The Illinois Symphony Chamber Orchestra will perform a program featuring three notable works at two concerts April 10-11. The concerts will take place 7:30 p.m. April 10 at First Presbyterian Church, ...

Chinese state-sponsored threat actors were likely behind the hijacking of Notepad++ update traffic last year that lasted for almost half a year, the developer states in an official announcement today.

A simple, scalable hospital program improved hand hygiene, sped up sepsis treatment, and sharply reduced severe infection outcomes, showing how small, coordinated changes can save mothers’ lives even ...

The Trump administration told a judge that it would use contingency funds to pay at least some SNAP benefits during the ongoing U.S. government shutdown. SNAP provides food stamps to about 42 million ...

If you are concerned about microplastics, the world starts to look like a minefield. The tiny particles can slough off polyester clothing and swirl around in the air inside your home; they can scrape ...

Creating simple data classes in Java traditionally required substantial boilerplate code. Consider how we would represent Java’s mascots, Duke and Juggy: public class JavaMascot { private final String ...

In 1876, Peter Guthrie Tait set out to measure what he called the “beknottedness” of knots. The Scottish mathematician, whose research laid the foundation for modern knot theory, was trying to find a ...

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 ...

Learn how to build a simple and efficient iron farm in Minecraft 1.20 and newer versions. This design works for both Java and Bedrock editions, and is suitable for survival worlds. The farm uses golem ...