Plenty of our childhoods had at least one math teacher who made the (ultimately erroneous) claim that we needed to learn to do math because we wouldn’t always have a calculator in our ...

When it comes to solutions, the most unobtrusive ones are typically the most effective. Mohammad Adnan works on this kind of solution, aiming to make machines think like humans and produce better work ...

Toyota’s hybrid push in the US is working. Nearly every model now comes with a hybrid option, keeping Toyota’s sales strong in 2024. There’s no sign that the result will change in 2025. Now that ...

The host of our Cooking newsletter offers a few suggestions for New Year’s Day breakfasts. By Melissa Clark I’m a columnist for NYT Cooking and the host of the Cooking newsletter. If your New Year’s ...

A tool called AI-Newton can derive scientific laws from raw data, but is some way from developing human-like reasoning. Most artificial-intelligence (AI) models can reliably identify patterns in data ...

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

When Basic Books Group president and publisher Lara Heimert told her mom that she was going to work at the Hachette division's flagship imprint, back in 2005, she was elated. "My mother said, Oh, they ...

Filing for a patent is like planting your flag on your idea, giving you a legal shield that prevents anyone from copying your hard work. Obtaining a patent is crucial for securing exclusive rights to ...

Got big ideas and the courage and drive to bring them to life? You belong at the University of California. By some measures, UC is the most innovative and entrepreneurial institution in America. These ...

“When the new month flips over,” said a Defense Department civilian employee based in Germany, “I have no idea what I’m going to do.” For civilian federal employees stationed overseas, the government ...

Every era of seismic technological change has been accompanied by the fear that these will upend livelihoods and disrupt established ways of life. From the Luddites smashing looms in 19th-century ...

Earlier this offseason, an NBA-record seven teams wound up participating in the blockbuster trade that landed Kevin Durant with the Houston Rockets. Naturally, it got us wondering: Can we construct a ...