‘Atomic scientists’ have no special authority when they opine on politics or military strategy.

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Jenny Odell on an encounter with Emerson’s ‘Essays .’

Is there any truth in truth serums?

“Unfortunately, those apps are more secure than texting in the clear, which is more or less the alternative. Granted, if a hostile party has access to the handset, that encryption isn’t particularly helpful.”

@ShaneMorris: “My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, which means the generic water filter I ordered for $19 doesn’t work. My fridge will literally not dispense ice, or water. …

I fight a disease every day that is considered a joke by society

by Karthik Ramanathan / Noam Chomsky An interview I did with Noam Chomsky, Professor of Linguistics, University of Arizona at his office in Tucson. Noam Chomsky taught at MIT for over 50 years and is a leading critic of US foreign policy and an inspiration…

As per a leaked white paper draft of the European Union is considering a temporary ban on the use of facial recognition technology.

At the British Museum in London, down a long string of galleries filled with Greek antiquities, there is a glass case that contains a glossy black-and-ocher amphora, resembling a jug or vase. The o…

(Reuters) - Attorneys for a former Apple Inc executive on Tuesday will try to convince a skeptical judge of a core tenet of tech startup culture - that employees can plan a competing venture while still in a job.

Python 2 will lose support on January 1, 2020. Read our guide on how to migrate your app from Python 2.7 to Python 3.6.

Two young women who held signs supporting Meng Wanzhou outside of B.C. Supreme Court on Monday say they were recruited under false pretenses and paid for their appearance.

Consumers aren't flocking to DNA tests like they used to, explains 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki

MIT researchers have developed an automated machine-learning model that uses probability techniques to significantly outperform human Wall Street analysts in predicting quarterly business sales.

Experts say the man's brain, found in the Roman town of Herculaneum, was affected by extreme heat.

Andrey Petrov is the author of urllib3, the creator of Briefmetrics and ssh-chat, and a former Googler and YCombinator alum. He’s here to tell us of a...