Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view the ...

Determining the least expensive path for a new subway line underneath a metropolis like New York City is a colossal planning challenge—involving thousands of potential routes through hundreds of city ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

László Krasznahorkai, seen here in Spain in 2018, won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carlos R. Alvarez / WireImage via Getty Images Hungarian novelist and screenwriter László Krasznahorkai has ...

You probably don’t need more time. By Jancee Dunn When I look back on all the major decisions I’ve dithered over, I could scream. It took me a decade to commit to becoming a parent. I wavered for a ...

This repository provides MATLAB code to solve a rank-order assignment problem, matching N doctors with K hospitals based on doctor preferences. The implementation uses the Hungarian algorithm (see ...

If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.

Scuderia Ferrari Formula One driver Charles Leclerc was left frustrated after losing a potential victory to Lando Norris. Leclerc held an impressive lead until he pitted for the second time, losing ...

Using an advanced Monte Carlo method, Caltech researchers found a way to tame the infinite complexity of Feynman diagrams and solve the long-standing polaron problem, unlocking deeper understanding of ...

The study identifies an ancestral population in Central Siberia linked to the origin of Uralic languages. Warrior funeral with bone armor plates in the Kyordyughen site in Central Siberia, from about ...

When flash flood warnings pop up on your phone through the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system, you need to pay attention and take action, because those are a special category of flash flood ...