Many governments and tech companies are investing heavily in quantum technologies. In New Zealand, the recently announced ...

Abstract: It is well known that the entropy H(X) of a discrete random variable X is always greater than or equal to the entropy H(f(X)) of a function f of X, with equality if and only if f is ...

The relative frequency definition of probability says: If an experiment is repeated, the probability of an event (a specified outcome of the experiment) is the relative frequency of occurrence of that ...

The Busy Beaver Challenge, a notoriously difficult question in theoretical computer science, is now producing answers so large they’re impossible to write out using standard mathematical notation.

The seemingly unpredictable, and thereby uncontrollable, dynamics of living organisms have perplexed and fascinated ...

On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular intervals. The star ...

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum ...

Can random acts of kindness help us cope with difficulty? Here are some lessons we can learn from the writer Franz Kafka.

MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — A man is in custody after he reportedly broke into a Mesa apartment early Wednesday morning, stabbing a mom and her two daughters in what police called a random act of violence.

Peer reviewers judge the validity and quality of new research. These judgements would ideally be impartial, but some reviewers may give a more favourable review if they are cited in the article ...

By Mackenzie Devereux Dr. Irene Fonseca’s research has far-reaching applications, including improving airflow models in aircraft designs. Courtesy of Bao Menglong via Unsplash From the intricate ...