Financial firepower is of course only one measure of the effectiveness of our multinational institutions, but it is an important one given the world we live in. The resources available to the IMF ...

Artificial intelligence is often used to generate images. In research, specialized AI models are used for scientific applications—for example, to predict the positions of atoms in materials. The ...

One hundred and ninety-three in 41 countries: that is the reported figure on cases of social media shutdowns across Africa between 2016 and 2024. The subsequent years weren’t any better, with cases ...

This article is part of a package on the future of quantum computing. Read about the quest to develop these machines here and see an illustrated field guide to qubits here. The 21st-century fervor ...

From writing emails to generating computer code, much of the artificial intelligence prevalent in our daily lives has succeeded by mastering one domain: text. However, this leaves a major blind spot ...

John Butterbrodt of Racine passed away on Monday, May 11, 2026, at the age of 68. His family announced his death with heavy hearts. John Butterbrodt was born on Aug. 4, 1957, to Allison and Doris ...

Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza may be one of the most iconic landmarks on the planet but, beneath its surrounding sands, there still lie countless untold secrets. Now, archaeologists have uncovered a ...

In middle and high school, group work can quickly go off the rails. Discussions meant to deepen understanding drift off-topic or become dominated by a few voices. Instead of spreading the thinking ...

Ever searched for authenticate and gotten 200 results from config files, comments, and test stubs before finding the actual implementation? cs fixes that. It combines the speed of CLI tools with the ...

Earlier in my career, I consistently assigned what many of us think of as traditional math homework: a worksheet with 20 similar problems or a textbook page full of several repetitive problems. This ...

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 ...