Physics
Parasitic populations solve algorithm problems in half the time
Mathematicians draw inspiration from nature to work out complicated problems – and now a new technique is using virtual parasites to find the best solutions
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Technology
Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links
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Technology
No one in control: The algorithms that run our lives
Features
Technology
Living with the algorithms that run our lives
Opinion
Technology
Can bitcoin outgun the abuses of big data?
Culture
Environment
Talking gibbonish: Deciphering the banter of the apes
Features
Technology
Optical illusions fool computers into seeing things
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Technology
The sites that know your dream job before you do
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Quantum searching gets a software upgrade
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Feedback: Read, watch and forget
Silence and gold, infinitely many ineffables, numbers are provably interesting and more
Regulars
Technology
How big data algorithms see us – while they eat us up
Culture
Technology
Online crowd can guess what you want to watch or buy
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Language of chemistry is unveiled by molecular make-up
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Health
Machine predicts heart attacks 4 hours before doctors
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