If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.

In view of all the deadly computer viruses that have been spreading lately, Weekend Update would like to remind you: read more

In view of all the deadly computer viruses that have been spreading lately, Weekend Update would like to remind you: when you link up to another computer, you're linking up to every computer that that computer has ever linked up to.

In a manner which matches the fortuity, if not the consequence, of Archimedes' bath and Newton's apple, the 3.6 million read more

In a manner which matches the fortuity, if not the consequence, of Archimedes' bath and Newton's apple, the 3.6 million year old fossil footprints were eventually noticed one evening in September 1976 by the paleontologist Andrew Hill, who fell while avoiding a ball of elephant dung hurled at him by the ecologist David Western.

If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in a person.

If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in a person.

An idea is the only level which moves the world.

An idea is the only level which moves the world.

The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and human stupidity.

The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and human stupidity.

We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals to make the work as finished as possible, to read more

We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals to make the work as finished as possible, to cover up all the tracks, to not worry about the blind alleys or describe how you had the wrong idea at first, and so on. So there isn't any place to publish, in a dignified manner, what you actually did in order to get to do the work.

Touch a scientist and you touch a child.

Touch a scientist and you touch a child.

In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.

In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.