Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...

The White House appears pleased that officials with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is investigating the use of genetic sex testing. The move is in response to an effort to ...

Photographs of A. pentaphyllum. (a) Adult tree. (b) Massive distribution along the Yalong River valley. (c) Flower. (d) Samara. (e) Seedling. (f) (g) Leaves in different colors during autumn. Acer ...

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 ...

In an era dominated by social media, misinformation has become an all too familiar foe, infiltrating our feeds and sowing seeds of doubt and confusion. With more than half of social media users across ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday implementing the U.S.-Japan trade agreement, the White House said. "Under the Agreement, the United ...

Section 1. Background. On July 22, 2025, I announced a framework agreement between the United States and Japan (Agreement), which lays the foundation for a new era of United States-Japan trade ...

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...

As commercial cow-calf producers drive through their pastures evaluating their spring calf crop and contemplating which heifer calves will make the short list of future herd replacements, now is the ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

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.

The modern internet is ruled by algorithms. When you boot up Instagram, for example, what you see in your feed is strategically sorted by the app's AI based on your past activity to keep you engaged ...