Viera High School senior Alex Ollis, a top scholar, athlete and volunteer headed to the University of Florida.

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Florida scientists are using opossums to secretly track invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades—and it’s working.

The opossums wear collars that send a signal to researchers when the mammal is eaten, revealing the snake's location. Currently, the team is working with 32 opossums with hopes of reaching 40 by the ...

Amazon tests a Prime shipping service on other sites. The feature doesn't require an Amazon login. It lets other retailers offer Prime benefits while keeping control of the checkout process. Amazon ...

Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese pythons have caused a severe decline in native small mammal populations in South ...

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Security settings on Windows PCs often have admin rights enabled by default. It makes sense since most normal users shouldn’t need admin rights. However, many standard Windows users will come across ...

Amazon is ending its Prime Invitee program, which has allowed members to share their free shipping benefit with a select number of users outside their household. The company announced this week that ...

One way to speed up your Python programs is to write modules in the Zig language and use them in your Python code. Here's how to get started. Python might not be the fastest of languages, but it has ...

The bleeding edge: In-memory processing is a fascinating concept for a new computer architecture that can compute operations within the system's memory. While hardware accommodating this type of ...

Playing with numbers: Programming languages are staying in step with the latest advancements in technology. While old favorites continue to be used by millions, modern contenders are emerging with ...