James Holzhauer Explains the Strategy Behind His Jeopardy Winning Streak
There are three things that give the seemingly unstoppable contestant an advantage—and this isn’t the first time he’s succeeded on a game show.
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Jeopardy Wasn’t Designed for a Contestant Like James Holzhauer
“James’s performance, I’m sure, is causing grief for an accountant somewhere.”
Stock Picks From Space
Investors are using real-time satellite images to predict retailers’ sales. Is that cheating?
Watch Your Wallet
Why pickpockets love our digitally distracted age
Trump Once Proposed Building a Castle on Madison Avenue
A brief history of the president’s unfulfilled architectural dreams
How the Bizarre Economics of Airplanes Raises the Stakes of the Boeing Fallout
Strange things can happen when a business is based on millions of people flying around in $100 million metal boxes that can take a year to build.
Why Urban Millennials Love Uniqlo
Will the rest of America learn to love it too?
Why Americans Don’t Cheat on Their Taxes
The weirdly hopeful story of how the U.S. came to be a leader in tax compliance
Workplace Theft Is on the Rise
As the line between work and home blurs, office supplies attract sticky fingers.
Why Ford Hired a Furniture Maker as CEO
In the car of the future, you may care more about how the driver’s seat swivels than how the engine purrs.