Deep within the source code of this online multiplayer game lies an enigmatic number that puzzles and inspires experts to this day ...

Citizens urged firing of officer Blayne Newton after June 2023 triple shooting. Prosecutor declined charges citing Missouri defense-of-others statute; public objected. Board of Police Commissioners ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

The problem of obtaining starting values for the Newton-Raphson calculation of √x on a digital computer is considered. It is shown that the conventionally used best uniform approximations to √x do not ...

There are one too many Jordons at Chapel Hill these days, according to Cam Newton. The former Heisman and MVP-winning quarterback called out North Carolina’s new head football coach, Bill Belichick, ...

For over three centuries, researchers have relied on a powerful algorithm developed by Isaac Newton to tackle complex problems in logistics, finance, computer vision, and even pure math. This simple ...

Every day, researchers search for optimal solutions. They might want to figure out where to build a major airline hub. Or to determine how to maximize return while minimizing risk in an investment ...