireless routers-that unleashed sweeping attacks on key internet services around the globe last fall.

How a Dorm Room Minecraft Scam Brought...

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Updated a year ago

The name for Goya Curtain Art and Project Space emerged from the time of Japan's earthquake of 2011, the consequent tsunami, and the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident. The nuclear plants were shut down and summer was on its way. Electricity had to be rationed but summer in Tokyo can get very hot and humid.

Goya Curtain, Tokyo

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Updated a year ago

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