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Physics

Parasitic populations solve algorithm problems in half the time

Mathematicians draw inspiration from nature to work out complicated problems – and now a new technique is using virtual parasites to find the best solutions

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Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links

Technology

Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links

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No one in control: The algorithms that run our lives

Technology

No one in control: The algorithms that run our lives

Features

Living with the algorithms that run our lives

Technology

Living with the algorithms that run our lives

Leader

Can bitcoin outgun the abuses of big data?

Technology

Can bitcoin outgun the abuses of big data?

CultureLab

Talking gibbonish: Deciphering the banter of the apes

Life

Talking gibbonish: Deciphering the banter of the apes

Features

Optical illusions fool computers into seeing things

Technology

Optical illusions fool computers into seeing things

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The sites that know your dream job before you do

Technology

The sites that know your dream job before you do

Analysis

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Quantum searching gets a software upgrade

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Feedback: Read, watch and forget

Feedback: Read, watch and forget

Silence and gold, infinitely many ineffables, numbers are provably interesting and more

Regulars

Technology

How big data algorithms see us – while they eat us up

CultureLab

Technology

Online crowd can guess what you want to watch or buy

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Language of chemistry is unveiled by molecular make-up

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Technology

Machine predicts heart attacks 4 hours before doctors

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