The crossroad of South Ashland Avenue and West County Line Road, in Will County, Illinois, is a picture of classic midwestern rural America. Ashland Avenue, at that point, is barely wider than a lane.

The organization pitching two proposed natural gas power plants in Pictou County has registered the projects for environmental assessment. As part of the process, the public can now submit feedback on ...

Excel's grid feels like an endless canvas until you hit the boundaries of row 1,048,576 or column XFD. These limits aren't random—they're digital walls shaped by history, hardware, and binary logic.

Eeny, meeny, miny, mo, catch a tiger by the toe – so the rhyme goes. But even children know that counting-out rhymes like this are no help at making a truly random choice. Perhaps you remember when ...

An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world. Andes Solar IV, one of the largest ...

Have you ever seen some designs that feel right? As if they were talking directly to you, leading your eyes around the page without effort? Well, let me tell you something: that is not a coincidence.

Last week, one entrepreneur told me something funny. He said, “I built a grid trading bot, but the bot is doing its own comedy show.” I laughed, but he was serious. His bot was buying at the wrong ...

It's an exciting time to be in love in with tech—be it the frenetic pace of AI, the myriad uses of gadgets, and how technology is changing everyday life. As a tech journalist, I believe tech and ...

Since the very beginning, Mental Floss has been dedicated to dredging up fascinating facts from across a broad range of topics—we’ve covered everything from strange animal stories to weird historical ...