She was trying to prove the structure of the B form of DNA through mathematical computations and more than 100 hours of ...

A statue of pioneering 19th Century mathematician Ada Lovelace has been installed in the town near her childhood home.

He built the Great Mosque at Timbuktu, and Timbuktu became a very important commercial city, having caravan connections with Egypt and other important trader centers in North Africa. All of this made ...

Several millennia ago, a Greek ship sank off the coast of an island in the Aegean Sea called Antikythera. It was carrying statues, coins, and one mysterious shoebox-sized object. Watch editors Andrew ...

If it weren’t for a Volkswagen bus and a calculator, Apple might never have existed. At the time, the late cofounder Steve Jobs was in his early twenties and strapped for cash, but hooked on the idea ...

Why does the hard drive on a Windows system use the drive letter C instead of A or 1? Photo: Getty Images We often don’t think much about certain things and just accept them. But have you ever ...

Several millennia ago, a Greek ship sank off the coast of an island in the Aegean Sea called Antikythera. It was carrying statues, coins, and one mysterious shoebox-sized object. Watch editors Andrew ...

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The 2025-26 college football bowl schedule saw its final standard bowl games on Friday, Jan. 2, but the season extends well into January as the 2026 College Football Playoff semifinals are up next.

Researchers have created a new kind of 3D computer chip that stacks memory and computing elements vertically, dramatically speeding up how data moves inside the chip. Unlike traditional flat designs, ...