One question in computer science has stood above the rest for decades, resisting every attempt to settle it despite its enormous implications. At the center of the mystery is a deceptively simple idea ...

Developers of the computer game Doom released the game's code in 1997, allowing scientists to use it as part of their research. Credit: id Software via ArcadeImages/Alamy. When th ...

Artificial intelligence chatbots are standardizing how people speak, write and think. If this homogenization continues ...

Making computer chips smaller is not just about better design. It also depends on a critical step in manufacturing called patterning, where nanoscale structures are carved into materials to form the ...

Turning Numbers Into Business Decisions Sergio P. Mendes built his career by asking a simple question: What do the numbers really mean? Today, Mendes is Vice President of Commercial Finance and ...

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Vishnu Kannan had just begun learning math as an early elementary school student in Howard County when his older brother came to him with a math problem. If he could solve it, he’d earn a dozen ...

Computing is part of everything we do. Computing drives innovation in engineering, business, entertainment, education, and the sciences—and it provides solutions to complex, challenging problems of ...

Many engineering challenges come down to the same headache—too many knobs to turn and too few chances to test them. Whether tuning a power grid or designing a safer vehicle, each evaluation can be ...

A new research study from the University of Southern California makes an alarming comparison: The homogenizing impacts of AI on language and thought pose “a modern danger akin to the linguistic ...

March 1, 2026 is National Pig Day, celebrating an animal that more often than not brings to mind filth, cartoons, and maybe a few bacon jokes. But the reality of our relationship to pigs is far more ...

Apology emails arrived, and the viral picture showed a glaring symptom of AI use: almost every email began with the exact ...