Algorithms are everywhere, even when we do not notice them. They help us search the web, navigate roads, and discover new content online. Understanding how algorithms work is one of the simplest ways ...

A consensus algorithm is the rule a distributed network follows to agree on which new block is added to a blockchain, so every honest node ends up with the same ledger without trusting any single ...

Born and raised in Knoxville, David Luhn graduated from Bearden High School, Pellissippi State, and the University of Tennessee Law School. David comes from a family of professionals: his mother is a ...

An artificial-intelligence algorithm that discovers its own way to learn achieves state-of-the-art performance, including on some tasks it had never encountered before. Joel Lehman is at Lila Sciences ...

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 ...

As he tumbled down a steep cliff in Norway, Alec Luhn knew his life was in danger. “I remember thinking, ‘This is really bad. This is the start of the disaster movie,’” Luhn said in an interview with ...

An American hiker described how he survived one week in the wilderness with horrific injuries. In July, Luhn traveled to Norway along with his wife, Veronika Silchenko, and the rest of his family for ...

The fall took place in an instant, but the descent felt like it would never stop. As Alec Luhn tumbled down a steep mountain face in Norway’s Folgefonna National Park — bouncing off rocks and grasping ...

Alec Luhn, the journalist from Wisconsin who spent six days stranded on a remote Norway mountain before being rescued, said his family gave him the hope and will to survive. "Just thinking about my ...

Alec Luhn, a 38-year-old journalist who has worked for The Guardian, The New York Times and The Atlantic, is speaking out for the first time since his dramatic rescue in Norway. "I was grateful to be ...