Lance Fortnow on the current status and future outlook of solving the P-NP problem.

In conventional computing, we can draw a clean line between software and hardware. In brains, there is no such separation of different scales. In the brain, everything influences everything else, from ...

ABSTRACT: An algorithm is being developed to conduct a computational experiment to study the dynamics of random processes in an asymmetric Markov chain with eight discrete states and continuous time.

The hardest part of losing weight may be keeping it off. Research supports this conclusion. Some scientists believe that the human body has a set point weight that it returns to. If you lose weight, ...

Former Disney employees have revealed why staff at the company tend to point with two fingers. The Disney double point has been witnessed by the millions of visitors that attend the park each year. It ...

Eyeing the bruises on the knuckles of the police officer arresting me, I took a deep breath and explained why we need to act faster to avoid climate catastrophe. Standing on a traffic island in London ...

Pose a question to a Magic 8 Ball, and it’ll answer yes, no or something annoyingly indecisive. We think of it as a kid’s toy, but theoretical computer scientists employ a similar tool. They often ...