NPR's Neda Ulaby investigates the etymology of random, a word comedian Spencer Thompson calls "the most misused ... of our generation." It turns... That's So Random: The Evolution Of An Odd Word ...

In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones must find a secret chamber that contains the legendary Ark of the Covenant. To identify its exact location, Indy must uncover a special map that’s only ...

The term "audit" is one that conjures up fear in the minds of many taxpayers. An audit generally refers to the process used by the Internal Revenue Service to verify the information submitted by ...

Want to browse the Web at random? We've got a small selection of tools that let you do it with speed and true unknowing. Josh Lowensohn Former Senior Writer Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now ...

Caitlin is Mashable's Australian Editor. She has written for The Guardian, Junkee, and any number of plucky little music and culture publications that were run on the smell of an oily rag and have ...

On Unix systems, random numbers are generated in a number of ways and random data can serve many purposes. From simple commands to fairly complex processes, the question “How random is random?” is ...

Using a single, chip-scale laser, scientists have managed to generate streams of completely random numbers at about 100 times the speed of the fastest random-numbers generator systems that are ...