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Intelligence

Politics World

'The Intelligence Coup of the Century'

For more than 50 years, world governments have trusted a single Swiss code-making machine company to keep the communications of their spies, soldiers, and diplomats secret. It turns out that company was run by the CIA.

Greg Miller Washington Post Feb 2020 Permalink

Science

Does a Bear Think in the Woods?

Turns out animal intelligence is not so different from our own.

Brandon Keim Sierra Magazine Feb 2019 15min Permalink

Can You Make Yourself Smarter?

On the possibility of “fluid intelligence.”

Dan Hurley New York Times Magazine Apr 2012 20min Permalink