Polymaths excel in multiple fields. But what makes a polymath – and can their cross-discipline expertise help tackle some of society’s most pressing challenges?

A fifth force of nature could have been discovered after scientists carried out a "Nobel-prize worthy" experiment which could revolutionise our understanding of the world.

The long read: A GP has minutes to try to convince a person that life is worth living. No wonder they always wonder what more they could have done

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There are only two problems. In order of increasing difficulty:

1. you've never heard of it.

2. it doesn't exist.

Well...

Nick Janetakis who is a full stack developer breaks down how he built and deploys his personal blog that he's been working on for 5 years.

Ability to perform symbolic computations is a crucial component of any mathematics-oriented package. Symbolic mathematics is used to work with complex expres...

Prosecutors say forced disclosure permitted by “foregone conclusion.” Justices disagree.

Update 26 Sep 2020: A followup to this post is Towards principled reactive UI.

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Sexual violence is one of the most horrific weapons of war, an instrument of terror used against women. Yet huge numbers of men are also victims. In this harrowing report, Will Storr travels to Uganda to meet traumatised survivors, and reveals how male rape…

Text To Diagram generation.

The technology powering Amazon Go convenience stores also could be licensed to other retailers.

Under COPPA, how do I know if my channel is “directed to children”? Since the FTC and New York Attorney General announced their September 2019

When 27-year-old Tetsuya Inoue began running the Fukuoka, Japan hotel owned by his grandmother, he wondered how he could improve business in the new economy.