Steve Jobs was known for his incredible creativity and outside-the-box thinking. He once said, “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” Most people credit Steve Jobs’ creativity to talent ...

The package contains a mixture of classic decoding methods and modern machine learning methods. For regression, we currently include: Wiener Filter, Wiener Cascade, Kalman Filter, Naive Bayes, Support ...

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 ...

Knot theory sounds simple… until you realize it hides some of the most complex math ever discovered. In this video, we dive into the world of mathematical knots objects that follow strict rules and ...

Reading a person’s mind using a recording of their brain activity sounds futuristic, but it’s now one step closer to reality. A new technique called ‘mind captioning’ generates descriptive sentences ...

Anthony Boyd was the eighth person executed by nitrogen gas since Alabama began using the method last year. His execution came over the strenuous objection of three liberal Supreme Court justices. By ...

There are 168 hours in a week. Even if you sleep eight hours a night (56 total) and work 40, you still have 72 hours left (72!) to be a friend, partner, parent, artist, athlete, neighbor, and overall ...

Education on birth control and its potential adverse effects is vital to women choosing the type that best suits them. Skepticism surrounding hormonal birth control has been increasing nationwide, ...

Sea ice was visible in the Arctic Ocean along the coast of Utqiaġvik, Alaska, on Aug. 2, 2024. A tool developed by researchers at Penn State identifies seismic activities linked to different types of ...

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