An extraordinary near-miss of history helps explain Brexit.

How we became nostalgic for Minecraft

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A normal day at the archives takes a strange turn when _Appendix_ editor Felipe Cruz finds a box full of personal effects recovered from a 60-year-old PanAm ...

Goldman Sachs, which operates Apple Card, discriminates between men and women, it is claimed.

An aisle or two over, I visited the Kammerflage Kreations booth, a company “dedicated to supplying you with the most incredible ‘living art’ via our spectacular panther chameleons!” Alec O’Brien wa…

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

Too often when you see a build video, you only get to see the final product. Even if there’s footage of the build itself, it’s usually only the highlights as a major component is comple…

New approaches to managing and processing data emerge, along with standard ways to compare them.

Archaeologists have dug up sake bottles and delicate rice bowls.

During the early days of testing for the legendary SR-71 Blackbird there were some harrowing mishaps, the details of which have rarely come to light. On January 25, 1966, test pilot Bill Weaver and Lockheed flight test reconnaissance and navigation systems…

As the internet turns 50, the global vision that animated it is under attack. What can be done?

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Our correspondent goes inside an eye trauma unit in Chile that’s responding to “an epidemic” of protesters who have been shot in the eye by police pellet guns.

Two wrecks discovered may be sister ships of Vasa, which sank on its maiden voyage

The Steam client for Linux now supports using namespaces (a.k.a containers) to run game titles. This feature is available in the latest Steam client beta, and can be used for all native Linux titles in your Steam library. In order to run a title in a container…

A prominent software developer said on Twitter that the credit card was “sexist” against women applying for credit.