Let’s start with the question. A simple yet complicated one. Still, binary. Who’s going to win the Rose Bowl semifinal of the College Football Playoff? Alabama or Michigan? This takes a turn when you ...

Women are making strides in science. They now make up about half the people getting degrees in biology and nearly half in chemistry and math, but for some reason they’re still lagging when it comes to ...

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, two computer geeks worth more than $300 billion put together, are posturing to fight each other in a mixed-martial-arts cage match. The dumb backstory: Facebook, which ...

They walk — ungracefully — among us, sporting the accoutrements of their clan: high-water pants, thick-framed glasses, pocket protectors. They also are taking over the world, one computer application ...

Arguing over the best hardware of the year is usually fun. That’s as true as ever in 2025, when Brad Chacos, Adam Patrick Murray, Will Smith, and Alaina Yee (hi, it’s me) rolled up our sleeves and got ...

Scientists have endlessly debated the topic and groups have convened conferences on the issue— how to get more women to major in computer science. The field is overwhelmingly dominated by men.

SPOKANE, Wash. — A computer club at Washington State University is preparing for its first "nerd auction." But first, a few of its members will get their own upgrades. Six sororities have offered ...