Stories by rand-davis

Should Smallpox Be Put To Death?

"There are some people who don't wait."

Friendster to Erase Early Posts and Old Photos

Why Non-Obvious Brand Icons Work

Once a Great Flop, Now Sold for Billions

The Human Lake

Cheating, Incorporated

The forger's story

Kasparov on computer+human chess teams

Zimmer's list of words banned from science writing

7 billion by end of year, 9 billion by 2045

Shipping containers of Li-ion batteries in the power grid

Great talk about MetaFilter by founder Matt Haughey [video]

Six Companies That Did Not Survive 2010

On the wings of angels

The danger of cosmic genius

A Globe, Clothing Itself with a Brain (1995)

Hyatt Regency walkway collapse

Qantas QF32 flight from the cockpit (dealing with exploded engine)

How the New York Times comment system works

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