A new algorithm that studied ancient telescope data discovered over 100 undiscovered asteroids. Over 100 asteroids previously undetectable in archival sky photos have been discovered by researchers using a new astrodynamics technique. (Photo : Wikimedia Commons) Asteroids Asteroids are stony … Read more
EMU Text Lite Philips NSA ← PX-1000 PX-1000Cr algorithm Apparently, the NSA was not too happy with the fact that DES, which was considered a strong encryption algorithm at the time, was available to the general public. At … Read more
In the first half of the twentieth century, thinkers like John Maynard Keynes and Bertrand Russell predicted that the advance of technology would, by this point, have left us working something like fifteen- or twenty-hour weeks, liberated from the all-consuming … Read more
Over the past few years, I’ve interviewed with a dozen or so companies and have completed ~50 or so individual algorithm problems. I’m frequently given feedback that I did a great job at the algorithms problem. In this post, I’m … Read more
Study shows main risk factors for suicidal thoughts and behavior Photo by BYU Photo Photo by BYU Photo **CONTENT WARNING: THIS ARTICLE ADDRESSES TEENAGE SUICIDALITY** If you or someone you know is in crisis, you can call the National Suicide … Read more
This past October, as Jacob Holm and Eva Rotenberg were thumbing through a paper they’d posted a few months earlier, they realized they had been sitting on something big. For decades computer scientists had been trying to develop a fast … Read more
Grade school math students are likely familiar with teachers admonishing them not to just guess the answer to a problem. But a new proof establishes that, in fact, the right kind of guessing is sometimes the best way to solve … Read more