During the day, our brain acquires new memories; at night, during sleep, it consolidates the important ones and eliminates ...

APPROACHING cancer treatment as a game has doubled the survival time of men with advanced prostate cancer. This achievement could mark the start of using game theory to target a range of cancers more ...

Prof. Jason Hartline was a Co-organizer for the GReece Economic and Algorithmic Theory Week (GREAT), held July 18-24, 2014 in Santa Maria Beach, Paros, Greece. Also from Northwestern, Prof. Nicole ...

A new study has suggested that the idea of our universe being a simulation does not hold up at all, and it's not because of a lack of imagination. The theory that our lived experience is actually a ...

Algorithms have taken on an almost mythical significance in the modern world. They determine what you see on social media and when browsing online, help form people’s belief systems, and impact the ...

Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, the Harvard University Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University ...