The oldest known writing systems first emerged in Mesopotamia, between 3400 and 3100 BC, and Egypt, around 3250 BC. The Latin alphabet, which I'm using to write this post and you're using to read it, gradually took the shape we know between the seventh century…

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Palantir Technologies had a secret plan to deepen its relationship with the UK’s National Health Service without public scrutiny.

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Two thousand years ago, a young Cilician named Oppian, wanting to rehabilitate his disgraced father, decided to write Halieutica, an account of the world of fishes, as a gift for Marcus Aurelius. It was a mixture of possible fact and definite fiction – if…

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NYU professor Jonathan Haidt is resigning an academic association after attempts to force diversity statements into his work.

This is a guest post from Jen Weber. Enjoy. Dear new developer, Welcome! I’m so glad you are here. We need your help to build accessible apps, inclusive engineering teams, and incredible products. …

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The first map of the "galactic underworld"—a chart of the corpses of once massive suns that have since collapsed into black holes and neutron stars—has revealed a graveyard that stretches three times ...