Alan Turing and the Power of Negative Thinking
Mathematical proofs based on a technique called diagonalization can be relentlessly contrarian, but they help reveal the limits of algorithms. ..
Mathematical proofs based on a technique called diagonalization can be relentlessly contrarian, but they help reveal the limits of algorithms. ..
A UK company cofounded by an astrophysicist combines AI with radar satellite imagery to keep track of vegetation, and eventually to make forecasts about ..
Researchers at the B612 Foundation’s Asteroid Institute developed a new tool for tracking space-rock trajectories—even with limited data. ..
A surprising new solution to the famous “36 officers puzzle” offers a novel way of encoding quantum information. ..
New algorithms that decipher complex sequences of amino acids offered an early view of the coronavirus variant. They could point the way to future drugs. ..
Through his encyclopedic study of the electron, an obscure figure named Stefano Laporta found a handle on the subatomic world’s fearsome complexity. ..
The n-queens problem is about finding how many different ways queens can be placed on a chessboard so that none attack each other. ..
The most widely used technique for optimizing values of a math function turns out to be a fundamentally difficult computational problem. ..
A sweeping drug addiction risk algorithm has become central to how the US handles the opioid crisis. It may only be making the crisis worse. ..
Each copter doesn’t just track where the others are. It constantly predicts where they’ll go. ..