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The solutions to today’s puzzles – and the winner of the Anguish Languish contest Earlier today I set these three puzzles about deception. Here they are again with solutions. 1. Super syllabus A ...

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The 37-story Pfizer building in midtown was stabilized, after almost falling over earlier this week. Now the real-estate ...

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With A.I. transforming just about every industry on our planet, engineers developing this technology are arguably the most ...