Point Set Sampling: The process of selecting a set of points from a given space, commonly used in numerical integration and simulation, to approximate continuous distributions.

A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a novel model optimization algorithm—External Calibration-Assisted Screening (ECA)— that ...

Forty-five percent (45%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending ...

81% of 'suspects' flagged by Met's police facial recognition technology innocent, independent report says The force maintains its technology only makes a mistake in one in 1,000 cases, but it uses ...

Corrected on June 27, 2025 A previous version of this story incorrectly said that Faith Kipyegon’s time in her attempt to break the 4-minute mile was 4:06.91. While the clock at the finish line ...