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SECURITY

The Father of Online Anonymity Has a Plan to End the Crypto War

Cryptographer David Chaum's ideas helped spark the decades-long war between encryption and government. Now he's back with a new idea designed to end it.

CULTURE

After Beating Avatar, Star Wars Is Officially Too Big to Fail

The new Star Wars movie is breaking nearly every box office record out there. But is this as big as it gets?

SCIENCE

Mysterious LHC Photons Have Physicists Searching for Answers

Physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider reported an unusual bump in their signal. But this time, they have no idea where the bump came from.

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