Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90 | Space

Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90 | Space

Margaret Hamilton, the computer pioneer whose software powered the first moon landing, has died, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced Wednesday. He was 90 years old. In an era before titles like software engineer and computer scientist became commonplace, Hamilton, who died Sept. 30, learned to program under the tutelage of a renowned MIT … Read more

Andy Pages’ clutch hit, sturdy bullpen carry Dodgers back to NLCS

Andy Pages' clutch hit, sturdy bullpen carry Dodgers back to NLCS

ATLANTA – Without Andy Pages, the Dodgers wouldn’t have been drinking champagne in the visiting clubhouse at Truist Park on Wednesday night. His record in October suggested he was an unlikely hero. He entered Wednesday with a .123 playoff batting average. He was benched in Game 5 of the World Series last year. He had … Read more

RNA catalysis emerges from dynamic structural ensembles

RNA catalysis emerges from dynamic structural ensembles

Draper, D. E., Grilley, D. & Soto, A. M. Ions and RNA folding. Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct. 34, 221–243 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.biophys.34.040204.144511 (2005).Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar  Bowman, J. C., Lenz, T. K., Hud, N. V. & Williams, L. D. Cations in charge: magnesium ions in RNA folding and catalysis. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 22, 262–272 … Read more

Wedding day stroke leaves Lancaster County-native couple rebuilding life

Wedding day stroke leaves Lancaster County-native couple rebuilding life

What was supposed to be the start of a new chapter for Anna and Connor Lasco turned into a medical emergency on their wedding day.The Lancaster County native couple said Anna began feeling dizzy while getting ready for their Sept. 5 wedding in Rochester, New York. Her symptoms quickly worsened.“I had this loud buzzing noise … Read more

Trump prods parents to claim child investment accounts as auto-enrollment begins – The Washington Post

Trump prods parents to claim child investment accounts as auto-enrollment begins - The Washington Post

Trump Urges Parents to Claim Children’s Investment Accounts as Automatic Enrollment Begins The Washington PostMichael Dell Defends Shifting Trump Accounts to Individual Company Stocks Yahoo FinanceBessent Says All Children Under 18 Are Automatically Enrolled in Trump Accounts WBFFTExtraordinary Expansion of Trump Accounts Places Individual Stocks in Children’s Portfolios WSJPresident Celebrates Automatic Enrollment of 70 Million … Read more

Microsoft Launches $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra to Take on MacBook Pro

Microsoft Launches $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra to Take on MacBook Pro

Microsoft today announced the release schedule and pricing for the Surface Laptop Ultra it introduced earlier this year. The 15-inch Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,599, less than Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro, which costs $2,999, and targets the same market of creators and developers. Microsoft says it’s designed for “demanding creative, software development, AI, engineering, … Read more