Numbers & Operations
What's an algorithm?
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An algorithm is a method of solving problems both big and small. Though computers run...
Results for ""computer science"" (53)
Design, Engineering & Technology
A brief history of video games (Part I)
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Video games are everywhere these days, but where did they actually come from? The history of...
Technology
Network theory
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From social media to massive financial institutions, we live within a web of networks. But how do...
Mathematics
The origin of countless conspiracy theories
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Why can we find geometric shapes in the night sky? How can we know that at least two people in...
Physical Science
Will we ever be able to teleport?
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Is teleportation possible? Could a baseball transform into something like a radio wave, travel...
Design, Engineering & Technology
The machine that changed our understanding of human history
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In 1900, Greek divers stumbled upon a 2,000-year-old shipwreck whose contents would shake our...
Science & Technology
Schrödinger's cat: A thought experiment in quantum mechanics
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Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, posed this...
Visual Arts
Folding way-new origami - Robert Lang
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Robert Lang is a pioneer of the newest kind of origami -- using math and engineering principles...
Design, Engineering & Technology
Can robots be creative?
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People have been grappling with the question of artificial creativity -- alongside the question...
Design, Engineering & Technology
Can AI predict someone's breakup?
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A couple has been considering getting engaged, but they’re worried about divorce statistics. An...
Performing Arts
Did Shakespeare write his plays?
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Some people question whether Shakespeare really wrote the works that bear his name – or whether...
Technology
Can machines read your emotions?
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Computers can beat us in board games, transcribe speech, and instantly identify almost any...
Design, Engineering & Technology
How computers translate human language
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Is a universal translator possible in real life? We already have many programs that claim to be...
Science & Technology
The hidden network that makes the internet possible
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In 2012, a team of researchers set a world record, transmitting 1 petabit of data— that’s 10,000...
Information Literacy
What's the fastest way to alphabetize your bookshelf?
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You work at the college library. You’re in the middle of a quiet afternoon when suddenly, a...
Earth and Space Science
The beginning of the universe, for beginners
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How did the universe begin -- and how is it expanding? CERN physicist Tom Whyntie shows how...
Data Analysis & Probability
Inside OKCupid: The math of online dating
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When two people join a dating website, they are matched according to shared interests and how...
Social Studies
The rise and fall of the Maya Empire’s most powerful city
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During the 8th century CE, warfare and failing agriculture forced Maya people to move north, to...