Functions are all around us, disguised as actions on concrete objects. Composition of functions, too, is all around us, because these actions can be performed in succession, the output of one serving ...

This paper introduces an applied problem-solving task, set in the context of cryptography and embedded in a network of computer-based tools. This designed learning environment engaged students in a ...

Human saccades and fixations have numerous functions in complex everyday tasks, which have sometimes been neglected in simple experimental situations. In this review I describe some of the ...

The first microscopes, in the 1500s and 1600s, transformed glass panes that looked completely transparent into a universe teeming with bacteria, cells, pollen and intricate crystals. These visionary ...

Anonymous functions were introduced in the C# programming language long ago. Although anonymous functions have many benefits, they are not cheap. Avoiding unnecessary allocations matters, and this is ...

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming disks around young stars could become the seeds ...