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The best of 2011: Science and Technology
The best of 2011: Science and Technology
The biggest story in the universe
The discoveries are coming so fast—1,235 new planets—that the universe as we knew it is history
By Kate Lunau
In the company of whales
Sperm whales have distinct dialects, complex relationships and a set of traditions passed down between generations—what scientists are calling a ‘multicultural civilization’
By Kate Lunau
Anonymous morphs into a political movement
The hacker group’s hit list has grown to include Arab dictatorships and opponents of WikiLeaks
By Cigdem Iltan
Julian Assange has lost everything
Why the leak of unredacted cables means WikiLeaks has outlived its usefulness
By Jesse Brown
Grand theft tax break
Why do governments subsidize so much of the video game industry’s operations?
By Jesse Brown
The dark side of Steve Jobs
An off-broadway show in New York looks at what it takes to make all those iPods
By Claire Ward
Turned on and tuned in: Steve Jobs as a child of the sixties
The key to Jobs’s subversive style lay in technology and the democratization of information
By Jay Teitel
Has RIM lost its way?
A major network outage and investor unrest has Research In Motion vowing that it will fight back
By Chris Sorensen
Rebuilding Sidney Crosby’s brain
A little-known treatment by a Canadian-born chiropractor to the stars may be the key to his comeback
By Cathy Gulli