Programmers normally want to minimize the time their code takes to execute. But in 1962, the Hungarian mathematician Tibor Radó posed the opposite problem. He asked: How long can a simple computer ...

In 2013, a who’s who of the tech world came together to launch a new nonprofit called Code.org. The purpose of the organization was to get more computer science into schools. Billionaires like Mark ...

The Ohio State University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. In addition, 29 states passed legislation allowing computer science to count in place of a science course. When ...

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

For as long as Jake Price has been a teacher, Wolfram Alpha — a website that solves algebraic problems online — has threatened to make algebra homework obsolete. Teachers learned to work around and ...

For mathematicians and computer scientists, 2020 was full of discipline-spanning discoveries and celebrations of creativity. Several long-standing problems yielded to sustained collaboration, ...

The importance of mathematics to the world throughout history cannot be overlooked. Math permeates every aspect of our lives — work, relaxation, entertainment. Its importance in the future to us and ...

For mathematicians and computer scientists, this was often a year of double takes and closer looks. Some reexamined foundational principles, while others found shockingly simple proofs, new techniques ...

EdSource · Trump's cuts to Hispanic-Serving Institutions hit community college student programs hard This post was updated to clarify benefits of the program to Oakland Unified students. A growing ...