From the physical world to the virtual world, algorithms are seemingly everywhere. David J. Malan, Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, has been challenged to explain the science of ...

James O'Brien explains how the A-level debacle came to happen, describing it as "a callous lack of care". Ministers are facing pressure from senior Conservatives to abandon this year's A-level ...

A search problem refers to the task of finding a solution within some space of possible options, and that space could be made up of discrete steps or continuously varying values. For example, solving ...

From Thanksgiving dinner conversations to pop culture discourse, it’s easy to feel like individuals of different political ideologies are occupying completely separate worlds, especially online.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum are hoping to use neutrinos to pinpoint the sources of cosmic radiation. New algorithms developed in Bochum are aiding this search and have also helped to ...