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This Sprinter Has Never Lost but Keeps Improving Anyway

It might be the most precarious race in sports. To win the 60-meter hurdles, a runner has to start strong, clear five barriers taller than a kitchen counter ...

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A Mathematical Marvel: Legos, DNA, and God

During a gathering of entrepreneurs in Las Vegas one of the speakers was a brand architect at Lego. During his presentation, he handed each attendee six ...

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The Remarkable Odds of You Existing at All

The scientist Ali Binazir wrote a paper explaining the probability that you exist. It turns out that when taking into account the astonishing number of ...

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An Unmarked Grave for the Universal Ruler

When you drive north toward Ordos City in China’s Inner Mongolia province, you can’t miss the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan. The massive complex, ...

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The Cost of Trying to Live Forever

Don’t die. That’s the simple mission statement of Bryan Johnson, tech entrepreneur, who is on a mission to extend his life as long as possible. ...

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