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Call of Beautyby Laura Parker

Can contemplative, artistic games like Journey change the standards of the gaming industry?

How Smart is the Moto X?by Matt Buchanan

Motorola’s new device, a collaboration with Google, is not an attempt to produce the most powerful phone but, rather, the smartest one…

Twitter’s Free-Speech Problemby Emily Greenhouse

How can Twitter, which runs up against the subjectivity of content, measure the silencing effect of words that intimidate and shame?

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Poisoned Landby Elif Batuman

A mystery illness in the Balkans.

Object of Interest

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Maximum Effort, Minimal Resultsby Steven Beschloss

The cartoon inventions of Rube Goldberg.

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A Bengal tiger takes a plunge.

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