BERLIN, Conn.—Here’s a job the computers can take without much complaint: sorting recyclables. For humans, it is a foul, laborious job that entails standing over a conveyor belt, plucking beer cans ...

The current list of sorting algorithms is great, but it's missing Heap Sort, which is a fundamental comparison-based sorting algorithm. This issue is to implement the logic and visualization for Heap ...

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 easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.

Long Island now has one of the fastest, most efficient and reliable mail services in the country thanks to a high-tech Postal Service upgrade covering both its counties, officials say. A US Postal ...

Disney characters like Moana and Princess Tiana made strides in bringing representation to animated films by showcasing women of color with curly, coiled hair. Now, animators are working to advance ...

MicroSort's technology enables the separation of X and Y chromosome-bearing sperm cells prior to in vitro fertilization, which can help couples who want to balance the makeup of their families and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Computer scientists often deal with abstract problems that are hard to comprehend, but an exciting new algorithm matters to anyone who ...