Researchers have combined the Dijkstra and Bellman-Ford algorithms to develop an even faster way to find the shortest paths ...

Instead of building seawalls or dikes, Terranova has developed a new way to raise cities to protect them from sea-level rise.

• Crossing Bahamas: Melissa is now passing through the Bahamas as a Category 1 hurricane after making landfall in Cuba this morning. Cuba suffered “significant damage” from the storm and around ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday as the strongest storm in the island's history. The Category 5 hurricane tore a path of destruction across the island, causing major flooding and ...

Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 4 storm Saturday evening, with winds reaching 140 mph as it barrels towards Jamaica and other Caribbean Islands. Heavy rainfall, flash floods, and ...

OF THE HOUR AS GOLD COAST NEWS AT 11 STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> AND AS WE SPEAK AT 11:00PM ADVISORY IS BEING RELEASED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. ONLY A FEW VERY MODEST CHANGES CAN COMPARED TO EARLIER ...

Python simulation of the London Underground network that finds the fastest route between stations using weighted graph algorithms. Includes dynamic connections and optimization for travel time and ...

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 ...

Priscilla is now a post-tropical cyclone, but it continues to pose a "significant threat" to bring flash flooding to the southwestern U.S. through the weekend, forecasters say. Priscilla went from a ...