Computer Science
The Future Is Bright If More Teens Could Think About High School the Way Kavya Kopparapu Does
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma talks with the founder of the Girls Computing League about the promise of her generation
Raye Montague, a Barrier-Breaking Naval Ship Designer, Has Died at 83
Despite facing racism and sexism at nearly every turn, Montague produced the first computer-made Navy warship design
How Fish Farms Can Use Facial Recognition to Survey Sick Salmon
A Norwegian aquaculture company plans to combat sea lice and other problems by monitoring individual salmon in a high-tech fish farms
Sold: A Rare Copy of Ada Lovelace’s Groundbreaking Computer Algorithm
The manuscript includes Lovelace’s translation of an Italian paper, her copious notes and a formula that is often recognized as the first computer program
Simulation Suggests Viking Sunstones of Legend Could Have Worked
If they existed, the crystals—used to locate the sun's position on cloudy days—could have helped Vikings sail to far away places
This New System Can See Through Fog Far Better Than Humans
Developed by MIT researchers, the technology could be a boon for drivers and driverless cars
Ten Summer Camps For Little Innovators
Forget swimming and archery. These camps will have your kids building robots, pitching business ideas, even fighting zombies!
Why We Should Test Heart Drugs On a 'Virtual Human' Instead of Animals
Thousands of animals are used for heart drug tests each year—but research shows that computer-simulated trials are more accurate
This Texas Company Is Fighting Hollywood's Gender Inequality With Hard Data From Movie Scripts
StoryFit uses artificial intelligence to analyze film scripts for how characters are portrayed by gender
New Study Finds Fake News Spreads Faster and Deeper Than Verified Stories on Twitter
Looking at 126,000 stories sent by ~3 million people, researchers found that humans, not bots, were primarily responsible for the spread of disinformation
A New Study Brings Scientists One Step Closer To Mind Reading
Researchers have developed a technique that uses the brainwaves captured by EEG machines to reconstruct the images you see
Women Were Better Represented in Victorian Novels Than Modern Ones
Big data shows that women used to be omnipresent in fiction. Then men got in the way
These 3D-Printed Objects Can Turn Any Color You Want
MIT researchers hope a process that uses a special photochromic dye to change an object's color in response to light will one day reduce waste
Could AI One Day Detect the Flu...Before You Even Feel Sick?
New research into the subtle facial signs of illness could one day help train artificial intelligence systems to scan for infections
This Is the Largest Known Prime Number Yet
The newly discovered prime is 23 million digits long
Big Data Traces the World's Most Distinctive Musical Traditions
An analysis of 8,200 recordings from 137 nations shows nations in sub-Saharan Africa have the most unique rhythms and melodies
Belgium Ends Telegram Service After 171 Years
The end of Belgian telegrams isn’t the end of the service across the world, but it’s getting close
The Rise of Indoor Navigation
You may never get lost in a mall again with these new technologies, designed to help you navigate inside places traditional GPS-based mapping apps can't
Listen to Alan Turing's First Computer-Generated Christmas Carols
In 1951, the BBC played two carols from Turing's computer, which have now been recreated by New Zealand researchers
This Neural Network Can (Maybe) Start a Novel Better Than You
As the end of NaNoWriMo draws near, take a look at one researcher's effort to help find that perfect first line
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