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Dr. Vopson argues that we’re living in a simulation because the mathematics behind how the universe functions doesn’t match ...

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West Virginia University at Parkersburg assistant biology professor Joel Farkas discussed the impact of artificial intelligence on students and faculty during a recent state Higher Education Policy ...

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What you uncover is that the “auto data” story is really three stories at once: how Vehicles are turning into rolling ...

When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck. Consider, for example, the notorious problem of finding the shortest round-trip route that passes through every city on a map ...

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

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