I have only been at Techaeris 2 days and it already looks like I will be replaced, by a Robot no less. As the printing press was replaced by technology advances, so to are the people that write it.

A living cell constantly needs to process information. It distinguishes threats from opportunities and determines when to divide versus when to die. According to Luca Cardelli, “cells would not ...

The last few decades have seen an explosion of data in fields such as biology, medicine, and genomics. Some of the methods used to analyze these large data sets are outdated and in need of an update, ...

Often, when there’s talk about algorithms and journalism, the focus is on how to use algorithms to help publishers share content better and make more money. There’s the unending debate, for example, ...

The most-liked photo of 2013. If you want more Instagram likes, don’t take photos of spatulas, golf carts, or space heaters. That’s a bit of advice from Aditya Khosla, a PhD candidate at MIT’s ...

New software algorithms reduce the time and material needed to produce objects with 3-D printers. Here, the wheel on the left was produced with conventional software and the one on the right with the ...

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Product innovation is like gentrification: The more you love what it's given you (safe streets and a hip coffee shop; a cool ad-free social media app), the more you wish it would stop right now before ...

Mathematician and OKCupid founder Christian Rudder and his team have written an online application that analyzes your Facebook network to predict the strength of your relationships. In his new book ...

Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class went missing.

Computer algorithms drive online dating sites that promise to hook you up with a compatible mate. They help retailers suggest that, because you liked this book or that movie, you’ll probably be into ...