In just over a day, a powerful computer program accomplished a feat that took physicists centuries to complete: extrapolating the laws of motion from a pendulum’s swings. Developed by Cornell ...

There’s one kind of program that we don’t understand – even in principle – and that’s an AGI. One day we will, but I see no ...

Forget a thousand monkeys at a thousand typewriters, researchers have created a computer program that writes fables by itself.

Recently, I watched a fellow particle physicist talk about a calculation he had pushed to a new height of precision. His tool? A 1980s-era computer program called FORM. Particle physicists use ...

The algorithm can figure out a particular painting’s style — whether it’s abstract, impressionist or Baroque, for example — and tease out possible connections among artists.

What is Computer Programming? Computer programming is the process that professionals use to write code that instructs how a computer, application or software program performs. At its most basic, ...

Learn what a computer program is with this KS1 primary computing guide from BBC Bitesize for years 1 and 2.

Computers have figured out how to win at chess, checkers and tic-tac-toe, and now, a computer program has conquered the game of poker. A research team led by Michael Bowling, a professor of ...

Learn what a computer program is with this KS1 primary computing guide from BBC Bitesize for years 1 and 2.