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Chemist Anne Lüscher showed at 39C3 how synthetic DNA can be used for data storage and tamper-proof authentication.

A new research paper reframes the simulation hypothesis, asking whether reality could be simulated and what science can test.

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Scientists are building experimental computers from living human brain cells and testing how they learn and adapt.

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Unix died because of endless incompatibilities between versions. Linux succeeded on servers and everywhere else because it ...

Three-dimensional modeling sits at the heart of modern design, engineering, and fabrication. Yet for blind and low-vision ...

Breaking down some of the most frustrating—and in some cases, genuinely troublesome—features found in today’s cars.From ...

"Quantum" may seem like a useless buzzword, but quantum computing is a real thing, and it's actually understandable even if you don't know physics.