Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools.

On a recent frozen Saturday morning in the basement of Sinclair Community College building 8, nine students learned how to build the future. But Centerville resident Karen Terry was simply creating a ...

Human language may seem messy and inefficient compared to the ultra-compact strings of ones and zeros used by computers—but our brains actually prefer it that way. New research reveals that while ...

Abstract: This research full paper describes our experience in teaching parallel programming for students without previous knowledge of basic concepts of computing, comparing their levels of learning.

Henry Yuen is developing a new mathematical language to describe problems whose inputs and outputs aren’t ordinary numbers.

No fake news here, you really can program with musical notes if you want to!

Deep within the source code of this online multiplayer game lies an enigmatic number that puzzles and inspires experts to this day ...

Finding the right book can make a big difference, especially when you’re just starting out or trying to get better. We’ve looked at a bunch of options, and this list should help you find the best ...

If launching it was crazy in 1999, then what's trying to use it today? FOSDEM 2026 Michal Pleban knows his old kit inside out, and his talk on the CIDCO MailStation was one of the most interesting of ...

Abstract: This work-in-progress research-to-practice paper describes a systematic literature review on the use of chatbots in programming courses. We scoped existing peer-reviewed and published ...