News

  1. Tech

    Software bugs cost big bucks

    An epidemic of software errors in industrial computer programs is costing the United States $60 billion per year.

    By Peter Weiss
  2. Health & Medicine

    Melanoma gene quickly reeled in

    Biologists have discovered a gene that may contribute to many cases of deadly skin cancer.

    By John Travis
  3. Math

    Unveiling the work of Archimedes

    An ancient manuscript long hidden from public view may provide significant insights into the way Archimedes did his mathematical work more than 2,000 years ago.

    By Ivars Peterson
  4. Math

    Trailing after double bubbles

    A proof of the double-bubble conjecture for the case in which the two bubbles' volumes are unequal appears within reach.