The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...

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The Pirate defense feels like it has something to prove each week it takes the field, given all the skepticism it faced leading up to the season. It's a very early sample size - and way too soon to ...

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The anime medium is revered not just for its TV sensations but also for its astounding box office successes and excellent feature films. And if there’s one anime movie powerhouse even people with ...

Can we know which jobs are more or less likely to be "taken" by artificial intelligence? Planet Money looks into what jobs might be immune from a robot takeover. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We ...

There’s a moment towards the end of Kogonada’s “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” where David (Colin Farrell) and Sarah (Margot Robbie) are sitting at a table across from their respective exes. The exes ...

President Donald Trump says Massachusetts is unfair to its Republican voters. He’s not wrong. There are no GOP members representing the Commonwealth in Congress and all the statewide offices are held ...

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday there will be no rush to judgment by the league on allegations the Los Angeles Clippers circumvented salary cap rules through another company's phony ...

The most enthralling rock yet found on Mars—a speckled hunk of mudstone that just may contain evidence of ancient alien life—is still worth getting excited about. The rock in question is packed with ...

Is it possible that this simple (2,000-year-old) method for handling stress could replace all those expensive, “meditation apps, massage therapy, breathing exercises, yoga classes, etc.?” Rebecca ...

The X-Men have some of the most powerful villains in Marvel Comics. The team features a diverse range of villains in their comics, from alien species to evil mutants to ancient beings whose sole ...