Struggling to debug your physics simulations in Python? This video uncovers common mistakes that cause errors in physics code and shows how to identify and fix them efficiently. Perfect for students, ...

Researchers studying cybersecurity have discovered a new and sophisticated phishing effort that spreads dangerous payloads ...

MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum developed Eliza in the mid-1960s. His views on artificial intelligence were often at odds with many of his fellow pioneers in the field. Illustration by Meilan Solly / ...

Learn how to implement a classic substitution cipher in C! This step-by-step tutorial walks you through encoding and decoding messages by replacing each letter with another according to a fixed key. A ...

A strain of bird flu never seen in humans has infected a Washington state resident and left the person hospitalized, state health authorities said. Washington State Department of Health authorities ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

As he addressed an audience of virologists from China, Australia, and Singapore at October’s Pandemic Research Alliance Symposium, Wei Zhao introduced an eye-catching idea. The gene-editing technology ...

A new flu variant fueling a fast-paced rise in cases across the state has brought with it some symptoms unlike those many have come to associate with the virus. As cases reach "very high" levels in ...

As today is the first Monday of 2026, Americans across the country are settling back into their everyday routines after the busy holiday season. But many are also recovering from the flu—or still ...

It's the time of sneezing, coughing, hacking and wheezing. Cases of the flu are surging throughout much of the United States as the new year begins. In its latest Influenza Surveillance Report, ...