Part 2 of our evolution misconceptions series tackles the randomness of evolution and the idea that evolution advances linearly from simple to advanced. Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and ...

As the world's energy needs for computing and artificial intelligence continue to increase, developing alternative low-power solutions to traditional computing becomes crucial. Devices that reliably ...

If your name gets picked for jury duty, it’s because a computer used a random number generator to select it. The same goes for tax audits or when you opt for a quick pick lottery ticket. But how can ...

Have you ever come across a statement like this: “I can’t believe that something as beautiful and complex as the human eye could be the result of a random process like evolution”? Or this: “It seems ...

When Charles Darwin declared that evolutionary variations occur by chance, many of his contemporaries were alarmed, worrying about the implications of chance for people’s belief in the God who ...

These are not the kinds of objects that concern Scott Sheffield. Sheffield, a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studies shapes that are constructed by random ...

Natural randomness in the world's climate system may have caused the frequent, fast and fleeting returns to warm conditions during past ice ages, say two scientists working in Germany 1. Andrey ...

New insights into nanomagnetic networks promise advances in energy-efficient computing. (Nanowerk News) As the world’s energy needs for computing and artificial intelligence continue to increase, ...