COBOL Is the Asbestos of Programming Languages

The most widely adopted computer language in history, COBOL is now causing a host of problems. It's also dangerously ...

Cracking the code: How a “prediction machine” is resurrecting the Singapore Stone

Some years ago, my linguistic research team and I started to develop a computational tool aimed at reconstructing the text of ...
Hackaday

Disassembling Opcodes With A Font

Those who stay into the forbidden realm of font rendering quickly learn how convoluted and arcane it can be – LaTeX is a ...
The New York Times

Climate and Environment

A record-breaking snow drought has residents worried about much more than slushy slopes. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey and Nina Riggio The $5 billion project in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to help ...