Why write ten lines of code when one will do? From magic variable swaps to high-speed data counting, these Python snippets ...

A few years ago, during a taxi ride, the driver described to me how a pig had transformed his life. A childhood with dogs taught him what to expect from animals, yet he was unprepared for the pig he ...

Exclamation marks, ellipses and ‘haha’ can’t fix our growing inability to communicate. By Nitsuh Abebe “How Many Exclamation Points Are Too Many in an Email? A Psychologist Weighs In.” A psychologist!

This is a review of Truth: What It Is, How To Find It & Why It Still Matters. by Michael Shermer, forthcoming from Johns Hopkins University Press. Amidst claims of “fake news,” “alternative facts,” ...

Right or (as it turns out) wrong, I wasn’t a sprinkle-your-first-name-into-conversation kind of guy. I’m not hugely self-assured, and saying the other person’s name felt forced. Or awkward. Or ...

In a useful entry in the growing canon of “quit lit,” Charles Knowles blends science and memoir to persuade readers to cut down on alcohol. Credit...Anthony Kwan for The New York Times Supported by By ...

I don’t want to sum up the year, outline hopes for 2026, predict or warn. I want to say we all have to become better people. You won’t get through the future without faith, you won’t get through life ...

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) When electricity first emerged as a technology, Edison and Tesla clashed in the “war of currents,” arguing over whether alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) should ...

Shares of Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: RXRX) are trading higher Monday after the pharmaceutical company reported positive data from an ongoing trial. What To Know: Recursion ...

The clinical-stage biotech might have a successful drug on its hands, if a relatively early-stage clinical trial is any indication. Its REC-4881 did very well in the testing. 10 stocks we like better ...

A pair of recent studies examined why sophisticated levels of consciousness evolved in some animals, but not in others. In the first study, philosophers outlined the ALARM theory that shows how three ...