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 ...

The writers of antiquity thought very little of the people who lived on the fringes of their own empires and had even less regard for the societies that existed beyond them. When the Roman poet Ovid ...

St. Andrew High School in Jamaica is making waves for instituting a “no edges” hair policy. St. Andrew High School in Jamaica is making waves for instituting a “no edges” hair policy. Social media ...

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

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 the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.

The saying goes: Never judge a book by its cover. But what about the edges of its pages? Sumptuous fore-edges — sprayed a bright color, stenciled with city skylines, made to look like pointy teeth — ...

Ask any bookseller what their least favorite part of a physical book is, and you’ll get a long thought-out opinion on how much they hate something like deckled edges, French flaps, partial dust ...

Over the past two decades, our team and I have spent countless hours in homes, healthcare settings, and community spaces, watching how people navigate the rhythms of everyday life. What stays with me ...

Hair loss around the edges can be frustrating but they are a common struggle caused by tight hairstyles, hormonal changes, product buildup, and stress. The good news is you don’t always need expensive ...