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After years of creating highly specialized software, researchers used supercomputer clusters to finally solve the "100,000-body problem.

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Abstract: Accurate accident severity prediction is essential for a successful emergency response and traffic management. This study addresses this problem by proposing a methodology that integrates ...

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Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...

Determining the least expensive path for a new subway line underneath a metropolis like New York City is a colossal planning challenge—involving thousands of potential routes through hundreds of city ...

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 ...