The ninth Dedekind number, then – still undiscovered by 2023, some 32 years after its predecessor was found – was overdue.

Discover how the Luhn Algorithm verifies credit card accuracy, supports secure transactions, and helps prevent errors in inputting Social Security numbers.

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.

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 new quantum computing algorithm, called "Quantum Echoes," is the first that can be independently verified by running it on another quantum computer. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

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 ...

MADRID, Spain—Adding digitoxin, a cardiac glycoside, to contemporary guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) improves clinical outcomes in patients who have heart failure with reduced ejection ...

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 ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) -A single-digit jersey number is a great honor at Nebraska. The ten jerseys are awarded by a team vote, a tradition started by Matt Rhule. The Huskers revealed Monday evening that ...

The polarising impact of social media isn’t just the result of bad algorithms – it is inevitable because of the core components of how the platforms work, a study with AI-generated users has found. It ...