Legislators in Washington State just signed a new bill into law making it legal for people to compost their bodies upon death rather than choosing a more traditional funerary practice such as burial or cremation.

He solved a 127-year-old physics problem on paper and proved that off-centered boat wakes could exist. Five years later, practical experiments proved him right.

The rash of wildfires now consuming the Amazon rainforest can be blamed on a host of human factors, from climate change to deforestation to Brazilian politics.

A supercharged SQLite library for Python. Contribute to plasticityai/supersqlite development by creating an account on GitHub.

Documents suggest the firm has antagonized regulators and applied pressure to shape research of the world’s leading herbicide.

Just like other tech companies that have struggled to tackle misinformation on their platforms, Amazon has proven unable or unwilling to effectively police third-party sellers on its site. A Wall Street Journal investigation found 4,152 items declared unsafe…

Today's encore selection -- from Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky. Until 100 years ago, sturgeon were plentiful in the rivers and lakes throughout Europe and America, and caviar was an ordinary food for those who...

As summer temperatures rise, more buildings are installing energy-hungry air conditioners – a major contributor to climate change. But are there other ways to cool buildings down?

Dear new developer, This came up in a Hacker News comment thread recently: I’ve been working since the 90s and I never attempted to do FizzBuzz. Is it really relevant? Maybe to screen junior …

From gorgeous artworks to grimacing corpses, archaeologists are still uncovering the truth about life—and death—in the doomed city

The Cyber Swiss Army Knife - a web app for encryption, encoding, compression and data analysis

China can get its way in corporate boardrooms but hurts itself with its pressure tactics

A federal appeals court declared that members of the Electoral College could choose whomever they wanted regardless of a state’s popular vote winner.

Mr Macron says Brazil's leader lied to him as UK and German leaders voice concerns over the fires.

Austrian and Chinese scientists have succeeded in teleporting three-dimensional quantum states for the first time. High-dimensional teleportation could play an important role in future quantum computers.