Alan Naiman was known for his frugality -- he wore Costco jeans, bought his favorite pocket T-shirts at a grocery store and squirreled away every penny he could. So when he died, friends were surprised to learn that he had left more than $11 million to charities…

In an attempt to explain the periodic fluctuations in American history, the historian Arthur Schlesinger – the Schlesinger the Harvard library is named after, not his son Arthur Schlesinger Jr that worked in Kennedy’s administration – posited that history…

We mostly see with the mind, and the mind is flexible. For the four hundred million people with amblyopia (lazy eye), their brain encount...

Lua with C/C++/Java/Javanoscript syntax. Contribute to mingodad/ljs development by creating an account on GitHub.

Dr. Roberts worked with other engineers to create the underpinnings of the Arpanet, making many crucial decisions. But his work did not make him rich.

A glimpse of the suburban grotesque, featuring Russian mobsters, Fox News rage addicts, a caged man in a sex dungeon, and Dick Cheney.

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Some apps pass on data the second they’re opened on a smartphone

It is now 27 years since MS-DOS 5.0 was released. During its day there was the threat of viruses breaking your system or making it act in...

China is a pioneer in surveillance: it introduced biometric surveillance to Beijing's metro and smart glasses to its police force. The latest addition to its growing list of surveillance innovations, the "Dove" drone, is so bird-like, it can pass undetected…

How Colleges Make More Money Than God By Giving It Away

An unprecedented drilling boom in the Permian Basin is great for business. But it’s polluting the air, overwhelming communities and threatening the planet.

If you want to make an omelet, so the saying goes, you have to break a few eggs. Think of the omelet you could make if you broke not just a...

John Baez is an American mathematical physicist, and a professor of mathematics at the University of California Riverside, and an activist for the environment. I have been in touch with him via ema…

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Whether it's a secluded residential treatment center or a 12-step group, the Seattle area has become a hub for treatment of extreme tech use. The addiction diagnosis, not officially recognized, crops up among tech workers and others.

How is the U.S. actually split geographically?