Subject to the additional restrictions below, the Electric Doctor Generator Giveaway (the “Sweepstakes”) is open to legal U.S. residents of the following counties in Illinois – Jo Daviess, Carroll, ...

Celebrate Pi Day and read all about how this number pops up across math and science on our special Pi Day page. Grab something circular, like a cup, measure the distance around the circle, and divide ...

Random numbers are very important to us in this computer age, being used for all sorts of security and cryptographic tasks. [Theory to Thing] recently built a device to generate random numbers using ...

GRAND FORKS — North Dakota is one of 11 states with a single area code. Beyond identifying the state's telephone service region, the 701 brand in North Dakota is an identity found on clothing, ...

Abstract: In this paper, we present a class of codes, referred to as random staircase generator matrix codes (SGMCs), which have staircase-like generator matrices. In the infinite-length region, we ...

For obvious reasons, it would be useful to predict when an earthquake is going to occur. It has long been suspected that large quakes in the Himalayas follow a fairly predictable cycle, but nature, as ...

We all need change. The trick is to calibrate the appropriate amount of it. By Ronnie Scott Changing my number had always been a street-level fantasy, the kind of thing I’d dream in my idle hours of ...

Lottery frenzy continues — just in time for the holiday season! Powerball reached $1 billion jackpot, and recently five Florida tickets from five drawings in less than a month got lucky. As they say ...

With the holidays are just around the corner, your savings might be taking a hit. Why not take a shot at one of the year's biggest Powerball jackpots? Saturday's prize has reached $1 billion and while ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...

Eeny, meeny, miny, mo, catch a tiger by the toe – so the rhyme goes. But even children know that counting-out rhymes like this are no help at making a truly random choice. Perhaps you remember when ...