Brain food from the land of the rising sums Japan is a world puzzle superpower. Its grid logic puzzles – like Sudoku, Kakuro, KenKen and many more – are played across the world by millions every day. The country also has its own culture of mathematical puzzles, nurtured by the...
Why antibiotics are like fossil fuels
They helped create the modern world but are dangerously overused. How can we harness them sustainably? In 1954, just a few years after the widespread introduction of antibiotics, doctors were already aware of the problem of resistance. Natural selection meant that using these new medicines gave an advantage to the...
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
Kyle Walker has World Cup in his sights, Nottingham Forest remain potent in attack and James Trafford delights the Manchester City fans It has been a constant in the last two seasons: Manchester United are doing OK in a game, resembling something approaching a football team, then out of nowhere...
‘I want to keep this club in the promised land’: Farke’s mission to keep Leeds up
Manager insists club ‘belongs in the Premier League’ and has been building a taller, tougher side to keep them there The trampoline man. It sounds like a promising title for a novel, film or even a song but it is a label Daniel Farke remains desperate to avoid. To the...
Starwatch: Moon, Jupiter and Venus form centre of exquisite gathering
The celestial triangle will take place in the constellation of Gemini, beside bright stars Castor and Pollux There is an exquisite gathering of celestial objects to look out for this week when a beautifully slender crescent moon forms a triangle with the planets Jupiter and Venus, close to the bright...
The Best Tablets – 2025 Update: The Best iPads, Android Tablets, and Windows Alternatives
Tablets aren't just couch screens anymore. In 2025, the best ones double as laptops, sketchbooks, and streaming hubs. From iPads to Android and Windows, here's what's actually worth buying. Read Entire Article
The CD turns 43: The format that changed music forever
On August 17, 1982, engineers at a Polygram factory in Langenhagen, Germany, pressed the first commercial compact disc, containing the Swedish pop group ABBA's album The Visitors. The event marked the debut of a format that would reshape both the music and computing industries for decades to come. Although The......
IBM and Google say scalable quantum computers could arrive this decade
Quantum computing, long seen as a distant goal, is moving closer to reality as leading tech firms outline fresh plans for building scalable machines. In June, IBM released an updated roadmap that it says resolves several of the field's most challenging technical obstacles, setting the stage for what could be......
Another gold rush could bring open pit mines to South Dakota’s Black Hills
It has been 150 years since miners first flocked to South Dakota's Black Hills in a gold rush that displaced Native Americans
He earned a small town’s trust. He owed $95 million in what authorities say was a Ponzi scheme
A businessman from upstate New York is accused of preying on his neighbors in a massive Ponzi scheme