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Alex Wellerstein’s book, Restricted Data, confirms what Jeremy Bernstein has long believed to be true: the information needed to make a nuclear weapon has been in circulation for a long time.

Open source packages are the “roads and bridges” of software, but unlike real roads and bridges, open source is often invisible.

New audio technique can track bats in flight and help localise sources of ultrasonic sound.

A $9 billion oil pipeline that became a symbol of the rising political clout of climate change advocates and a flash point in U.S.-Canada relations was officially canceled on Wednesday.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will allow all full-time employees to work from home if their jobs can be done remotely.

Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the necessity of COVID-19 vaccination in persons previously infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Methods Employees of the Cleveland Clinic Health System working in Ohio on Dec 16, 2020, the day COVID-19 vaccination…

Here’s a look at the various FUI designs from the sci-fi series The Expanse . Special thanks to Brian Benton who suggested this and provided some great links as well! A lot of the images have been collected from this massive image dump from drainsmith…

Some bulk cargoes can cause cargo liquefaction if the moisture content exceeds a certain level. Carg...

There are about six major

conceptualizations of memory, which I’m calling “memory models”, that dominate

today’s programming.

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Infecting the mosquitoes with a different bug slams the brakes on dengue fever, trial finds.

Luis Abreu once thrived on servicing India’s many typewriters but computers are eclipsing his trade

To understand what quantum computers can do — and what they can’t — avoid falling for overly simple explanations.

Recreating a fully functional version of iOS 4 in SwiftUI. - GitHub - zzanehip/The-OldOS-Project: Recreating a fully functional version of iOS 4 in SwiftUI.

A good philosophy to live by at work is to “always be quitting”. No, don’t be constantly thinking of leaving your job 😱. But act as if you might leave on short notice 😎. …