We’re delighted to introduce our brand new puzzle, Mini Cogs. As you might have guessed from its name, Mini Cogs is a smaller version of our new puzzle, Cogs: a unique twist on a word game that blends ...

Turning veneer is one thing. Turning a thousand layers glued together is a completely different challenge. Every pass of the tool risks hitting a weak spot where the layers could separate. But as the ...

Determining the least expensive path for a new subway line underneath a metropolis like New York City is a colossal planning challenge—involving thousands of potential routes through hundreds of city ...

One of the most competitive corners of global finance is becoming even more extreme as bankers take big risks to outmaneuver rivals for lucrative block trades in Australia. These large chunks of stock ...

Speaking on Lenny's Podcast on Sunday, Prasanna said that too many engineers equate technical perfection with business success. "A lot of engineers think that code quality is important to building a ...

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 ...

The key to making a successful product is to identify a problem and then offer to solve it. But what happens when no problems remain? Then you have to create one. Or three. At its “Awe Dropping” event ...

Looking beyond the financial spectrum, the introduction of blockchain technology has a positive impact on real-world systems and processes. The same core features that made blockchain an essential ...

Using an advanced Monte Carlo method, Caltech researchers found a way to tame the infinite complexity of Feynman diagrams and solve the long-standing polaron problem, unlocking deeper understanding of ...

SpaceX made some progress on another test flight of the world’s most powerful rocket Tuesday, finally overcoming technical problems that plagued the program’s two previous launches. But minutes into ...

It’s hardly news that Donald Trump uses over-the-top rhetoric to inflate his many boasts of world-historical greatness and to smear his opponents. Not even his biggest fans would argue that he uses ...