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Andrew Curry

Crime

Why Is This Cargo Container Emitting So Much Radiation?

A shipping container spewing radiation appears mysteriously at an Italian port, prompting a larger look at the anonymous world of international shipping.

Andrew Curry Wired Oct 2011 20min Permalink

Monopoly Killer

How a dental equipment salesman from Germany named Klaus Teuber invented the perfect board game, Settlers of Catan.

Andrew Curry Wired Mar 2009 15min Permalink

History World

Piecing Together the Stasi’s Dark Legacy

In the chaotic days before the Berlin Wall fell, the East German secret police shredded 45 million pages. Fifteen years later, a team of computer scientists figured out how to put it all back together.

Andrew Curry Wired Jan 2008 15min Permalink