A San Francisco company paid nearly $1 million for the solution to an unsolved code in Kryptos, a sculpture on the C.I.A. grounds. Soon it will become an online challenge.A San Francisco company paid nearly $1 million for the solution to an unsolved code in Kryptos, a sculpture on the C.I.A. grounds. Soon it will […]
They Bought a Famous Puzzle in Cryptography. Now They’re Opening It Up. Read More »
Amy McGovern was the director of an A.I. institute dedicated to weather forecasting — until the National Science Foundation ended its funding.Amy McGovern was the director of an A.I. institute dedicated to weather forecasting — until the National Science Foundation ended its funding. Read More
She Used A.I. to Create Better Forecasts for Extreme Weather. Then Her Funding Was Cut. Read More »
In 1995, he and Thomas Bopp spotted, from different states, the same mysterious object in the sky. What turned out to be a comet was named after them: Hale-Bopp.In 1995, he and Thomas Bopp spotted, from different states, the same mysterious object in the sky. What turned out to be a comet was named after
Alan Hale, Sky Watcher Who Created a Comet Sensation, Dies at 68 Read More »
This popular term is often misused, experts say, which may cause more harm than good.This popular term is often misused, experts say, which may cause more harm than good. Read More
What Does ‘Triggered’ Really Mean? Read More »
With machine learning and a high-resolution imaging robot, scientists measured and mapped the extent of Earth’s carbon circulatory system.With machine learning and a high-resolution imaging robot, scientists measured and mapped the extent of Earth’s carbon circulatory system. Read More
Scientists Measure Earth’s Vast Underground Fungal Webs Read More »
Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians. What does that mean for their future?Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians. What does that mean for their future? Read More
They Spent Years on a Math Problem. Then They Were Scooped by A.I. Read More »
The shift in global weather patterns threatens to worsen floods and heat waves that were already intensifying because of climate change.The shift in global weather patterns threatens to worsen floods and heat waves that were already intensifying because of climate change. Read More
NOAA Issues El Nino Advisory Read More »
Her decades of work on Huntington’s disease helped lead to the creation of a genetic test for the devastating condition. Why didn’t she take it herself?Her decades of work on Huntington’s disease helped lead to the creation of a genetic test for the devastating condition. Why didn’t she take it herself? Read More
The Researcher Who Didn’t Want to Know Read More »
Fertility specialists, biotech companies and ethicists are divided over whether progress in early gene editing would wipe out diseases or trigger a rush toward enhancement.Fertility specialists, biotech companies and ethicists are divided over whether progress in early gene editing would wipe out diseases or trigger a rush toward enhancement. Read More
A Newer Approach to Editing Embryos Ignites Debate Read More »
Researchers are at a loss for why people across cultures and ages, regardless of their dominant hand, have a natural bias toward wandering in a counterclockwise direction.Researchers are at a loss for why people across cultures and ages, regardless of their dominant hand, have a natural bias toward wandering in a counterclockwise direction. Read More
Nearly Everyone, Everywhere, Veers Left When Walking Read More »