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NYC Solves has faced criticism from educators for assuming kids have mastered skills, leaving some lost and frustrated.

New research shows that advances in technology could help make future supercomputers far more energy efficient. Neuromorphic computers are modeled after the structure of the human brain, and researche ...

Machine learning is revolutionizing fundamental science by tackling long-standing mathematical challenges. A key example is ...

These conversations reveal how top practitioners are adapting strategy as platforms prioritize automation over transparency.

Neuromorphic computers, inspired by the architecture of the human brain, are proving surprisingly adept at solving complex ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

Google has released the December 2025 core update, its third of the year. The rollout began December 11 and may take up to three weeks. Google released the December 2025 core update on December 11, ...

Why the challenge of truly representative democracy is so complex. Moon Duchin, who leads the University of Chicago’s Data and Democracy Research Initiative, explores how math can help solve ...

Start talking about engaging games or virtually any gambling product and, well, randomness tends to be the common thread. Developers usually lean on math—algorithms, probability, all that—to introduce ...

Bitcoin may look untouchable, but quantum hardware has already shown the beginning of its end. The question is no longer if but when. On Sep. 2, Steve Tippeconnic, a researcher using IBM’s 133-qubit ...