Do you know how to read binary codes? Pretty impressive if you do, since they’re a computer’s language. Binary coding is a system of counting that boils down to two digits—one (1) and zero (0) that ...

Computers use coding to get instructions and do the things they do. Have you ever seen the inside of a computer? Wires carry information through the machine in the form of electricity. The two options ...

The awesome Digirule 2U is a small 8-bit programmable binary computer created by developer Bradley Slattery. Launched via Kickstarter this month, the project is coming to the end of its campaign with ...

A new research paper shows that all of the world's computer code is vulnerable to one particular exploit. Seems bad. Reading time 2 minutes A new study shows that pretty much all of the world’s ...

In a mind-boggling world first, a team of biologists and security researchers have successfully infected a computer with a malicious program coded into a strand of DNA. It sounds like science fiction, ...

Mention binary numbers and images of modern computers and complex arithmetic are probably evoked. But a new study suggests this code was invented by natives of a remote Polynesian Island centuries ...

In 2022, this series was expanded into a book, edited by Torie Bosch. Read “You Are Not Expected to Understand This”: How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World here. Back in 2009, Facebook launched a ...

There’s an old story from the Jewish tradition about a group of rabbis debating who owns a bird found near a property line. The rule seems simple—birds on one side belong to the property owner, birds ...