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As Louisiana prepares to implement a computer science graduation requirement, students at the Louisiana School for Math, ...

The story of Kryptos and the cryptanalyst who spent decades trying to solve the CIA sculpture greatest mystery.

Researchers at Duke University have shown that large AI model weights can be smartly embedded in the form of radio waves delivered over the air between devices and nearby base stations, opening a path ...

The computer, at its core, is an input-output device: it receives instructions, executes programmes, performs calculations automatically and produces results. Unearthed in 2012 from a tomb dated to ...

Some stars in our galaxy, known as hypervelocity stars, move much faster than most other stars in the Milky Way. In fact, they are traveling so fast that our galaxy’s gravity can’t hold onto them and ...

Showrunner Eric Robles previews Stranger Things: Tales From '85, the animated spinoff set between seasons 2 and 3 of the mothership. Robles teases the big story idea that he describes as "Hawkins Lab ...

Space and time aren’t just woven into the background fabric of the universe. To theoretical computer scientists, time and space (also known as memory) are the two fundamental resources of computation.

Astronomers have confirmed a giant planet orbiting a tightly bound pair of young stars, marking a first in direct exoplanet imaging. The planet, known as HD 143811 AB b, is the closest-in world ever ...

Software built into the cameras on iPhones and Android phones makes quick work of decoding QR codes. How do you do that on a laptop or desktop computer? I have a friend who calls me occasionally to ...

Dr. Shaw and Dr. Hilton teach software engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In ...

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