[Part of a series: The Age of Steam] The steam engine might have amounted to relatively little if not for its two compatriots, coal and iron. Together they formed a kind of triumvirate, ruling over…

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How to optimize your information diet and become indistractable.

Haystacks of Romania

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned Elon Musk's space company SpaceX that its environmental review of a new tower at its Boca Chica launch site in Texas is incomplete and the agency could order SpaceX to take down the tower.

Rep. Pat Fallon, a Texas freshman, has also failed to disclose 93 trades worth up to $17.53 million this year alone

12 Weeks, 24 Lessons, IoT for All! Contribute to microsoft/IoT-For-Beginners development by creating an account on GitHub.

Microsoft exec: "Summary of meeting with Steve Jobs" April 23, 1998

People working minimum wage jobs full-time cannot afford a two-bedroom apartment in any state in the U.S. without spending more than 30% of their income.

Spring wheat could see some of its lowest wheat yields in decades due to widespread drought and heat.

C++ is spreading its wings in finance jobs.

More than 10,000 species of plants and animals are at high risk of extinction due to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest - 35% of which has already been deforested or degraded, according to the draft of a landmark scientific report published on Wednesday.

The creator of James Bond had an unremarkable career in intelligence and considered his own books “piffle.”

Filmmakers Katy Scoggin and Laura Poitras follow reporter Marcel Rosenbach as he informs the staff of a German communications firm that they have been targeted for…

The city's time as an open and liberal society has run out.

Software engineer Manu Cornet says Google went from being "like Disneyland" to like any other profit-driven company.

SQLBolt provides a set of interactive lessons and exercises to help you learn SQL

Nature - The biological basis for sex differences in autoimmune diseases are beginning to come into focus.