Unless you worked for Ford’s plastics, paint and vinyls division in the 1980s, you probably don’t know the name Jim Moylan. But you might well know the idea that made this unknown engineer who ...

Harrison Ford’s pasta recipe comes together in under 30 minutes. The dish uses budget-friendly pantry staples like canned tomatoes and dry pasta. It’s easy to customize with whole grains, lean ...

Shortest path algorithms sit at the heart of modern graph theory and many of the systems that move people, data, and goods around the world. After nearly seventy years of relying on the same classic ...

Understand the difference between centrifugal, Coriolis, and centripetal forces with a clear and simple explanation. This guide breaks down each concept with intuitive examples, making it easier to ...

When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...

With statistics clearly showing a decline in consumer interest in sports cars, especially in regions like North America, now is the perfect time to discuss alternatives that might save certain iconic ...

What’s happened? Instagram is testing a new feature that gives users more control over the type of content they see on the platform. Why is this important? Instagram’s algorithm plays a major role in ...

During the third quarter of the year, the Ford Motor Company maintained its third place in the US automotive market with a sales increase of 8.2 percent to 545,522 deliveries, of which at least ...

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 ...