Computing
Discovery Helps Computers Draw Intricate Two-Dimensional Animations
A new algorithm solves the long-standing “hidden line problem” of computer graphics
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Computing
It’s Time to Open the Black Box of Social Media
Social media companies need to give their data to independent researchers to better understand how to keep users safe
Computing
The Leap Second’s Time Is Up: World Votes to Stop Pausing Clocks
How, and whether, to keep atomic time in sync with Earth’s rotation is still up for debate
Sociology
A Massive LinkedIn Study Reveals Who Actually Helps You Get That Job
Acquaintances, more than close friends, show the strength of “weak ties” when it comes to employment
Computing
Making Computer Chips Act More like Brain Cells
Flexible organic circuits that mimic biological neurons could increase processing speed and might someday hook right into your head
Politics
Nearly $53 Billion in Federal Funding Could Revive the U.S. Computer Chip Industry
The CHIPS and Science Act aims to support domestic semiconductor production, new high-tech jobs and scientific research—even NASA
Animals
The Quest for a ‘Tick Map’
Scientists scramble to forecast where and when the disease-carrying arthropods pose the most danger
Computing
The Weather Myth: Lost Women of Science Podcast, Season 2, Bonus Episode
When we first started researching Klára Dán von Neumann, we thought she was “the computer scientist you should thank for your smartphone’s weather app.” It turns out that’s not true...
Consciousness
We Shouldn’t Try to Make Conscious Software—Until We Should
Eventually, the most ethical option might be to divert all resources toward building very happy machines
Computing
Lost Women of Science Podcast, Season 2, Episode 5: La Jolla
Klára Dán von Neumann encounters a new home, a new husband and a new project
Computing
Love Computers? Love History? Listen to This Podcast
In the newest season of Lost Women of Science, we enter a world of secrecy, computers and nuclear weapons—and see how Klára Dán von Neumann was a part of all of it...
Computing
Lost Women of Science Podcast, Season 2, Episode 4: Netherworld
Klára Dán von Neumann enters the netherworld of computer simulations and the postwar Los Alamos National Laboratory
Quantum Computing
How to Fix Quantum Computing Bugs
The same physics that makes quantum computers powerful also makes them finicky. New techniques aim to correct errors faster than they can build up
Computing
Lost Women of Science Podcast, Season 2, Episode 3: The Experimental Rabbit
ENIAC, an early electronic computer, gets a makeover
Computing
Love Computers? Love History? Listen to This Podcast
In the newest season of Lost Women of Science, we enter a world of secrecy, computers and nuclear weapons—and see how Klára Dán von Neumann was a part of all of it...
Computing
Lost Women of Science Podcast, Season 2, Episode 2: Women Needed
Klára Dán von Neumann arrives in Princeton, N.J., just as war breaks out in Europe
Computing
Lost Women of Science Podcast, Season 2, Episode 1: The Grasshopper
Before she entered a world of secrecy, computers and nuclear weapons, who was Klára Dán von Neumann?
Computing
‘Momentum Computing’ Pushes Technology’s Thermodynamic Limits
Overheating is a major problem for today’s computers, but those of tomorrow might stay cool by circumventing a canonical boundary on information processing
Computing
Russian Misinformation Seeks to Confound, Not Convince
Rather than take a side, these campaigns create decision paralysis that leads to inaction
Defense
Where Is Russia’s Cyberwar? Researchers Decipher Its Strategy
When Russia invaded Ukraine, many analysts expected an unprecedented level of cyberattacks—which so far haven’t materialized
