When I left the classroom 12 years ago, computer science was still treated like a niche pursuit, something for the few. Today, it’s the engine of change across every sector. In K–12 education, it is ...

A major international review has upended long-held ideas about how top performers are made. By analyzing nearly 35,000 elite achievers across science, music, chess, and sports, researchers found that ...

At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer covers computer science and A.I.

So: what were the best works of science fiction published this year? I will start with two new books that aren’t actually new, but have only just been published in English. First up is Ice by Jacek ...

In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) says that his push to release the Jeffrey Epstein files is “not about Donald Trump” and ...

Dr. Shaw and Dr. Hilton teach software engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In ...

The rapid growth of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is creating a new digital divide in K–12 education, an AI skills gap that threatens to leave some students behind. While some schools are ...

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has withdrawn its $1.5 million grant proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) due to funding terms forcing a ...

In January 2025, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed House Bill 5649 into law. It requires every public high school to offer at least one computer science course by the 2027–28 school year. The push to make ...

A U.S. citizen detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has filed a class action suit against the Trump administration, accusing them of violating his fourth amendment rights. Leonardo ...