“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone,” the philosopher Blaise Pascal wrote, in 1654. According to Screen Time, a recent addition to the iPhone’s ...

As generative AI pushes power grids to their limits, the industry largely favours incremental measures that fail to address underlying issues. The path towards sustainable AI lies in combining quantum ...

On Oxford Street in Cambridge, Mass. lives a sibyl, a priestess of science. Her devotees take their problems to her as devout ancient Greeks took their insolubles to Delphi. She is no mumbling, ...

Christie’s has halted the sale of a rare 17th-century arithmetic machine that was due to be auctioned on November 19. Hours before the Pascaline, named after its polymath inventor Blaise Pascal, was ...

The Harvard Gazette shared a writeup of the inaugural Speaker Series event of the 2025-2026 academic year. During the event on September 25, Blaise Agüera y Arcas drew parallels between advances in ...

Emily completed a MSt in English Literature (1550-1700) at Oxford University, following a BA (Hons) in English Literature at the University of Durham. Her PhD thesis, succesfully defended in May 2024, ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to mathematician Eugenia Cheng about the Pascaline — a 17th-century invention credited as the first mechanical calculator. Blaise Pascal was a mathematician, a scientist, a ...

In today’s digital age, computers have become an integral part of our daily lives. From the moment we wake up to check our smartphones to the complex systems managing our cities’ infrastructure, ...

Blaise Pascal was a famous French mathematician and philosopher. As a converter to Christianity, Pascal’s beliefs would come to extensively influence the religion and its practice. He also engaged in ...

Blaise Pascal invented the Pascaline Calculator. Pascal was considered a child prodigy and was gifted in a variety of areas including mathematics, philosophy, and theology. Pascal’s father, Etienne, ...