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Why Do So Many Americans Believe the Moon Landing Was Fake?

Mark Jacobson

My Seventh Grade Science Teacher Showed Us a Moon Landing Hoax TV Special

Vicky Gan

Police Aren’t Ready for Amazon’s Facial Recognition System, but They’re Using Its Doorbell Cameras

April Glaser

The Australian Comedy About the Moon Landing That You Have to Watch

Rachel Withers

What Should We Preserve on the Moon Besides Neil Armstrong’s Footprints?

Jane C. Hu

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How Will We Govern Ourselves and Create Community in Space?

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Why Do So Many Americans Believe the Moon Landing Was Fake?

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How Trump-Loving Cryptocurrency Fans Are Taking the President’s Diss of Bitcoin

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What Really Happened With West Virginia’s Blockchain Voting Experiment?

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What a Mars Expert Thinks Early Settlements on the Red Planet Will Look Like

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Who’s Using License Plate Cameras to Track Cars? Cops, Landlords, and Your Neighbors.

Josh Kaplan

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Facebook’s Face-ID Database Could Be the Biggest in the World. Yes, It Should Worry Us.

April Glaser

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Appeals Court Confirms That Trump Can’t Block Critics on Twitter

April Glaser

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Steve Desch

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YouTube’s Policy on Hacking Videos Makes Everyone Less Safe

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Who Gets to Decide What Our Space Settlements Look Like?

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