The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Computer scientists often deal with abstract problems that are hard to comprehend, but an exciting new algorithm matters to anyone who ...

We’re suckers for the kind of “life hacks” that tell you that you’ve been doing some relatively mundane task all wrong, and that there’s a super-easy alternative which can massively speed up your ...

Humans create and share vast amounts of data which can be used to manipulate every aspect of life—for good and not-so-good motives. Data and their associated algorithms can serve governments, ...

The Feel of Algorithms is a book written by Minna Ruckenstein, Professor in Emerging Technologies in Society at the University of Helsinki. The book brings relatable first-person accounts of what it ...

The mathematics of symmetry, also known as group theory, is widely used as a tool in the solution of complex problems in many areas of theoretical physics, including string theory. A sequence of ...