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Short pieces of the human inheritance — two or three minutes each, every number checked, every source listed.

By The Numbers Countries Nobel Laureates Periodic Tales Questions

By The Numbers · Nº 01

Underfoot

Six numbers from under your feet.

By The Numbers · Nº 02

America

A country in six numbers.

By The Numbers · Nº 03

The Brain

Six numbers from inside your head.

By The Numbers · Nº 04

Reason

Your reasoning mind is a storyteller, not a judge.

By The Numbers · Nº 05

Ciphers

The oldest arms race: keeping secrets, and breaking them.

Countries · Nº 01

Estonia

Occupied for half a century. It came back as software.

Nobel Laureates · Nº 01

Auctions

Two economists who didn't study a market. They built one.

Nobel Laureates · Nº 02

Equilibrium

He proved everyone can be doing their best, and everyone can be losing.

Nobel Laureates · Nº 03

Commons

Economics said shared land must die. She went and looked.

Nobel Laureates · Nº 04

Ulcers

Every doctor knew nothing survives stomach acid. One doctor drank the proof.

Periodic Tales · Nº 01

Phosphorus

Element 15. It builds every living thing, and it burns everything it touches.

Questions · Nº 01

Machines

Can they think? Seventy-five years, and nobody has settled it.