If you've been on the internet for a while, you might know Wolfram Alpha as the website where you chuck your calculus homework to get answers in a jiffy. At the time, it already felt like a cheat code ...

The problem is Wolfram Alpha isn't a search engine and never claimed to be. In fact, the first question on the site's FAQ list is just that, and the answer is -- no. What the company claims it to be ...