Sorting algorithms are a common exercise for new programmers, and for good reason: they introduce many programming ...

My research on social media shows high levels of misinformation and disconnect. Here’s how to talk to kith and kin this week without tears and tantrums Dr Kaitlyn Regehr is the programme director of ...

TotalEnergies (TTE) has signed an agreement to merge its U.K. upstream business with NEO NEXT Energy. With a 47.5% ownership, TotalEnergies will become the leading shareholder in NEO NEXT, which will ...

My sister and I tried to help our mother organize her home for years, but she resisted our efforts. Once she died, sorting through her belongings became an overwhelming task. I don't want to leave my ...

As the world races to build artificial superintelligence, one maverick bioengineer is testing how much unprogrammed intelligence may already be lurking in our simplest algorithms to determine whether ...

The biggest moves in this era of college athletics and realignment have paid the biggest dividends. Literally, in some cases. Some of the biggest moves, so far, include: Texas and Oklahoma exiting the ...

Instagram is back with a new feature that will allow users to "tune" their algorithm to only display the content they prefer to see, which will be first made available to Reels. The feature is still ...

What’s happened? Instagram is testing a new feature that gives users more control over the type of content they see on the platform. Why is this important? Instagram’s algorithm plays a major role in ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Young people dance in The Matchmaker Bar during the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival in Lisdoonvarna, Ireland, on Sept. 27. The annual event, known as Europe's biggest matchmaking festival, draws ...

Children as young as 4 years old are capable of finding efficient solutions to complex problems, such as independently inventing sorting algorithms developed by computer scientists. The scientists ...