Determining the least expensive path for a new subway line underneath a metropolis like New York City is a colossal planning challenge—involving thousands of potential routes through hundreds of city ...

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 ...

Years back, when a small website called out for product-review editors. I leapt at the opportunity: I’d just wrapped up a four-year stint as a systems supplier. That experience provided the ...

Unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) nowadays have been widely used in ocean observation missions, helping researchers to monitor climate change, collect environmental data, and observe marine ecosystem ...

PATH riders using Hoboken Terminal will be offered free or discounted rides on NJ Transit and NY Waterway ferries starting Tuesday due to repairs of Hoboken switch problems blamed for a July 12 ...

Using an advanced Monte Carlo method, Caltech researchers found a way to tame the infinite complexity of Feynman diagrams and solve the long-standing polaron problem, unlocking deeper understanding of ...

Smaller companies are as diverse in their structure and ownership as they are in their focus on retail, repair, tech, real estate, and other business sectors—whether as brick-and-mortar or digital ...

In addition to the payment issues, subcontractors are also victims of what the report calls the funding gap. Results showed that 43% of subcontractors report not having enough working capital to cover ...

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When Apple released its latest over-ear headphones, the second-generation version of AirPods Max, some critics pointed out that not much was new (different colors and a USB-C connector instead of ...

Flow—the acclaimed animated cat movie that’s been nominated for a Best Animated Feature Oscar—is coming soon to streaming on Max. Rated PG, Flow first played in limited release in theaters on Nov. 22.