Welwitschia, found in the Namib Desert, is one of the longest living plants on the planet. Scientists are now discovering its genetic secrets, writes Richard Sima

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Precipitation was so unexpected, scientists had no gauges to measure it, and is stark sign of climate crisis

There has been a claimed AT&T hack of personal data from 70M customers, less than a week after a confirmed hack of tens of millions of...

Social networks have failed big time to satisfy my needs and many others’ needs as well.

Dumb Phone
Elsewhere a friend laments:
The frequency with which I need my email and a notebook while I'm on the phone makes integrated devices foolish.
I'd covered that point a few years ago in a larger essay on the tyranny of the minimum viable user (ht…

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Employees are departing the personal styling company, while those who remain fear their jobs are gradually being replaced by an algorithm. “We know the ultimate goal of Stitch Fix was to get rid of us,” one employee said.

Game developers today are reacting strongly to a YouTube video posted by the channel People Make Games, in which host Quintin Smith argues that Roblox Corporation is taking advantage of young people trying to make games on the platform. In a 22-minute video…

‘I have not donated money to anyone or any organization. I also do not believe in loaning money to friends and relatives, no matter what.'

As a record number of Americans leave their jobs, those who can’t are working themselves sick.

It's not just domestication that has changed animals – simply sharing their environment with humans has radically altered the behaviour of some species.

Documents highlighted by The Verge and disclosed as part of the Apple vs. Epic Games trial have revealed that Apple discussed plans for sideloading...

Nature - A key amino-acid change might underlie the coronavirus variant’s ferocious infectivity.