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Locks, Keys, and Firewalls — Why Internet Security Requires Digital, Analog . . . and Diligent Humans

Internet security seems to be crumbling before our eyes, and our media and leaders are not immune and lack a crucial understanding of how vulnerable a totally digital world can be. The answer may lie with analog technologies.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Aug 10, 2016
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Vaccines and Autism — Despite a Widely Publicized Scientific Hoax, Celebrity Continues to Dominate the Evidence

The vaccine-autism papers were a hoax. But a lingering controversy around the diagnosis of a celebrity’s child and her insistence on preserving her version of the facts only shows how stubborn misinformation can be.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jan 10, 2014
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Pickpockets, Attention, and Neuroscience — A Demonstration

Can you pay attention? Or will your attention deficits make you pay? This pickpocket knows the answer, and he’s helping people understand why their attention wanders, falters, or . . . squirrel!

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jan 4, 2013
  • 1 Comment

Penn & Teller on the Vaccines and Autism Debate: A Model of Great Science Communication

The now completely discredited vaccines and autism linkage is tackled here in inimitable and definitive style by two guys who really know how to stage a story simply and effectively.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Aug 27, 2010
  • 11 Comments

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