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.

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — At Purdue University, character isn’t just a trait — it’s currency. So much so that the NCAA basketball powerhouse’s coach, Matt Painter, has implemented a sophisticated ...

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in employment decision-making is no longer a theoretical, future-tense possibility. It is here and is reshaping how employers find, assess, and promote talent.

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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 ...

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 ...

For millennia, humans have depended on the safety, security, and support that being part of a group or community provides for their very survival. Beyond the need for group acceptance and inclusion, a ...

Let’s get straight to it: there’s a good chance at least one club in your bag isn’t doing what you think it is. Maybe more than one. In fact, if you haven’t been fit, or haven’t been fit recently, ...

Based on the measured subsidence data of the 112,201 working face in Xiaobaodang Coal Mine of Shaanxi Province, the traditional probability integral method and probability density function method are ...