When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck. Consider, for example, the notorious problem of finding the shortest round-trip route that passes through every city on a map ...

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If you're holding on to your home but have bigger dreams, it's okay to sell and move on. Taking out a home equity loan (HELOC) is a lower-cost option you might also consider. If there's extra space in ...

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Named after a pair of psychologists who described it in a classic 1999 paper, the Dunning-Kruger effect describes a common dynamic most of us have observed in everyday life. People who know the least ...

Senate Democrats unveiled a proposal on Wednesday evening that would reverse the nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid implemented under President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, among other ...

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It’s not uncommon for large companies to acquire startups primarily for their talent rather than their product. Acquihires, as they are called, allow big companies to gain talented employees, while ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: String theory—the idea that particles are not point-like, but instead one-dimensional strings—is a popular theoretical framework that attempts to ...

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Microsoft says its new system “automates what is considered the gold standard in malware classification.” (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft says it has created an advanced AI system that ...