In 1981, a strange arcade game appeared in Portland. Then kids got sick—seizures, hallucinations, even memory loss. And then the game vanished. The legend of Polybius became infamous, but hidden in ...

AlphaGenome is a leap forward in the ability to study the human blueprint. But the fine workings of our DNA are still largely a mystery. By Carl Zimmer In 2024, two scientists from Google DeepMind ...

READING, Pa.—Miri Technologies has unveiled the V410 live 4K video encoder/decoder for streaming, IP-based production workflows and AV-over-IP distribution, which will make its world debut at ISE 2026 ...

Abstract: Background: Accurate identification of bone metastases in lung cancer is essential for effective diagnosis and treatment. However, existing methods for detecting bone metastases face ...

After poring over recordings from sperm whales in the Caribbean, UC Berkeley linguist Gasper Begus had an unlikely breakthrough. According to a new study from Begus and his colleagues with Project ...

Square has officially launched Bitcoin payments for its 4 million U.S. merchants, allowing businesses to accept BTC with zero processing fees until 2027. Bitcoin just took another major step toward ...

Decoder is now a video podcast. We’re very excited to announce that Decoder is now officially on YouTube. So if you prefer to watch and not just listen to your podcasts, you can head over to ...

Square’s new Bitcoin service lets US merchants accept BTC at checkout, hold it in a built-in wallet and get zero fees on transactions. Square, the payments processor owned by Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc., ...

Why aliens might take an interest in livestock, how pharmaceuticals get such wacky names, and more listener questions. For questions about subscriptions or your Slate ...

According to @AIHistoryFacts, early long-distance communication systems utilized a 5-bit method, where high or low fire signals encoded 25 Greek letters one character at a time. This foundational ...