Genomes are key to unlocking life's evolutionary history. The presence and absence of certain genetic sequences and mutations ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

Python leads. C holds #2; C++ and Java dip as C# nears Java. Lower ranks shuffle — Perl returns, SQL at #10, and Go drops ...

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a LEGO set based on the DeLorean car that Doc modified to travel through time. LEGO released one a few years ago (and Walmart has it on sale for $170). But it’s a ...

Watch an oak tree growing from an acorn to a young plant over 133 days in this time-lapse. We picked white oak because it can be germinated immediately without a need for cold-stratification like red ...

Home-growing video of the Eastern's Lychee plant from seed in 76 days. The seed was extracted from an oriental grocery's fresh lychee fruit. It was then germinated in water for 6 days, then transplant ...

On one of the U.S. tours to support the album Alien Lanes, Guided By Voices, for whom I played bass guitar at that time, did a show at a club in Los Angeles called Spaceland. It was so new it didn’t ...