The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

In an era dominated by social media, misinformation has become an all too familiar foe, infiltrating our feeds and sowing seeds of doubt and confusion. With more than half of social media users across ...

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Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 10-day stretch in May is being called the palindrome dates due to the forward and backward pattern that takes shape. The palindrome dates are from May 20, 2025 to May 29, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — You’ve probably heard of palindromes. They’re strings of characters or words that read the same backward as they do forward. They’re words like "mom" and "dad" and names like "Hannah" ...

It's time to go back to third grade and learn about palindromes again. Why? Because we're in the midst of the palindromic days of 2025. Palindrome is the term for when a word or phrase written forward ...

Tuesday was 5-20-25. Put that in reverse order, and it's 5-20-25. Welcome to palindrome week. A palindrome is a word, verse, sentence or number that reads the same backward or forward. So, words like ...

May already has its share of notable (and meme-able) entries on the calendar, but this year, the month gets a string of quirky dates. Tuesday, May 20, sees the first of 10 dates in a row that can be ...