While beating an AI at a board game may seem relatively trivial, it can help us identify failure modes of the AI, or ways in which we can improve their training to avoid having them develop these ...

Peter Badge. Mathematics often feels like a collection of isolated islands. Each one operates with its own rules, and building bridges between them is notoriously difficult. Today, the Norwegian ...

March 22, 2026 • In his first term, President Trump required transgender service members to register with the diagnosis of gender dysphoria in order to continue serving openly in the military. Now, ...

Amber Barkley is a writer and editor with over 10 years of experience in topics ranging from personal finance to marketing analytics to fiction. She found her niche in personal finance in 2022, when ...

Sometimes the right tool for the right job appears almost out of nowhere. That was certainly the case for [Jonathan] who came across an unusual but well-designed robot at a secondhand shop. The ...

Harrison Ford says he isn't retiring: "I really wouldn't know what to do with myself." David Bianculli reviews a the Peaky Blinders film. Spufford's new novel is set during the London Blitz.