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The secret toxins in our food

By Chris Baraniuk

If any computer file or program can be represented by a number, is sharing the number of a copyrighted work against the law? (Credit: Alamy)
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The numbers that are illegal

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The mountains whose height is a mystery

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Cryptic announcements made in train stations are intended to avoid panic (Credit: Thinkstock)
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Secret codes you’re not meant to know

By Chris Baraniuk
Liancourt rocks, also known as the Dokdo islands, are a series of tiny islets controlled by South Korea (Credit: Wikipedia/Ulleungdont/CC BY 2.0)
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The barren islands we fight over

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The hidden chambers of the pyramids

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Floppy disks were by far the most popular way of transferring data between computers before the age of CDs (Credit: iStock)
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Why do we still use old gadgets?

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The US has 700 million barrels to spare (Credit: Getty Images)
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The world’s hidden oil stockpiles

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Inside an RW Smith watch (Credit: Chris Baraniuk)
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Secrets of a master watchmaker

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Shopping software can sometimes go rogue (Credit: Getty Images)
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When Amazon algorithms go wrong

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How algorithms rule Amazon workers

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Why number 2,147,483,647 matters

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Press me! The buttons that lie

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Why the fax machine won’t die

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The hidden ways traffic flows

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The secret world of… beer

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