My little theory is that the concept of “imprinting” in psychology can just as easily be applied to programming: Much as a baby goose decides that the first moving life-form it encounters is its ...

Peter Waldman Artisan, glassblower, and balloon man. Peter Waldman is never without a balloon. Even out to dinner, he will pause and twist up a creation if there’s a child nearby. For the past 40 ...

A choir teacher was exasperated with hearing slang like “67” in her middle school classroom. Rather than ban it, she asked her students to write and perform a song about it. “Some teachers get ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

Worker confidence in the ability to find a job has hit a record low. Employers in nearly every industry have cut back on hiring, according to the latest data, leaving job seekers with fewer places to ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida's python removal team eliminated over 6,300 pounds of Burmese pythons this season, totaling over 40,000 pounds since 2013. The team uses radio telemetry to track ...

Matthew is the Apps and Games Editor at Android Police. He's been gaming since his first taste of a TI-99 at four years old. Matthew has been an Android user since the HTC Hero and has covered ...

On Saturday, a developer using Cursor AI for a racing game project hit an unexpected roadblock when the programming assistant abruptly refused to continue generating code, instead offering some ...

The Windward Plains is the first locale in Monster Hunter Wilds and its Area 6 section can be tough to spot. You likely have an idea of where it is, but can’t quite seem to find its entry point, which ...

Got candles? Cake? A thoughtful gift? If so, then all that's left is to warm up your vocal chords ahead of singing “Happy Birthday” and signing the card. If you've picked out just the right one, but ...

One way to speed up your Python programs is to write modules in the Zig language and use them in your Python code. Here's how to get started. Python might not be the fastest of languages, but it has ...