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The Randomness Crisis Threatening the Internet

Season 13 Episode 9 | 21m 13s

Coin tosses aren't truly random. Lava lamps help secure the internet. And quantum physics might break encryption—or save it. This is what randomness really means, and why your digital life depends on it!

Aired: 07/30/25
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Learn about Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize-winning author of Night.
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Before meeting his wife Marion, Elie Wiesel "shunned love" and didn't see himself having children.
In "Night," Elie Wiesel recounts a memory of witnessing three victims being hung.
Elie Wiesel reunited with his sister in France.
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Dennis Haysbert finds faith, joy, and purpose in this moving Christmas behind the scenes clip.
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