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5 Intriguing Things

March 13, 2014

1. This detailed investigation into how Target let hackers steal 40 million credit card numbers does not inspire confidence in the corporations who handle...

5 Intriguing Things

March 12, 2014

1. A powerful argument that investor-driven changes in corporate structure—abetted by communication technologies—are largely responsible for the decline in...

5 Intriguing Things

March 11, 2014

1. A physicist suggests ditching the transistor for a new type of computing. "Joshua Turner, a physicist at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory... has...

5 Intriguing Things

March 10, 2014

I'm still digesting the responses to the questionnaire I sent out on Friday. According to the early returns, however, I don't think the frequency or number...

5 Intriguing Things

March 7, 2014

I hear from subscribers that this newsletter might be too much of a good thing. Let me know if you feel that way—or have any other feedback—at this little...

5 Intriguing Things

March 6, 2014

1. The architecture that surrounds you probably changes the microorganisms inside you. "The interactions between building design, microbial diversity, and...

5 Intriguing Things

March 5, 2014

1. Brussels officials are not messing around with Uber. "Briggte Grouwels, Brussels’ minister of public works and transport, already made it clear that it...

5 Intriguing Things

March 4, 2014

1. The return of the female condom. "By 2003, they had hit on the solution: a dissolving applicator. The engineers created a condom that looked like a...

5 Intriguing Things

March 3, 2014

1. Refugee housing developed by Ikea. "The house comes in a flat pack that can be put together without tools. It is equipped with solar lighting and is...

5 Intriguing Things

February 28, 2014

1. I'm not sure I like Michio Kaku's vision of the 'brain-net.' "Already, people who are totally paralyzed, who are living souls trapped inside a vegetable...

5 Intriguing Things Feat. Climate Confidential

February 27, 2014

Meet today's guest MCs, Climate Confidential. They're a journalistic supergroup who have formed their own subscription news organization with the aid of a...

5 Intriguing Things

February 26, 2014

1. Monsanto, DuPont, and Deere are stoked about big data. "'I see it as another potential transformation of the company,' says Robert Fraley, chief...

5 Intriguing Things

February 25, 2014

Hi there. I make it a rule not to spam this list with my stories. However, rules are made to be broken. I wrote about the saga of California's water and...

5 Intriguing Things

February 24, 2014

1. ARPA-E's new RANGE program, which is funding a bunch of new battery concepts. "Let’s look at a couple projects in this portfolio using solid-state...

5 Intriguing Things

February 21, 2014

1. You see, it's just like Klout, which is obviously a perfect representation of the underlying social world, but used for police targeting. "Wernick...

5 Intriguing Things

February 20, 2014

1. Paleontologists discovered a snake that was more than 42 feet long, the largest in the fossil record. "The scientists estimate the snake lived 58 to 60...

5 Intriguing Things

February 19, 2014

1. Videogames and the Spirit of Capitalism. "We are only learning to speak of immeasurable qualities through videogames. It’s a slow and collective process...

5 Intriguing Things

February 18, 2014

1. A reason to be bearish about the future of face computers. "I would not use Glass while driving, but I did use the turn-by-turn directions app while my...

5 Intriguing Things

February 14, 2014

1. Making noise as a political act. "The Symposium on Obfuscation will bring together experts from a variety of backgrounds who study, script and design...

5 Intriguing Things

February 13, 2014

1. Private investigator and grinder hero Jay J. Armes was one of People magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People in 1975. "The seeds of discord had been...