In 1962, V. A. Antonov did some remarkable simulations showing that in Newtonian mechanics, gravitating systems can violate the usual rules of thermodynamics. Instead of reaching equilibrium they c…

Polypropylene and polyethylene can be broken down simultaneously.

X could be unblocked soon.

Mount Unix system into Common Lisp image. Contribute to neomacs-project/unix-in-lisp development by creating an account on GitHub.

It has been thought of as many things: a pointlike object, an excitation of a field, a speck of pure math that has cut into reality. But never has physicists’ conception of a particle changed more…

The FCC wants to unlock all phones in the US within 60 days of activation, but AT&T and T-Mobile unsurprisingly object to the plan.

Quantum entanglement is a fascinating feature of quantum physics – the theory of the very small. If two particles are quantum-entangled, the state of one particle is tied to that of the other, no matter how far apart the particles are. This mind-bending phenomenon…

One of the ways I like to do development is to build something, click around a ton, make tweaks, click around more, more tweaks, more clicks, etc., until I finally consider it done.

Tactics used to persuade U.S. doctors that potent painkillers could be safely prescribed have been used abroad, an investigation shows.

Tetris Game Shows Promise in Reducing PTSD Symptoms

Diagram of the OpenAPI Specification tooling ecosystem, focusing on how tasks relate to the specification

In this post, we explore the idea of software artisans and how the future of coding might resemble a return to a more hands-on, creative approach. Is writing software dead?.

The US company says it will ask for court permission to start a sale process of the business.

How an army of artisans on a five-year deadline turned back time to restore a centuries-old masterpiece—by hand.

(This was originally posted on a social media site; I’ve revised and updated it for my blog.) The other day a friend asked me a pretty …

The new sensor leverages photoacoustic spectroscopy to precisely detect carbon dioxide levels in a compact package.

Flow Computing has developed a new computing architecture that combines parallel processing units with CPUs. By reducing the overhead of parallelization, the company claims it can effectively make a CPU 100 times faster.