Their big promise has fizzled out.

How a Python function relates to a two thousand year old debate in philosophy

Seattle amateur scientist helping to unlock the secrets of slime molds: Meet two amateur naturalists who comb the Pacific Northwest woods for a fascinating creature with an unappealing name: slime molds.

One of the longest-living life forms on the planet…

New research of historic property records estimates the toll of mansion and other space combinations, especially in Manhattan.

Learn the importance of SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and BIMI in ensuring email delivery.

Every time any of us packs a bag, we are making some very specific tech-focused decisions. It starts with what devices we need (or can live without) and cascades into charging bricks and cords and …

Replacing single use plastic cups with paper ones is problematic. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg show that a paper cup that ends up in nature can also cause damage as they also contain toxic chemicals.

An MIT physicist has proposed the provocative idea that life exists because the law of increasing entropy drives matter to acquire lifelike physical properties.

In 2014, the Supreme Court made it clear: phone searches require warrants. While it did note the case involved a search “incident to an arrest,” the precedent was undeniable. If a phone…

Hundreds of thousands of verified X users may have to hand over their ID and send the company a selfie if they want to maintain their vaunted status on the platform.

A team from Aalto University and the University of Jyväskylä have created an artificial quantum magnet featuring a quasiparticle made of entangled electrons, the triplon

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A mysterious company has spent $800 million in an effort to buy thousands of acres of San Francisco Bay Area land. The people behind the deals are said to be a who’s who of the tech industry.

On Thursday, NASA released the first data maps from its new instrument launched to space earlier this year, which now is successfully transmitting information

Study identifies taste receptors that give our feline friends a craving for meat—and one fish in particular

I maintain a 800 square feet garden in San Francisco's Mission District. Planning started in 2015 and we finally planted in January 2017. The process involved tearing up concrete, pouring a new sidew…

The real cost of a preventive health scan goes well beyond the price tag.

Musings of a Computer Scientist.