A few months ago, I found myself wondering how a command like ping 1.1.1.1 works from within a private network.
In most private networks, multiple hosts connect to the Internet through a router. For IPv4, the router performs network address translation (NAT)…

3,3′-Diindolylmethane (DIM) decreased the Streptococcus mutans biofilm, a leading contributor to plaque and cavities, by 90%. A significant portion of the global population experiences persistent issues with dental plaque and cavities or will face them at…

On Saturday, it was the 54th day this year that the official reading at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport hit 110 degrees, eclipsing the previous record set in 2020. The hot streak could reach 55 days.

OPINION: The culture of deception in US courts needs to end

A golden egg, or an alien, on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean?

For hundreds of years, the Bajau have lived at sea, and natural selection may have made them genetically stronger divers.

Mathematical insights create a more intuitive UI for Bézier curves.

Regular readers will know that I have a lot of love for the French Minitel system and own a couple. In the past I've written about using a M...

The off-season rain of Hurricane Hilary on August 20 gave a rare opportunity for both warm-season and cool-season weeds to germinate at the same time. I thought I would take advantage by photographing the young seedlings as they came up. I chose to post here…

A study found that waste heat generated by a city’s worth of air conditioners during a heatwave can raise the outside temperature by more than 2 degrees Celsius.

I was walking to a team meeting where I was going to announce that we would likely have to lay off nearly all of our employees because we unexpectedly had almost no money left, and that it was all my fault.

Discover why software prices surge despite reduced spending. Explore the 2023 landscape of hikes, inflation, and AI investments.

In the first 45-minutes the market was open the faulty software deployment sent millions of child orders into the market resulting in 4 million transactions against 154 stocks for more than 397 mil…

I frequently reference a process called Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF) when discussing LLMs, whether in the research news or tutorials.