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Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. In 1997, Deep Blue, a supercomputer built by IBM, did the unexpected: it defeated chess ...

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An in-depth look at the Catholic priest shortage driving parish closures even as young adults return to the pews, and what it means for the Church’s future.