Math
Someone Built a Working Four-Bit Computer Out of Cardboard and Marbles
You don't need electricity to implement binary operations, though it certainly helps.
Million Dollar Computer Chess Problem Will Take 'Thousands of Years' to Solve
4,426,165,368 possible queen positions.
Mathematicians Race to Debunk German Man Who Claimed to Solve One of the Most Important Computer Science Questions of Our Time
Norbert Blum's solution for the infamous 'P vs NP' problem "passes many filters of seriousness," but does it hold up?
Mathematicians Race to Debunk German Man Who Claimed to Solve One of the Most Important Computer Science Questions of Our Time
Norbert Blum's solve for the infamous 'P vs NP' problem "passes many filters of seriousness," but does it hold up?
200 Terabyte Proof Demonstrates the Potential of Brute-Force Math
Automated verification finds renewed potential for making algorithms safe.
The 'Complex Systems Theorist' Who Predicted the Arab Spring
Using big data and new number-crunching strategies, math can be used to predict global crises.
How to count with Donald Trump
In a sense, Trump has created his own nebulous numeric system that employs adjectives in lieu of traditional numerals.
The World Is Too Complicated for Donald Trump to Be President, Theoretical Physics Suggests
An emerging branch of complex systems mathematics suggests in cold, analytical terms that Donald Trump is not smart enough to be president.
How Cryptographers Will ‘Fight Quantum With Quantum’
Government agencies still want to restrict or control research into cryptographic security
Ever Spaced Out While (Not) Doing Homework? That's Exactly How This Video Feels
You might already be familiar with Johan Rijpma's mind-bending new short, 'Extrapolate.'
Americans Could Eat Every American in Less Than Two Decades
This assumes we eat about as much meat as we do now, which is a big assumption when we're talking eating everyone!