Heart of Darkness by Brian Raftery
Filmmaker David Fincher takes angst and gloom and makes it beautiful. Who better to direct The...
28:39
Dave Sanders, (Not So) Special Agent by Joshua Davis
Fiber-optics exec by day, gun-toting defender of justice by night. Issue 19.12, December 2011
53:38
CEO of the Internet by Steven Levy
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos talks about the new Kindle Fire, cloud computing, social media, and...
27:35
Bitcoin's Rise and Fall by Benjamin Wallace
The story of the virtual currency you can actually spend—if it doesn't get stolen first. Issue...
30:31
Are We There Yet? by Bill Donahue
Six men, locked in a capsule on a 520-day simulated mission to Mars. You should see what that...
26:40
Last year a cargo container arrived at an Italian port. It was emitting torrents of radiation....
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The Second Coming by Steven Levy
A decade ago, Napster's attempt to set music free was crushed by the record labels. Now, Facebook...
25:56
The Olfactory by Courtney Humphries
Many of the ingredients prized by perfume companies—like oakmoss—are being regulated out of...
27:10
A Russian shortwave radio station has been broadcasting mysterious patterns of beeps for decades....
27:59
Scare Tactics by Benjamin Wallace
How two scammers built an empire by selling malevolent cures for fake computer viruses. Issue...
25:07
How to Hatch a Dinosaur by Thomas Hayden
How scientists are trying to reverse-evolve a chicken into a dinosaur. Issue 19.10, October 2011
24:32
The Cult of Bang & Olufsen by Rob Walker
Can the Danish electronics company's far-out vision of the future survive in Apple's world? Issue...
20:54
Ridiculously fast, hugely expensive, more than a little dangerous. The new America's Cup racers...
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Hey Pencil Neck! by Ben Austen
What caricatures can teach us about facial recognition. Issue 19.08, August 2011
25:47
Let There Be LED by Dan Koeppel
The heir to the inefficient incandescent bulb isn't the mercury-laden CFL. Instead, it's a...
32:38
Going, Going, Gone by James Surowiecki
Auctions were supposed to be the new way to buy and sell everything. It didn't turn out that way....
21:56
The One-Armed-Bandit Bandit by Brendan I. Koerner
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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End of the Black Box by Jerry Adler
When a plane goes down in the ocean, crucial info goes down with it. There's a better way to fly....
25:20
Bad Reputation by Jennifer Couzin-Frankel
The IUD is an ideal form of birth control, but in the 1970s one version made thousands of women...
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