The latest measurements with the Hubble Space Telescope suggest the universe is expanding faster than scientists' models predict—a hint that some unknown ingredient could be at work in the cosmos.

In my essay “Just ask for Generalization”, I argued that some optimization capabilities, such as reinforcement learning from sub-optimal trajectories, might be better implemented by generalization than by construction. We have to generalize to unseen situations…

This is the fourth part of a five part (I, II, III, IV, V) series covering some of the basics of fortification, from city walls to field fortifications, from the ancient world to the modern period.…

A recent paper set the fastest record for multiplying two matrices. But it also marks the end of the line for a method researchers have relied on for decades to make improvements.

Public staircases are a guilty pleasure of mine. There's one that I use often, a south-facing set of steps that links a pedestrian bridge over the river to our local greenmarket. It's a lovely, sun...

The blackout comes as ESPN's coverage of college football bowl games lies ahead.

Villagers believe the monkeys are targeting the dogs after a group of them killed one of the infant monkeys.

Wolfram's Director of Technical Communication & Strategy, Jon McLoone, shares his thoughts on why it would not have been possible to create the Wolfram technology stack using a free and open-source model.

Regulators announced Friday that JPMorgan Securities admitted to bookkeeping failures and agreed to pay $200 million to settle the charges.

Most modern mobile devices include vibration hardware, which lets software code provide physical feedback to the user by causing the device to shake. The Vibration API offers Web apps the ability to access this hardware, if it exists, and does nothing if…

Massachusetts police can seize and keep money from drug-related arrests. No one has publicly reported how that money gets spent. A WBUR/ProPublica investigation found that Boston police used over $600,000 of it on a controversial surveillance device.