The native just-in-time compiler in Python 3.15 can speed up code by as much as 20% or more, although it’s still experimental ...

Eeny, meeny, miny, mo, catch a tiger by the toe – so the rhyme goes. But even children know that counting-out rhymes like this are no help at making a truly random choice. Perhaps you remember when ...

Under a new bill that just passed, Americans will be able to get a new Social Security number if they’re under age 14 and had their card stolen. The law was introduced in September and passed the ...

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 ...

Adding numbers to your passwords makes them more secure. In fact, most sites and services these days require alphanumeric passwords at the very least. Some people ...

Nearly a third of Americans – 30% – say people may have to resort to violence in order to get the country back on track, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. It’s a sharp rise from 18 ...

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Children receive roughly 30 vaccine doses before age 18, doctors say. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at a Senate hearing on Thursday that children receive up to 92 ...

With the Powerball ballooning to $650 million after Wednesday’s drawing, hopeful players have been asking: Is winning the lottery a matter of luck or something that science and artificial intelligence ...

Ramming a shin into a coffee table. Bumping a knee into that rod under your desk. Taking a tumble off a bike. These things tend to hurt like [redacted], so you probably won’t be surprised when you ...