One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

Picture this: you’ve decided to host a dinner party. The guest list is small but important. You spend the week cleaning the house, polishing the silver, and making sure every detail reflects care. You ...

ABSTRACT: To effectively evaluate a system that performs operations on UML class diagrams, it is essential to cover a large variety of different types of diagrams. The coverage of the diagram space ...

Google’s June 2025 Core Update just finished. What’s notable is that while some say it was a big update, it didn’t feel disruptive, indicating that the changes may have been more subtle than game ...

Data security involves implementing strategies to safeguard digital information against unauthorized disclosure and modification across computing and communication infrastructures. Given the ...

Gregg is professor of neurobiology and human genetics at the University of Utah. In 2018, I waited until after Christmas to inform my 10- and 12-year-old children that I had metastatic male breast ...

ABSTRACT: In the context of the rapid development of intelligent manufacturing, the stable operation of mechanical equipment is crucial for maintaining industrial production continuity and achieving ...