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Why is the C programming language called C? And what happened to D?

There's more to the story than the alphabet.

Cracking the code: How a “prediction machine” is resurrecting the Singapore Stone

Some years ago, my linguistic research team and I started to develop a computational tool aimed at reconstructing the text of ...
Des Moines Register

New Iowa tool maps cancer rates by ZIP code, revealing hidden patterns

This story was updated because an earlier version included inaccuracies. People who live in Urbandale's ZIP code 50323 have a breast cancer rate more than two times higher than Iowans who live in Fort ...
STAT

Students, faculty mystified as NSF turns back applications for prestigious fellowship program

Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. When Kulindu Vithanachchi’s phone lit up with an update from the National Science ...