The Data Revolution in Sports, Part 2

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In Part 1 of his essay, Liam Day traced the history of the data revolution from the factory floor to baseball’s front offices and beyond. In Part 2, he examines the fear of data.

Movies: Darwin and Angel Salvadore in X-Men: First Class Footage

You can briefly catch mutants gone wild in these sneak peeks at the Matthew Vaughn-helmed Marvel movie.

The 10 at 10

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SkyMall Yetis, Valentines for nerds, and Arnold Schwarzenegger (is back-ernator).

Are Men Natural-Born Cheaters?

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Men are more promiscuous than women, but that doesn’t mean we should buy the cultural fallacy that men are programmed to cheat. The vast majority of men are happily, naturally monogamous.

Father Figures

You think you’re busy? Meet Galileo, Darwin, and Marx, who fathered schools of thought in between fathering children.