As the chlorophyll wanes, now is the heyday of the xanthophylls, carotenoids and anthocyanins. These contain carbon rings and chains whose electrons become delocalized… their wavefunct…

Thanks to recent commits by @ChristianHeimes, I figured out the correct incantations to build CPython's main branch for the web! This is stock Python running *in the browser*. My noscripts to build this are at github.com/ethanhs/python… Lots of work to fix…

T-Mobile has just announced that it will be delaying its CDMA shutdown by a few months.  Originally, T-Mobile planned to shutdown the network by January 1, 2022; which will give partners “plenty of time and resources to take care of their customers as well.”…

Soviet rocket engines - this article is about their history, their development, their use and their rockets.

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Scientific Reports - A 41,500 year-old decorated ivory pendant from Stajnia Cave (Poland)

Update (Dec 3, 2021): We’ve received an overwhelming number of requests for the Fleet Early Preview program. Unfortunately we can't accept any new requests, but we will continue sending invites to tho

Long before Facebook or Twitter, an L.L. Bean-style catalog for hippies inspired the creation of one of the world’s first social networks.

Built from scratch, based on 20 years of experience developing IDEs. Fleet uses the IntelliJ code-processing engine, with a distributed IDE architecture and a reimagined UI.

The UK competition regulator is expected to block Meta Platforms' acquisition of online GIF platform Giphy in the coming days, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

After serious warnings, users have just been given a new reason to quit...

Why all of the trucks in India bear one seemingly nonsensical expression.

Supposedly today we have a lot of browsers to choose from - Google Chrome, Safari, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, etc. Having choices is a good thing, right? Nobody wants to relive the time of almost complete Internet Explorer domination…

Experts say a raw aluminum stockpile in Vietnam is the biggest they have ever seen.