February 2026 TIOBE Index shows Python still far ahead, C strengthening in second, C# rising, and R holding the top 10 as rankings compress.

This story is part of our ‘Habits to Embrace—and Ditch—in 2026’ series. Read the whole list here. A couple months ago, on a Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles, I sat cross-legged on a shit-stained ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

In their thirst for the blood of the living, mosquitoes have no respect for the resting place of the dead. It’s Saturday night, 10 minutes before the 8 p.m. curtain time for the new play Mary ...

Multiplication in Python may seem simple at first—just use the * operator—but it actually covers far more than just numbers. You can use * to multiply integers and floats, repeat strings and lists, or ...

What follows is a condensed version of the story about the Helena native who became Majestik Magnificent, the personal magician to Michael Jackson and, perhaps, Muhammad Ali. One day last month Al ...

Regarding “Be the Reader You Want to See in the World” (Letters, July 26): When our kids were in grade school, teachers always reminded us to model good reading habits: Have the newspaper on the ...

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States Precourt Institute for Energy, Woods Institute for the Environment, and Doerr School of ...

This story was supported with funds from Spotlight DC—Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism. Last year, following a tour of buildings where tenants successfully used the Tenant Opportunity to ...