Computer scientists are a demanding bunch. For them, it’s not enough to get the right answer to a problem — the goal, almost always, is to get the answer as efficiently as possible. Take the act of ...

A letter Charles Dickens wrote in his mystifying style of shorthand had gone unread for over a century. Computer programmers helped scholars decode it. By Jenny Gross LONDON — For more than a century, ...

In 1999, Keanu Reeves chose the red pill to go down the rabbit hole — and modern cinema and pop culture would never be the same. Even in the landscape of that unforgettable year in film, “The Matrix” ...

Want to know what the cast of The Matrix has been up to more than 20 years since the film's premiere? Don't bend over backwards, we did the work for you! Hint: some of them are returning for The ...

May 9, 2022 - We've seen Superman take his turn at flying around the Matrix Awakens Unreal Engine 5 Experience, so now it's time for Spidey to get his chance to swing around the city. While the city ...

It took more than 150 years for American and British suffragists to gain women’s right to vote—decades filled with struggle, sacrifice, and fervent attempts to sway public opinion. And those efforts ...

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Bababababa, dadadadada, ahgagaga. Got that? Babies are speaking to us all the time, but most of us have no clue what they're saying. To us non-babies, it all sounds like charming, mysterious, ...

Over drinks with some friends last night, I brought up the topic of the "Girl Code," a concept that, in pop culture at least, tends to receive far less attention than its counterpart, the "Bro Code." ...

Phonemes are the building blocks of language. Represented by letters of the alphabet, they are the component sounds of spoken words. Most people automatically hear, for example, that the word "goat" ...