A nostalgic hit built out of vintage pop-culture references captured the “If you liked that, you’ll like this” spirit of Netflix. In the summer of 2016, streaming TV was still figuring itself out.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Several studies show that Gen Z demonstrates a high concern for sustainability, yet they happen to be the greatest consumers of fast fashion. Much of what we call self-expression is just algorithmic ...

An exclusive excerpt from Every Screen On The Planet reveals how the social media app’s powerful recommendation engine was shaped by a bunch of ordinary, twentysomething curators—including a guy named ...

Complexity: a trait that attracts some and deters others. In the classroom, it can feel intimidating or unnecessary. In conversation, however, it makes for surprises that add interest to your day, ...

One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling discovery about the relationship between time and memory in computing.

During the last seven years, a global team of more than 150 scientists collaborated on the most complicated neuroscience experiment ever attempted—and they’ve released their findings this week. From a ...

The dangers of oversimplifying complex problems, particularly in the context of organizational and governmental programs like DEI. There is an ever-present temptation as leaders to oversimplify ...

Over the past four years, the Biden Administration relied extensively on integrated assessment models (IAMs) to quantify the economic effects of carbon-dioxide emissions via a construct known as the ...

This project consists of developing a software application using the Java programming language, focused on analyzing the performance of sorting algorithms. The main objective is to compare the ...