In a world dominated by algorithms, it's common to associate them with a negative bias. Mathematician Clara Grima defends ...

The recent paper studies algorithmic pricing through the lens of game theory, an interdisciplinary field at the border of ...

As distribution companies absorb electric vehicle (EV) load growth, aging assets, extreme weather and a decarbonizing grid, ...

In a recent write-up, [David Delony] explains how he built a Wolfram Mathematica-like engine with Python. Core to the system is SymPy for symbolic math support. [David] said being able to work ...

A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the ...

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

In previous episodes of this long-running series looking at the world of high-quality audio, at every point we’ve stayed in the real world of physical audio hardware. From the human ear to ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines that include recommending teachers stop quizzing ...

Utrecht University appoints Michiel Doorman as Professor of Mathematics Education. His mission is to explore what mathematics education should look like in a rapidly changing world.

The method, called Verbalized Sampling (VS), helps models like GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini produce more diverse and human-like outputs—without retraining or access to internal parameters. It is ...

AI is changing what careers are possible for students interested in STEM subjects. WIRED spoke with five aspiring scientists ...