A Planet Analog article, “2N3904: Why use a 60-year-old transistor?” by Bill Schweber, inspired some interest in this old transistor and how it’s commonly used, and if any uncommon uses might exist.

It might not reflect well on us that a spider as aptly named as the brown recluse is so misunderstood. While many people know the truth about the brown recluse — that it is not aggressive, but a “shy, ...

Steven Sullivan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Associate Professor of Wildlife and Fisheries Resources, West Virginia University Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds – one of the natural world’s greatest symphonies – is a joy like no other. It is ...

You pick up the phone and hear a stern voice claiming you owe money. Maybe it's for a credit card you don't recognize, a loan you never took out or some old bill you thought was long gone. Panic sets ...

Two days after four teenage girls were found murdered in a burning Austin yogurt shop in 1991, a man with a pistol in a stolen car was arrested at a border checkpoint west of El Paso. Nearly 34 years ...

A series of arrests captured on video reveal how immigration officers have worked with other law enforcement agencies to identify migrants during stops for minor infractions. By Hamed Aleaziz Brent ...

Y Combinator, the Silicon Valley startup incubator behind Airbnb, Coinbase and Stripe, is collaborating with Base and Coinbase Ventures to create the next wave of so-called “Fintech 3.0” companies, ...

Have you ever been so consumed by a crush that you couldn't stop thinking about them? Or when you weren't around them, you felt sick to your stomach? There's a word for that, and it's called ...

CLEVELAND — The Detroit Tigers have brought a new, fresh direction and guiding principle into the postseason – a simple motto just waiting to be slapped on T-shirts. “Whatever it takes to win,” Tigers ...

Achilles tendonitis, alongside plantar fasciitis and runner’s knee, is a painful running injury – and, unfortunately, it’s also a very common one. It can significantly impact performance, halt running ...

Frequent contributor Christopher Paul recently provided us with a painstakingly conservatively error-budget-analyzed Design Idea (DI) for a state-of-the-art pursuit of a 16-bit-perfection PWM DAC. The ...