In 1999, the Indian computer scientist and educational theorist Sugata Mitra created a small, if audacious, learning ...

On January 25 th 2003, the Slammer worm exploited a vulnerability in SQL Server 2000, to execute a buffer overflow attack, affecting customers of Microsoft’s relational database management system.

When global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca paused plans to invest £200m in Cambridge last year, there were fears it could cause ripples through the science sector and affect wider investment and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

It’s been labeled “scientific vandalism” and “a national security risk.” The Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research has outraged scientists and ...

The Trump administration is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), long considered the crown jewel in the U.S.’s earth science infrastructure. Scientists who study climate, ...

Google's (GOOG) (GOOGL) artificial intelligence unit, DeepMind, announced late on Wednesday that it will establish the first automated science laboratory in the U.K. next year, as part of a broader ...

Dr. Shaw and Dr. Hilton teach software engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In ...

A 62-page document written by President Donald Trump’s on-again-off-again pick to run NASA, billionaire Jared Isaacman, outlines a sweeping, ambitious, and at times controversial plan for the space ...

China’s ruling Communist Party said Thursday it will focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and technology, a long-running push that has become more pronounced as the U.S. has imposed ...

STANSBURY PARK — When a massive rainstorm flooded Tooele County this past weekend, most people were focused on cleanup and damage assessments. But in one Stansbury Park classroom, all that water led ...

Iowa State University is planning to modernize a nearly 60-year-old facility. Atanasoff Hall belongs to the university's Department of Computer Science, and has not undergone a comprehensive ...