Rapid advances in the kind of problems that quantum computers can tackle suggest that they are closer than ever to becoming ...

A reader of mine sent me an email that impressed me with the writer's poignant plea: "How do I stop being a narcissist?" "I can't be the only person who is aware of narcissistic traits without any ...

If you happen to be on a Texas highway sometime this summer, and see a 50,000-pound semi truck barreling along with nobody behind the wheel, just remember: A self-driving truck is less likely to kill ...

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

Bob Simison profiles MIT behavioral economist Sendhil Mullainathan, who is leading his discipline into the age of algorithms AI is just too important to leave to computer scientists. So says MIT ...