Unintended Consequences

Health
The CIA's Fake Vaccine Drive to Find Osama Bin Laden Lowered Vaccination Rates in Pakistan
News of the ploy made the Taliban even more anti-vax than it already was.
Jesse Hicks
9.15.17
Tech
How Worried Should You Be About a Real Life ‘Geostorm?’
The new Gerard Butler movie turns geoengineering into a weapon that wreaks global havoc on the scale of 'The Day After Tomorrow.'
Carl Franzen
7.7.17
Tech
How Short URLs Could Reveal Your Home Address and Get You Hacked
Researchers show that it’s possible to guess links created by URL shorteners, effectively making private files public, and revealing personal information.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
4.15.16

Sports
How North Dakota Got Stuck Hawking Its Defunct Native American Nickname
NCAA pressure led the University of North Dakota to drop its Native American sports team nickname and logo, but federal trademark law has forced to school to make and sell Fighting Sioux goods. The situation is awkward.
Michael Weinreb
3.1.16