Best Of: The Map Men On Missing Islands And The Meaning Of Mistakes

Last year, Americans spent more than 300 billion minutes on navigation apps, like Waze or Google Maps.The GPS systems in our ...

Lost Unix v4 source code from 1973 recovered from decades-old magnetic tape

Archivist Al Kossow of Bitsavers, who led the technical recovery, described the process as "easy" as such efforts go. The tape, he explained, had "a pretty ...
IEEE

1003.1-2024 - IEEE/Open Group Standard for Information Technology--Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX™) Base Specifications, Issue 8

Abstract: POSIX.1-2024 is simultaneously IEEE Std 1003.1™-2024 and The Open Group Standard Base Specifications, Issue 8. POSIX.1-2024 defines a standard operating system interface and environment, ...
IEEE

The Parallel Chaotification Map and Its Application

Abstract: A universal modular plus parallel (MPP) method is proposed to construct enhanced chaotic maps, including one-dimensional MPP chaotic map (1D-MPPCM) and high-dimensional MPPCM (HD-MPPCM). It ...
Phys.org

Scientists map Mars' large river drainage systems for first time

Billions of years ago, it rained on Mars. The water collected in valleys and rivers, filled and spilled over the rims of craters, and was funneled into canyons, perhaps even making its way to a large ...