In a world run by computers, there is one algorithm that stands above all the rest. It powers search engines, encrypts your data, guides rockets, runs simulations, and makes the modern digital ...

Real estate software company RealPage filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against New York Attorney General Letitia James to block a new law targeting landlords and companies that use algorithms to set ...

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

Helping students to develop math fluency takes more than just flash cards. It requires teaching them how to think about numbers. And while that may seem daunting, most kids enjoy sharpening their math ...

Why the challenge of truly representative democracy is so complex. Moon Duchin, who leads the University of Chicago’s Data and Democracy Research Initiative, explores how math can help solve ...

Novelist Block (Life Lessons) delivers a wrenching account of his traumatic homeschooling in suburban Texas. Block’s eccentric, emotionally fragile mother convinced him at a young age that he would be ...

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 ...

A new report by Capgemini warns that quantum computing may break the widely used public-key cryptographic systems within the next decade — threatening everything from online banking to blockchain ...

Jersey City, N.J., is the latest city to ban the practice of setting rents based on recommendations from services that use algorithms and non-public data from nearby properties. The practice has ...

When it comes to teaching math, a debate has persisted for decades: How, and to what degree, should algorithms be a focus of learning math? The step-by-step procedures are among the most debated ...