To a programmer, code can seem a “domain of sorcery” in which strings of characters have power in the real world.

Both are based on binary systems, and the Dutch artist Anna Lucia Goense is mining that fact for inspiration. Needlework and ...

The TIOBE Index’s proprietor, TIOBE Software CEO Paul Jansen, notes the index is not a prize for the “best” language or a list of in which programming language the most code has been written ...

This interactive, designed and built by Slate’s Andrew Kahn, gives you a sense of the scale of the trans-Atlantic slave trade across time, as well as the flow of transport and eventual ...

In a testament to how quickly time moves, 20 years ago Steve Jobs gave his famous Stanford commencement speech. If you haven’t heard it before, set aside the time to listen, it’s about 15 minutes long ...

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating... On the heels of widespread protests against the “unlawful” arrests of Los Angeles residents, here’s how you can get involved to support ...