Stephen Wolfram is a well-known figure in the sciences thanks to genius inventions like the math problem-solving software Mathematica. Now he’s in the news again for a very different reason: He’s ...

If you’re studying math or science, you are probably pretty familiar with Wolfram Alpha as a tool for figuring out complicated equations. That makes it a pretty good tool for cheating, but not ...

The Internet’s computational search engine just added a whole bunch of information about Pokémon. Above: Siri will lay out the info for you as if it were a real Pokédex you got from Professor Oak.

There’s a lot to love about Wolfram Alpha’s iPhone app. But as regular readers will know, one of them is not the price. At $50, it’s just way too hard to justify the purchase when you can get all of ...

Wolfram Alpha is an astonishingly powerful piece of software that helps you find nearly any piece of factual information you could want. Sounds an awful lot like Google, doesn't it? It's actually an ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Amazon’s Alexa is now getting a Wolfram Alpha integration that will allow it to answer way more math and science ...

One of the biggest names in mathematical computing has built a new tool to help skywatchers prepare for the total solar eclipse of Aug. 21, and penned a deep dive into how eclipses have driven ...

If you've been on the internet for a while, you might know Wolfram Alpha as the website where you chuck your calculus homework to get answers in a jiffy. At the time, it already felt like a cheat code ...

Wolfram Alpha is not Google. They may look and even feel similar, but Google it is not. Google helps users navigate the expansive global Web via a friendly (but highly effective) interface. Wolfram ...