Divs and spans are fine, but purposefully meaningless. Often the meaning actually matters, so let's look at some of those situations.

With a little help from knot theory, scientists have invented a “robust knit” to fight laddering

HTML has been gobbling up swathes of what used to be JavaScript’s remit. This page lists a bunch of dynamic functionality that we can now achieve with just HTML.

Bend: a fast language that blocks AI mistakes via proof.

A black hole rings like a struck bell, then settles into silence, forgetting almost everything about its history. Why?

Why every software company is now a dev tools company.

Dozens of new discoveries reveal that defenses evolved by bacteria and viruses billions of years ago still define our own innate immune system.

We've partnered with three blogging platforms built on AT Protocol — Offprint, Leaflet, and pckt.blog — to give you 25% off any annual plan this summer.

First ever global mapping of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi shows scale of hyphal systems that sustain plant life

One of the most consistently neglected parts of today’s user experiences is our handling of errors. We’re so busy designing the happy paths through our products that we often forget to give the same…

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, connects quantum mechanics to infinitely intricate mathematical structures.

Music recorded in 432 hertz is taking off on social media platforms and music streaming services. Users can find an increasing number of tracks and playlists employing the alternate tuning frequency t...

If you go to your favorite social media site, you will find it full of posts that start to look suspiciously similar to each other:

China's AI boom is producing world-class talent, and Beijing is increasingly reluctant to let them go elsewhere.

A playbook for building a distinctive brand when too many AI products sound the same, look the same and have the same positioning.

A battle between “slimes” and “zoglins” could be the best way to calculate pi—at least for fans of this megahit game

There are a lot of wellness trends that make health experts roll their eyes in skepticism. But there is one big trend that many experts can get behind – with a few caveats: fibermaxxing.

On platforms like Hugging Face, AI models for robotics gain traction

A new study supports a burgeoning challenge to the assumption that pain requires a brain anything like ours.

For years we have been told the best way to get fitter and stronger is to lift something heavy, whether that’s a barbell or our own bodyweight. What if how we put it down was just as important?

On January 9, 1643, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli pointed his telescope at Venus and noticed a faint glow on the planet's unlit side. Riccioli figured it was an…

MIT researchers developed a “computational violin” — the first computer simulation that captures the detailed physics of the instrument and realistically produces the sound of a violin when its string...

An unexpected discovery of massive stones in the depths of the Mediterranean has revealed a historic structure submerged for over 1,600 years.

Kevin Sussman, Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn and John Ross Bowie hit CCXP Mexico City to unveil surprises from the HBO Max series that launches this summer.

Turning waste heat into electricity just got easier

The ingenious engine of web dev simplicity goes all-in with the Fetch API, native streaming, Idiomorph DOM merging, and more.

Scientists find many animals communicate at the same rhythm, suggesting brains may be tuned to a shared processing pace.

The Diffie-Hellman key exchange secures everything from your text messages to government secrets

Jeffrey Yan turned down $100 million, airdropped billions to strangers, and can’t travel without a bodyguard. The story of how he built Hyperliquid,

We signed a 3 year lease and gave it to an AI

I can't imagine a better crew that just completed a perfect mission right now."

John Carreyrou isn’t the first person to link Adam Back and Satoshi Nakamoto based on their writing styles.

A successful bowel movement has three requirements, according to Harvard physician Dr. Trisha Pasricha.

For sheer abundance and ease of production of oil and natural gas, it simply doesn’t get any better than the Persian Gulf region.

Dice and associated activities were first developed in the present-day Southwestern U.S. 12,000 years ago, the research suggests.

Today we’re introducing a free built-in VPN in Firefox, a new IP-protection feature designed to keep you even more private while you browse. We’re star

That's all Folks! (also known as "So Long, Folks!" in the early Merrie Melodies cartoons) is the Looney Tunes signature closing sequence. It was first used by Bosko and more commonly by Porky Pig in…

The dream of deploying humanoid robots in every home has created a new type of job. The only requirements are a head strap, a smartphone and a list of chores.

In a new study, yawning has been shown to push the brain’s clear fluid in the opposite direction of a deep breath.