Language translation is a notoriously difficult task for humans, let alone computers. But in trying to solve that problem Google has stumbled across a clever trick, that involves treating them like ...

Google Translate's live text translation uses your phone camera to instantly interpret your surroundings in up to 134 languages. We dig into the technology, and why it can still botch translations.

Big advances in math can happen when mathematicians move ideas into areas where they seem like they shouldn’t belong. My latest story is about the mathematician June Huh, who came into the field late ...