Computing Science

Crinkly Curves

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:00:00 EST

Some curves are so convoluted they wiggle free of the one-dimensional world and fill up space

First Links in the Markov Chain

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:00:00 EST

Probability and poetry were unlikely partners in the creation of a computational tool

Imitation of Life

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:00:00 EST

Can a computer program reproduce everything that happens inside a living cell?

The Science of Sticky Spheres

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:00:00 EST

On the strange attraction of spheres that like to stick together

Alice and Bob in Cipherspace

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:00:00 EST

A new form of encryption allows you to compute with data you cannot read

The Manifest Destiny of Artificial Intelligence

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:00:00 EST

Will AI create mindlike machines, or will it show how much a mindless machine can do?

Computation and the Human Predicament

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:00:00 EST

The Limits to Growth and the limits to computer modeling

Pixels or Perish

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:00:00 EST

The art of scientific illustration will have to adapt to the new age of online publishing

A Box of Universe

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:00:00 EST

Watch the cosmos evolve in a cube one billion light-years wide

An Adventure in the Nth Dimension

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:00:00 EST

On the mystery of a ball that fills a box, but vanishes in the vastness of higher dimensions

Leave the Driving to It

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST

How would lives and landscapes change if every car had a computer in the driver’s seat?

Quasirandom Ramblings

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:00:00 EST

Random numbers have a peculiar power, even when they are only pseudo- or quasirandom

Bit Lit

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:00:00 EST

With digitized text from five million books, one is never at a loss for words

The Memristor

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST

The first new passive circuit element since the 1830s might transform computer hardware

Flights of Fancy

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:00:00 EST

How birds (and bird-watchers) compute the behavior of a flock on the wing

Recreational Computing

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:00:00 EST

Puzzles and tricks from Martin Gardner inspire math and science

The Great Principles of Computing

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:00:00 EST

Computing may be the fourth great domain of science along with the physical, life and social sciences

E Pluribus Confusion

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:00:00 EST

There’s more than one way to turn census data into congressional seats

The Bootstrap

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:00:00 EST

Statisticians can reuse their data to quantify the uncertainty of complex models

Avoiding a Digital Dark Age

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:30:00 EST

Data longevity depends on both the storage medium and the ability to decipher the information