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Why Women In Computer Science Matter

6:20AM April 27, 2011 | Anna North

Last week, Harvard celebrated a record number of female students declaring a computer science major. But the school – and the field – may still have a ways to go. More »

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Quantum Chess Kills Computers

12:00PM September 8, 2010 | Christina Bonnington

An undergraduate computer science student has created a “quantum chess” game that stumps computers’ ability to search all possible outcomes of possible moves by having chess pieces mimic particles that are subject to quantum mechanics. More »

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This Sarcasm-Detecting Algorithm Is A Really Good Idea

4:40AM May 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

For once, I’m not being sarcastic. You don’t have to bother running your sarcasm-detecting algorithm over that headline, students at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Because it’s true! More »

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It’s About Time: Britain’s Prime Minister Apologises to Alan Turing

11:09AM September 11, 2009 | Joanna Stern

Remember how we told you that there was a petition to ask the British government to apologise for chemically castrating computer science legend Alan Turing during WWII because he was gay? Yeah well, Prime Minister Gordon Brown did today! More »

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Nanowires Making Gadgets Smaller And Faster

9:20AM September 2, 2009 | Joanna Stern

Computers have been getting shrinking for years, yet they cram the same amount of power if not more. Essentially that is Moore’s Law, or the theory that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits doubles a year. More »

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Thousands Calling For Apology To Founder Of Computer Science

9:00AM September 1, 2009 | Joanna Stern

Alan Turing, who is said to be the father of modern computer science, was a WWII code-breaker until he was prosecuted by the British government for having homosexual relations. Thousands have now signed a petition calling for a government apology. More »