When the United Nations Environment Assembly convenes in December, a key topic up for discussion will be the mounting environmental impact of artificial intelligence. Ahead of those talks, here’s a ...

Nearly 70 percent of American adults could be classified as obese under an updated definition that factors in more than just body mass index (BMI). This is the finding of Harvard University ...

In computer science, NP refers to problems where a solution can be verified quickly, even if finding that solution may take enormous time. This class has guided much of modern complexity theory. Its ...

MAGA has a problem, in the form of Donald Trump. Put simply: MAGA wants to define what MAGA (or “America first”) means, and Donald Trump wants it to mean whatever he says at any given moment. I should ...

Federal Chief Information Officer Greg Barbaccia, a 2025 Wash100 Award winner, said he will no longer meet with firms that “define problems,” such as research, advisory and strategy consulting ...

Another key Trump administration official is cutting back on consultants. Greg Barbaccia, the federal chief information officer, said his office will no longer meet with research, advisory and ...

When faced with a problem, my default paradigm is to start by defining the problem. Not what people tell me is the problem. Not what the first symptom indicates is the problem but working to discover ...

EXCLUSIVE: Democratic lawmakers would not provide a definition of a woman when pressed on Capitol Hill, as President Donald Trump prioritizes making clear distinctions between biological sexes during ...

Morgan Wallen is moving full steam ahead to his next musical project. After releasing his One Thing at a Time album in 2023 and touring to promote the album over the last two years, the country singer ...

If you want to accentuate the importance of a problem, it seems sensible to explain how prevalent it is. Lots of people are at risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Lots of women carry a gene that makes them ...

Amid the rising buzz around Ozempic and similar weight-loss drugs, a group of 58 researchers is challenging the way obesity is defined and diagnosed, arguing that current methods fail to capture the ...

As 2024 draws to a close, the past few days have seen typical articles in the media reflecting on what a year of reckoning it has been for ESG and for sustainability more broadly. Political ...