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How An Élite University Research Center Concealed Its Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
10m read · New documents show that the M.I.T. Media Lab was aware of Epstein’s status as a convicted sex offender, and that Epstein directed contributions to the lab far exceeding the amounts M.I.T. has publicly…
What Statistics Can and Can’t Tell Us About Ourselves
13m read · In the era of Big Data, we’ve come to believe that, with enough information, human behavior is predictable. But number crunching can lead us perilously wrong.
A Story of Stories — Wait But Why
33m read · Remember the time our species’ random primate tribes transformed into world-conquering beasts? That was weird.
The race to create a perfect lie detector
17m read · The long read: AI and brain-scanning technology could soon make it possible to reliably detect when people are lying. But do we really want to know?
