game theory How "God Makes God" is a 1993 CD-ROM about probability, game theory, genetic algorithms, and evolutionary strategies Mark Frauenfelder

probability My fascination with these confounding dice Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Brain-aching list of counterintuitive probability riddles Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Snakes and Ladders can be analyzed by converting it to a Markov Chain Cory Doctorow

Space Turns out Star Trek redshirts are not likeliest to die Andrea James

dice Nontransitive dice – how to win every time Mark Frauenfelder

Science How long would it take for a human brain to form in a void, complete with a memory of having existed? Mark Frauenfelder

law Judge orders Intuit to stop lying about TurboTax being "free" Rob Beschizza

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climate change Graph reveals terrifying trend of Antarctic sea ice loss Mark Frauenfelder

france "Meteorite" that struck French woman was normal terrestrial rock, say scientists Rusty Blazenhoff

Extraterrestrials Author Kevin Kelly's "12 assumptions for extraterrestrial life" Mark Frauenfelder

politics Warnock wins Georgia senate runoff Rob Beschizza

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

music Deck is a new musical project featuring one song for all 52 playing cards in a deck Thom Dunn

climate emergency Eno performing gorgeous, haunting "There Were Bells" from forthcoming album ForeverAndEverNoMore Gareth Branwyn