For several years now, UFC president Dana White has hinted that a sweeping change was coming to the UFC rankings, which had ...

Audrey Tang, the 'genius' from Taiwan, has sharply pointed out the roots of modern societal ills, sparking significant discussion online. Tang's argument is clear: 'Current societal division is not a ...

It’s hard to ignore the seismic shifts brought about by algorithm-driven content. Every time you scroll through your social media feed or check your favorite news app, algorithms are diligently at ...

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 ...

As one of the cutting-edge research areas in modern physics, space-based gravitational wave detection aims at capturing gravitational wave signals in the mHz frequency band. A key technological ...

ABSTRACT: The Cognitive Resonance Theory (CRT) offers a novel theoretical framework for examining the complex interactions between algorithmic personalization, emotional engagement, and the formation ...

Last year, fashion publications wrote extensively about the impact of the algorithm on personal style. (Vogue Business included.) In last year’s fashion conversation, ‘the algorithm’ surpassed its ...

Three new books warn against turning into the person the algorithm thinks you are. Like a lot of Netflix subscribers, I find that my personal feed tends to be hit or miss. Usually more miss. The ...

Companies, nonprofit organizations, and governments design algorithms to learn and predict user preferences. They embed these algorithms in recommendation systems that help consumers make choices ...

Ariel Procaccia has thought a lot about how to cut cake over the last 15 years. That’s partly because the Harvard computer scientist has three children who among them have celebrated more than two ...

I’ve been losing a lot of time to YouTube lately. I don’t even know why. In a down moment, I just find myself heading to the homepage and watching whatever comes up (usually weird Tears of the Kingdom ...