How a Single Moth Changed the History of Computing

In 1947, engineers stared at the room‑sized Harvard Mark II computer in frustration as it kept malfunctioning. They finally ...
Communications of the ACM

How NASA Built Artemis II’s Fault-Tolerant Computer

To take humans back to the Moon, NASA has engineered a "fail-silent" architecture that handles everything from cosmic-ray bit ...

Iran-linked hackers disrupt operations at US critical infrastructure sites

Hackers working on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have attacked US industrial sites before. In 2023, a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Before Computers Were Machines, They Were Women—Here Are Six Places Where Human Computers Built Modern Science

From AT&T to NASA, women working as computers performed the calculations that made modern science possible. In the early ...

The Big Bang: A.I. Has Created a Code Overload

Sachin Kamdar, a co-founder of Elvex, an A.I. agent start-up, said he created a rule around 16 months ago that all of the ...
Nature

The Nature Awards Inspiring Women in Science

The Inspiring Women in Science awards celebrate and support the achievements of women in science, and all those who work to encourage girls and young women to engage with STEM subjects and stay in ...