As Rich has shown me, a good conversation can make you feel alive. It can stave off loneliness and brighten your mood in ways ...

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Today, NASA released the most detailed images yet of 3I/ATLAS. The ...

"The Chase." A 40,000 kilograms Humpback Whale gracefully swims through the ocean, accompanied by two playful Bottlenose Dolphins. For a fleeting moment, the dolphins join the whale's majestic ...

For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In practice, that has meant programming or writing code to tell a machine how to perform ...

Dr. Shaw and Dr. Hilton teach software engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In ...

Though only a few vestiges of this history remain, Union Square used to be known as New York City’s "Book Row," a literary commercial corridor once home to over three dozen booksellers between Union ...

When third-year computer science student Sanjay Thiyagarajan suffered a sports injury that ended his playing days, he didn’t see it as the end of his athletic journey—he saw an opportunity to prevent ...

Now that the academic year has begun, it’s time for serious scholarship, a heavy course load — and college football! Colleges and universities rake in billions of dollars each year from athletic ...

The Lebanese philosopher Charles Malik and the French jurist René Cassin had little in common. When they met, in 1947, Malik was a devout Orthodox Christian, Lebanon’s first ambassador to the U.S. and ...

Last month at just 18 years old, Case Western Reserve University student Somesh Saini stood before an international audience in São Paulo, Brazil, to share his groundbreaking research on Chagas ...

Like many of you, no doubt, Ursula K. Le Guin is one of my favourite sci-fi writers. So I am really excited about a collection out this month that brings together the maps she would draw when starting ...