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David Stillwell

I exposed how online profiling leaves us open to mass persuasion

7 March 2018

David Stillwell revealed how social media lets companies nail your personality as well as a spouse could, leaving you ripe for exploitation – but he sees the upside
icebreaker

A cracking idea: The radical way to open up frozen seas

7 March 2018

Arctic routes are getting busier and some ships get trapped in the ice. Rather than smash them out with brute force, there is a more elegant way to free them

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