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In a sense, it sounds like that’s another facet of computational thinking that’s more relevant in the age of AI—the abstractions of statistics and probability in addition to algorithms and data ...

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And then it got me.” A handful of decades and an MIT physics doctorate later, Tan is the chief science officer (CSO) of ...

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CERES program updates include operational satellite instruments, algorithm advancements, machine learning applications, and ongoing missions measuring Earth’s energy budget and climate system changes.

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Smart home tech brands will often label everything as "AI," but not all of it will actually be. Conversational voice ...

Fully functional quantum computers remain out of reach, but optimism across the field is rising. At the Q2B Silicon Valley conference in December, researchers and executives ...

The issue: Many runners (particularly women) report that their fitness trackers tell them they’re exercising in a higher zone ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.