Games come in all shapes and sizes, and there is a ton of variety in the board game space, in particular. From really involved games like Gloomhaven to easier, quicker games like Checkers or Chess and ...

Hash tables are one of the oldest and simplest data structures for storing elements and supporting deletions and queries. Invented in 1953, they underly most computational systems. Yet despite their ...

A good-looking table lamp can pull double duty as a decorative element while casting your space in a warm glow. And when combined with wall sconces and pendants, it can create layers of illumination, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Sometime in the fall of 2021, Andrew Krapivin, an undergraduate at Rutgers University, encountered a paper that would change his life.

After looking at the recent GoLang update for curiosity, I noticed one standout item. GoLang now uses Swiss Tables for mapping. I'd not heard of this algorithm, so it took a bit of searching to come ...

It isn't often that a decades-old assumption underpinning modern technology is overturned, but a recent paper based on the work of an undergraduate and his two co-authors has done just that. That ...

A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible. Sometime in the fall of 2021, Andrew ...

What do hares and hounds have in common? They both figure into a 19th-century schoolboy game that evolved into the sport of cross country—and also launched a popular drinking and running club as we ...

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