When the United Nations Environment Assembly convenes in December, a key topic up for discussion will be the mounting environmental impact of artificial intelligence. Ahead of those talks, here’s a ...

I regard building and sustaining a loving marriage as one of the most—maybe even the most—important life focus. Why? Much research has established that marriage generally brings major benefits to ...

After a 35-year quest, the final solution to a famous puzzle called Kryptos has been found. Two writers discovered the fourth answer to the code hidden among the Smithsonian Institution’s archives.

Abstract: The choice of hub locations is fundamental in various transportation and communication systems, enabling transshipment, sorting, and consolidation functions. Recent research has highlighted ...

Microplastics seem to be everywhere—in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. They have turned up in human organs, blood, testicles, placentas and even brains. While the full health ...

Poornika Ananth does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

From climate change and COVID-19 to violent crime and the national budget deficit: why are Americans increasingly divided over which issues deserve attention? And how do these divisions emerge even ...

Consider someone who’s perfectly content with their office chair. It’s not ergonomic, it doesn’t have lumbar support, but it works. Then, during a meeting or a visit to a friend’s office, they sit in ...

Keep going. If you stack as many blocks as you can, what is the farthest overhang you can achieve before the entire structure topples? Is it possible for the tower to extend a full block length beyond ...

ABSTRACT: The paper is devoted to the optimization of data structure in classification and clustering problems by mapping the original data onto a set of ordered feature vectors. When ordering, the ...

Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles ...

Abstract: Symmetry is a widespread phenomenon in nature. Recognizing symmetry can minimize redundancy to improve computing efficiency. In this paper, we take permutation-related combinatorial ...