Researchers have used metamathematical techniques to show that certain theorems that look superficially distinct are in fact ...

Pick a pen up off of your desk, hold it about a foot above the flat surface, and then let it drop. It hits the surface, and despite the fact that quantum mechanics suggest that there is a (very) small ...

Part of “Complexity Theory,” a new column on the tangled questions of our technological age. By some accounts, the western world is experiencing a backlash against the same technologies which have ...

Complexity theory is a fundamental branch of theoretical computer science that categorises computational problems according to their inherent difficulty and the resources required to solve them. At ...

One hundred and ninety-nine years after Charles Darwin was born, and 149 years after he published On the Origin of Species, some scientists say that the theory of evolution is due for a revision. Not ...

Stellenbosch University provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. Universities are complex, dynamic organisations which must adapt in ways that aren’t always planned or predicted. For ...

BERLIN, Aug. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- "My book of the year. Some books fill your head, some your heart, some educate, some set you alight; Jean's book does all of these." – Jon Foster-Pedley, Dean and ...

Physicists know about the huge chasm between quantum physics and the theory of gravity. However, in recent decades, theoretical physics has provided some plausible conjecture to bridge this gap and to ...

The fields of communication complexity and information theory form an interrelated domain that investigates the fundamental limits and efficiencies of distributed computation and data transmission.