The painted outline of a human hand inside a cave on the Indonesian island of Muna represents what researchers are calling ...

We are often so busy and yet when the opportunity arises to do nothing, we can find it uncomfortable. Here’s how to lean into boredom – and unlock the imagination Sign up here to get the whole series ...

I am porting the exchange-core2 project to C++. After implementing the Adaptive Radix Tree (ART), I observed a 10-18x absolute performance gap between the C++ version and the original Java version.

I love starting afresh, but the aggressively upbeat language of self-improvement around New Year’s can feel like a consumerist trap — or doomed to fail. One intention I do plan to stick with: More art ...