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The US is cutting greenhouse-gas emissions, energy use, air pollution, and its use of major resources, even as its economy and population expand. This “decoupling” of growth from environmental degradation is showing up in other major economies as well, and…

Public hotspots are a known security​ issue, but new research suggests even private hotspots could be wide-open to attack.

With the release of Chrome 76, Google fixed a loophole that allowed web sites to detect if a visitor was using Incognito mode.  Unfortunately, their fix led to two other methods that can still be used to detect when a visitor is browsing privately.

Economist Raj Chetty found the program has "the largest effect I’ve ever seen in a social science intervention."

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When Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, Albert Einstein had already left the country. He was in the United States and in contact with the founders of his new academic home, the Institute for Advanced Study, which would open in fall 1933.…

The Kona wasn't charging at the time of the explosion and the cause of the incident is still being investigated.

Creating animations for robotic characters is very challenging due to the constraints imposed by their physical nature. In particular, the combination of fast motions and unavoidable structural deformations leads to mechanical oscillations that negatively…

Frustrated by programming language shortcomings, Guido van Rossum created Python. With the language now used by millions, Nick Heath talks to van Rossum about Python's past and explores what's next.

Electric bicycle riders have always known that e-bikes can actually be a great form of exercise. But a new study...

Apple continues to crapify its products, in ways intended to thwart the ability of their owners to use third party services to repair their devices.

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China steps ups efforts to pull business into line over the demonstrations

Sacred values and social isolation contribute to extremism in young men.