OpenVCAD is a completely open-source tool, meaning it is widely available for engineers around the world to use. It even ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid boisterous festivities, his vessel, the Seneca Chief, ...

First HISD took the libraries. Now teachers say the district’s curriculum leaves no room for storybooks and some are secretly ...

Burgeoning artificial intelligence technologies are taking some of the complexity out of programming with tools that help ...

Yet, after 30 years of international climate talks, 10 years of a global treaty promising to keep temperatures in check, and trillions of dollars in damage, the world is still not on track to stop ...

Land is expensive in high-demand cities like Denver. Dedicating part of a building’s footprint to parking imposes both a direct cost – because developers must pay to build the parking – and an ...

No matter the region, there are water challenges in Texas. By one estimate, millions of Texans could face serious water shortages in five years if nothing is done. This fall, state lawmakers ...

In 1989, Sir Tim revolutionized the online world. Today, in the era of misinformation, addictive algorithms, and extractive ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic ... tracking device and a bright blue band around his spindly leg, with the code “US02” engraved ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic ... The Urban Institute, a think tank, projects that 7.3 million fewer people would receive ...

Sutherland-Abbott ran on a commitment to the people she would not raise taxes, that was until she decided she would. Promises ...

The Free Software Foundation's new Librephone project wants to reverse engineer the binary blobs our phones rely on.