The world's earliest computer was a silk loom built in China over two millennia ago, according to a claim made by China's ...

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Is 170,141,183,460,469,231,731,687,303,715,884,105,727 prime? Before you ask the Internet for an answer, can you consider how you might answer that question without a ...

Decades of research has viewed DNA as a sequence-based instruction manual; yet every cell in the body shares the same genes – so where is the language that writes the memory of cell identities?

When we first saw [DiPDoT’s] homebrew computer, we thought it was an Altair 8800. But, no. While it has a very familiar front panel, the working parts are all based on relays. While it isn’t finished, ...

Abstract: Next-Generation Sequencing in bioinformatics produce a massive amount of data volume. Big data technologies are needed to reduce computation time in data processing. In this paper, we ...

You glance at your phone: 11:11. Your coffee costs $11.11. A license plate reads 111. If these repeating digits keep catching your eye, you might be wondering if there’s more to it than chance.

Expecting a big change or making an effort to transform your life? Keep an eye out for the number sequence 444. Commonly referred to as "angel numbers," certain number series are believed to relay a ...

The number of girls choosing to take a GCSE in computer science fell this year, breaking a consistent growth streak. In 2025, the number of girls taking computing at GCSE level dropped to 20,708, down ...

Recent college graduates are having a harder time finding work, despite their higher education degrees, which usually give job-seekers a leg up in the labor market. That's according to a new report ...

Abstract To define the molecular mechanisms of endothelin-1 (ET-1) gene regulation, we cloned, sequenced, and characterized the rat ET-1 promoter. A sequence consisting of the first 1329 bp of the rat ...