Abstract: In the field of computer science, sorting algorithms are crucial because they facilitate the effective processing and arrangement of data in a variety of scenarios, including data analysis, ...

Between 2008 and 2020, the United States experienced a relentless increase in “Separation”—the researchers’ metric for the distance between the average opinion of the two groups. By 2024, the degree ...

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have developed a new tool to predict how cancer cells evolve. By focusing on chromosome ...

Divisions within the US population on social and political issues have increased by 64% since 1988, with almost all this coming after 2008, according to a study tracking polarization from the end of ...

Dr Karas said: “The far-right is undergoing an international resurgence. YouTube is the second most visited website globally and its algorithm drives 70% of watch time on the platform. The role its ...

A recent article reports that an Oracle patent on a fast sorting method has expired, allowing open source databases to use it freely. Mark Callaghan, the inventor behind the sorting algorithm, shows ...

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As the world races to build artificial superintelligence, one maverick bioengineer is testing how much unprogrammed intelligence may already be lurking in our simplest algorithms to determine whether ...

What would you like to Propose? I would like to propose adding a new sorting algorithm — Tournament Sort — in the sorts package. Tournament Sort is a comparison-based sorting algorithm that simulates ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

In a bid to overcome shortcomings in scientific computing, Chinese scientists have unveiled a new approach to sorting data that promises both higher speed and lower energy consumption. The system ...