This is the fourth part of a five part (I, II, III, IV, V) series covering some of the basics of fortification, from city walls to field fortifications, from the ancient world to the modern period.…

A recent paper set the fastest record for multiplying two matrices. But it also marks the end of the line for a method researchers have relied on for decades to make improvements.

Public staircases are a guilty pleasure of mine. There's one that I use often, a south-facing set of steps that links a pedestrian bridge over the river to our local greenmarket. It's a lovely, sun...

The blackout comes as ESPN's coverage of college football bowl games lies ahead.

Villagers believe the monkeys are targeting the dogs after a group of them killed one of the infant monkeys.

Wolfram's Director of Technical Communication & Strategy, Jon McLoone, shares his thoughts on why it would not have been possible to create the Wolfram technology stack using a free and open-source model.

Regulators announced Friday that JPMorgan Securities admitted to bookkeeping failures and agreed to pay $200 million to settle the charges.

Most modern mobile devices include vibration hardware, which lets software code provide physical feedback to the user by causing the device to shake. The Vibration API offers Web apps the ability to access this hardware, if it exists, and does nothing if…

Massachusetts police can seize and keep money from drug-related arrests. No one has publicly reported how that money gets spent. A WBUR/ProPublica investigation found that Boston police used over $600,000 of it on a controversial surveillance device.

The Gävle Goat is a Swedish tradition, as is burning it down

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Background Lead (Pb) is a pervasive metal that can be found in, and potentially leached from, ceramics, particularly into acidic foods and beverages. The purpose of this study was to investigate potential lead exposure from coffee and tea consumption, given…