The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

“He views those as lives saved, not people killed,” Wiles said of the boat strikes that have, to date, killed 104 U.S.-designated “narco-terrorists” in 28 separate strikes. “He wants to keep on ...

Mixed options sentiment in MicroStrategy (MSTR), with shares up $5.07, or 3.2%, near $163.31. Options volume roughly in line with average with 387k contracts traded and calls leading puts for a ...

Abstract: In this paper, a robust optimal three-dimensional cooperative guidance law with input saturation is proposed for intelligent aerial vehicles to intercept an unknown maneuvering target. The ...

An upbeat second-quarter earnings report from Oracle wasn’t enough to shake off the artificial-intelligence jitters that have crept into the stock. Oracle ORCL cleared the bar set by Wall Street on ...

Strategy purchased 10,624 bitcoin for about $963 million last week, lifting its total holdings to 660,624 BTC as shares edged higher alongside a modest rebound in bitcoin prices. Strategy, the largest ...

As mixed games are typically less common then hold’em or Omaha, I appreciate anything which helps proliferate it and gives new players an opportunity to enjoy different variants of poker. Because of ...

Mixed options sentiment in MicroStrategy (MSTR), with shares up $9.83, or 5.73%, near $181.25. Options volume running well above average with 209k contracts traded and calls leading puts for a ...

When Harmeet Dhillon, the Justice Department’s top civil-rights attorney, sent a letter this summer telling Texas officials that their congressional map was unconstitutional, it set off a nationwide ...

Instead of requiring personalized gene edits for each patient, the new approach could create a standardized method to use for many diseases. By Pam Belluck and Carl Zimmer Gene-editing therapies offer ...

The latest game in the long-running Anno strategy city builder series has had a great launch week—depending on where you're standing, at least. Anno 117: Pax Romana, which released on November 12, has ...