The adder is the most basic computational element of a computer. All other arithmetic computations are based on adding. Subtraction, for example, is accomplished by adding two properly formatted numbers (two's complement being a common format), while...

In electronics, an adder or summer is a digital circuit that performs addition of numbers. In modern computers adders reside in the arithmetic logic unit (ALU) where other operations are performed. Although adders can be constructed for many numerical...

It is time to present the Second Annual Gullible Gull Award for the most bizarre scientific research of the past year involving experimentation with animals. Competition was intense. The British were strong contenders, skulking about in hedgerows doing odd experiments with badgers and...

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Lions and leopards and Boomer, oh my. David Wells, a former resident of the Bronx Zoo and one of baseball's notable party animals, came away from a three-week African safari with a sense of awe, a rare admission that he was scared and a full...