Unpicking How to Measure the Complexity of Knots

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.
Tennessean

Why did Titans fire Brian Callahan? Start with 'continuous frustration' at not getting better

Tennessee Titans president of football operations Chad Brinker and GM Mike Borgonzi spoke Oct. 13. The two expressed that there was 'continuous frustration' at the team's lack of improvement. Titans ...
Health Affairs

Unwinding And The Medicaid Undercount: Millions Enrolled In Medicaid During The Pandemic Thought They Were Uninsured

Dong Ding ([email protected]), New York University, New York, New York. Benjamin D. Sommers, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts. Sherry A. Glied, New York University. Policy responses to the ...

The enzyme that doesn't act like one: NUDT5 controls DNA building block production through structure, not catalysis

Inside every cell, a finely tuned metabolic network determines when to build, recycle, or stop producing essential molecules.
The New Yorker

It’s Cool to Have No Followers Now

As social media has become older, more manipulable, and more automated by artificial intelligence, flouting online popularity ...