The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY - A former University of Iowa employee, who was nabbed in a state audit last year for ...

“I heard a rumor that when you were supposed to be learning your lines on my set, you were actually canvassing people to be in your movie,” Nolan quipped to Safdie. “I wasn’t aware of that at the time ...

Old school stock pickers were quick to blame the quant funds for triggering outsized share price swings in August. But fund managers from both sides say there is a way to beat them. Plato’s David ...

While you might think of hula hoops as a game for children they’ve found a new use—helping farmers calculate soybean populations. With no need for a tape measure, this method could save time and help ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The Upper West Side deli where I meet Benny Safdie is filled with a particular kind of grumpy old-school Manhattanite. They’re the type of figure who has tended ...

The Brooklyn Nets take on the Phoenix Suns in the latest edition of the NBA China Games in Macao on Friday. The event shone a global spotlight on the city bright enough to eclipse every other ...

The 'untouched' Lorenz SZ42 machine was introduced by the Germans in 1942 after the Bletchley Park codebreakers led by Alan Turing cracked the Enigma. The Lorenz was even harder to decipher than the ...

Soft, graceful, and intricately detailed — the Chikankari saree is the embodiment of quiet sophistication. Originating from Lucknow, this traditional hand embroidery technique transforms simple ...

Machine learning is the ability of a machine to improve its performance based on previous results. Machine learning methods enable computers to learn without being explicitly programmed and have ...

Climate change is the biggest challenge facing the planet. It will need every solution possible, including technology like artificial intelligence (AI). Seeing a chance to help the cause, some of the ...