In new research published in Physical Review X, scientists have designed quantum control protocols that generate processes more consistent with time flowing backward than forward. The ...

An analysis spanning fifty years reveals that the cost of gasoline is one of the strongest predictors of presidential approval ratings, acting in an uneven pattern where initial price spikes cause the ...

We’re inching ever closer to K.I.T.T. from ‘Knight Rider.’ Remember when cars were just . . . cars? You turned a key, explosions happened under the hood, and wheels turned. It was simple. It was ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The numbers don’t lie – but they might not tell the whole truth either. That’s the central tension as the Guardians enter 2025 facing some of the most pessimistic statistical ...

Google Discover is largely a mystery to publishers and the search marketing community even though Google has published official guidance about what it is and what they feel publishers should know ...

X is revamping the algorithm that ranks posts in the "For You" feed. The engineering team said it will post changes to the algorithm on GitHub every four weeks, including explainers on changes. The ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

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One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...

Media personalities and online influencers who sow social division for a living, blame the rise of assassination culture on Antifa and MAGA. Meanwhile, tech CEOs gin up fears of an AI apocalypse. But ...

Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms. All of modern mathematics is built on ...