The journal in 1992 had concluded that Ratcliffe's study was unfit for publication as the direction of research was something which was beyond their understanding.

MIT engineers have analyzed a bridge design proposed by Leonardo da Vinci, and found that it would indeed have stood solidly, had it ever been built.

When sudo is configured to allow a user to run commands as an arbitrary user via the ALL keyword in a Runas specification, it is possible to run commands as root by specifying the user ID -1 or 4294967295.
This can be used by a user with sufficient sudo privileges…

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It's the NBA's silent scourge, a pox on the bodies and minds of players. This two-year investigation reveals the dangers of chronic sleep loss in the NBA -- and why one athletic specialist is finally sounding the alarm.

One of China's most brazen hacking sprees involved intelligence officers, hackers, security researchers, and company insiders.

Called the most notorious literary critic in America, Professor Bloom argued for the superiority of giants like Shakespeare, Chaucer and Kafka.

The world's oldest tree, Old Tjikko, is a 9,500-year-old Norwegian Spruce tree that was discovered in 2004 by Professor Leif Kullman.

For people who cannot deal.

Superior IQs are associated with mental and physical disorders, research suggests

This November we're hosting a hackathon at YC. You can find out more about the event and apply here.

Plunging into the ocean near Antarctica, Lewis Pugh was determined to push the limits of human endurance

The Y Combinator startup Lambda School has raised money from GV, Stripe, and even Ashton Kutcher for a better way of thinking about education.

Cupertino in China Syndrome meltdown

A NASA engineer has published plans for an engine that could accelerate a rocket without using propellant. But there are questions over whether it could work

Science looks at the subtleties of semiotics