A new theoretical framework argues that the long-standing split between computational functionalism and biological naturalism misses how real brains actually compute.

Computational complexity and proof systems constitute a cornerstone of theoretical computer science, addressing both the inherent difficulty of algorithmic problems and the efficiency of formal ...

A May 2024 Reuters Institute and University of Oxford survey, which included more than 12,000 people from six countries, found that 21% of respondents on average have used ChatGPT professionally. This ...

We often hear that the brain can be thought of as a type of computer. But how seriously should we take this metaphor? And might it tell us anything useful about psychiatric disorders? It’s not hard to ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly transforming computational mechanics, yet many AI-driven models remain limited by poor interpretability, ...

Genetically engineered bacteria, rigged up as a distributed computing system, might help realize synthetic biology’s loftier goals. E. coli thrives in our guts, sometimes to unfortunate effect, and it ...

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) on Wednesday announced that it has awarded this year's A.M. Turing prize, often referred to as the Nobel Prize of computing, to computer scientist and ...

Cells throughout the body work together like singers in a choir to keep us healthy, as long as they work in perfect harmony. If any cells are off key, that harmony can be disrupted, with far-reaching ...

A solution to P vs NP could unlock countless computational problems—or keep them forever out of reach. 1. On Monday, July 19, 2021, in the middle of another strange pandemic summer, a leading computer ...

They say a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, but for computer scientists, two birds in a hole are better still. That’s because those cohabiting birds are the protagonists of a deceptively ...