I agree with Josh that Justice Breyer's opinion in Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. is a great read, but I had some questions about this passage: Sun decided, for example, that its API [Application ...

EVIDENCE is sometimes adduced to indicate that the Hindu-Arabic numerals, or closely allied forms of them, were known in western Europe before this knowledge could have passed through Muslim Spain.

California Gov. Jerry Brown gestures while speaking in San Francisco in September. Women’s rights advocates are criticizing him for vetoing a workplace protection bill. AP file This week in the world ...

Ever heard of the Italian genius called Fibonacci (real name is Leonardo Pisano Bigollo)? Thanks to a criminal lack of coverage in schools and universities, Fibonacci is often ignored except among ...

When in Rome: finishing the Roman numeral converter script. In my last article, I started digging in to a classic computer science puzzle: converting Roman numerals to Arabic numerals. First off, it ...

SACREMENTO — There is no law in California requiring students to use Arabic numbers in schools — because they already do. A post by the Last Line of Defense claimed Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed ...