Randall Morck of the Alberta School of Business says economists too often regard people as "dynamic, stochastic optimization ...

You probably don’t need more time. By Jancee Dunn When I look back on all the major decisions I’ve dithered over, I could scream. It took me a decade to commit to becoming a parent. I wavered for a ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

Abstract: The quantum particle swarm optimization (QPSO) algorithm was developed to address the limitations of the traditional particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm in dynamic environments. Some ...

We are moving from a world of institutional dependency to one of personal responsibility. The question is no longer, “What can we do for people?” but, “How can we equip people to do more for ...

Plenty of aid and uncollected food is rotting on the Gazan side of the border because the UN is unwilling to deliver it. Humanitarian aid waiting to be picked up on the Palestinian side of the Kerem ...

What if the toughest problems humanity faces—those that stump our brightest minds and stretch the limits of human ingenuity—could be tackled by a single, purpose-built system? Enter Gemini Deep Think, ...

See the world through the lens of science. Sign up for our free, daily newsletter Today in Science. As a child of the 1990s, I couldn’t avoid the game-turned-best-seller Tetris. Launched in 1984 by ...

Consider someone who’s perfectly content with their office chair. It’s not ergonomic, it doesn’t have lumbar support, but it works. Then, during a meeting or a visit to a friend’s office, they sit in ...