The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

How do you like your Christmas lights? We all have our preferences, and we’re spoiled for choice, making it easy to decorate our trees exactly the way we want. You can pick white lights, multi-color ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The H-1B program has been exploited by companies to replace American tech workers with cheaper foreign labor ...

ALLEN PARK -– Like most teams across the NFL, the Detroit Lions aren’t expected to give their starters much -- if any -- playing time during the preseason. So how does head coach Dan Campbell plan to ...

Scientists in India said they have developed a scalable next-generation device that produces green hydrogen by splitting water molecules using only solar energy. A group at the Bengaluru-based Centre ...

Lovable, a so-called “vibe coding” app that allows practically anybody to build websites and apps by using natural language by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence, has a huge cybersecurity ...

The largest remaining antebellum plantation mansion in the South has burned to the ground. Fire crews worked 18 hours late last week trying to extinguish the fire that eventually engulfed the ...

A mathematician has built an algebraic solution to an equation that was once believed impossible to solve. The equations are fundamental to maths as well as science, where they have broad applications ...