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When someone walks into an emergency room with symptoms of a stroke, every second matters. But today, diagnosing the type of ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

A nostalgic hit built out of vintage pop-culture references captured the “If you liked that, you’ll like this” spirit of ...

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

The LinkedIn algorithm can feel like a mysterious gatekeeper, deciding which posts reach only a few connections and which break free into wider feeds. For professionals, creators, and brands, ...

Jack Conte, the chief executive of Patreon, a platform for creators to monetize their art and content, outlines his vision ...

This fall, the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences launched a new master’s of science graduate program in ...

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers have struggled to tamp down online misinformation and extremism. The latest effort, from Sens. Mark ...

By Wilkine Brutus This story was originally produced by WLRN, South Florida's only public radio station at 91.3 FM, as part ...