An attack on a fundamental proof technique reveals a glaring security issue for blockchains and other digital encryption ...

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While randomising a deck of cards gets more difficult as you add more cards, it turns out that the same isn't true for the ...

A Pug is out to prove that he has “the steadiest head in all the land” with a video of him balancing random objects on his head. The viral Instagram post showed Puggy Smalls, who has built ...

Everyone is different, and we all have our own unique quirks and idiosyncrasies that make us who we are. There are some of us, though, who get inordinately irked by things the vast majority don ...

From jury duty to tax audits, randomness plays a big role. Scientists used quantum physics to build a system that ensures those number draws can’t be gamed.

Very little in this life is truly random. A coin flip is influenced by the flipper’s force, its surrounding airflow, and gravity. Similar variables dictate rolling a pair of dice or shuffling a deck ...

How to know if your random number generator is really random "Encryption methodology actually makes use of random numbers in order to secure that information," said Travis Humble.

I’ve always loved cracking open a fortune cookie — not for the cookie (sorry, it never tastes that good), but for the weird little message inside. So naturally, I made a generator that does exactly ...

Ever wondered what happens when you add random household items to the same bowl every day for 100 days straight? Well, you’re in luck.