From ancient bartering to lightning-fast market algorithms, this documentary traces the evolution of the systems powering the global economy. It begins with early face-to-face exchanges, where goods ...

The shift to digitally networked societies, where daily activities are interlinked with the help of computer-based systems, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies, is having a huge ...

The programming language known as COBOL, which stands for Common Business Oriented Language, turns 65 this year. We couldn’t help noticing that’s right around retirement age, but COBOL is nowhere near ...

Why did humans evolve the eyes we have today? While scientists can't go back in time to study the environmental pressures ...