In the 1980’s, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins wrote a suite of computer programs to simulate evolution. These artificial life programs were integral to Dawkin’s work on evolution, and in particular to his ground-breaking books The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable. Mount Improbable, an interactive site is based on his original code. A few minutes of […]

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Capture The Flag(CTF) are computer security/hacking competitions which generally consist of participants breaking, investigating, reverse engineering and doing anything they can to reach the end goal, a “flag” which is usually found as a string of text. A CTF is a system of increasingly-difficult challenges that can’t be too easy or too hard. A well-designed […]

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