Scientists are trying to tame the chaos of modern artificial intelligence by doing something very old fashioned: drawing a ...

A new algorithm developed by computer scientists has revealed for the first time how genetic networks in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, evolve during the insect's life cycle. The new ...

The origin of heavy elements in our universe is theorized to be the result of neutron star collisions, which produce conditions hot and dense enough for free neutrons to merge with atomic nuclei and ...

The health of the placenta is vitally important during a pregnancy, but assessing it can be a challenge. While ultrasounds are one easy-to-use option, they often cannot provide enough fine detail to ...

Machine-learning engineers from the University of Bristol think they might have the master equation to predicting the popularity of a song. Simple, right? The "w"s are "weights," or musical features ...

Algorithms already make decisions for us, and now a study suggests we're happy to take their advice too. In a Harvard Business School study, people were asked to make a judgement about various things ...

Applying a clustering algorithm called the Gaussian mixture model to an aggregation of expert ranking data provided by Fantasypros.com, the algorithm finds natural tiers and clusters within the data.