Kharizmi helped solidify the concept of algorithms in mathematics and popularized algebra and the use of the zero.

It’s a weird time to be studying computer science. Recent grads have a higher unemployment rate than those in just about every other major—yes, even philosophy. The internet is littered with rants ...

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...

Two former sisters-in-law rekindle a complex bond, as two teenage boys discover their own, in the Japanese director's first ever Cannes competition entry. The gentleness of “Nagi Notes” comes as no ...

China has built the world’s first dual-core quantum computer, a development that could “significantly enhance” efficiency, according to official media. The breakthrough signalled that Chinese quantum ...

An audit of 2.5 million academic papers has identified nearly 3,000 biomedical-science papers that contain fake references — ones that could not be traced to known publications. The findings, ...

Left to right: Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha placed second, Kenya's Sabastian Sawe placed first, and Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo placed third Alex Davidson via Getty Images On April 26, two runners surpassed a ...

The Science of Second Chances: A Revolution in Criminal Justice, by Jennifer Doleac (Henry Holt & Co., 267 pp., $29.99) In contemporary criminal-justice debates, the term “second chances” seems to ...

Season 2: Summit has arrived in Overwatch, bringing with it new hero Sierra and Operation: Grand Mesa, the launch of the Switch 2 version of the game, and various updates, balance adjustments, and ...

Penn & Teller filed a Supreme Court brief questioning the use of “investigative hypnosis” in a death-penalty case in Texas. By Adam Liptak Adam Liptak is the chief legal correspondent and host of The ...

Restoring both walking and sensation to patients with paraplegia is an ambitious goal—but a team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and ...