Orlando, Fla. — They put Jeff Kent into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday night. At a time when I am elbows deep into preparing my own Hall of Fame ballot for 2026, this sent my head spinning.

They prove something far more profound: the universe is built on a type of understanding that exists beyond the reach of any algorithm. "It has been suggested that the universe could be simulated. If ...

Children often surprise us with their natural problem-solving skills. A new study shows that they can discover efficient algorithms on their own. Researchers Huiwen Alex Yang, Bill D. Thompson, and ...

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The Trump administration made its next move Tuesday in attempting to reform the H-1B visa, publishing a plan to end the lottery-based selection process. In a draft notice shared with the Federal ...

An Army program for selecting unit commanders that a spokesman for defense chief Pete Hegseth condemned as "woke" selected White men for command roles at a higher rate than women and minority officers ...

The Army has cut a program it used in recent years to pick officers to lead battalions and brigades and select to the top enlisted leaders for those formations, the service’s Human Resources Command ...

A proposed Department of Homeland Security rule that would alter how H-1B visas are allocated has cleared review by the White House's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), according to ...

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.

The Army will review the use of selection boards to assess senior soldiers for command positions, officials said. In a memo Thursday, Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll rescinded the official status ...