Exponential growth bias is the pervasive tendency to linearize exponential functions when assessing them intuitively. We show that exponential growth bias can explain two stylized facts in household ...

In the present period it has again become very popular to describe population increase as a simple exponential process. The paper demonstrates that if a stationary population with high fertility and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. In the case of the coronavirus COVID-19, exponential growth will occur ...

Chemists have long sought sequence-controlled synthetic polymers that mimic nature's biopolymers, but a practical synthetic route that enables absolute control over polymer sequence and structure ...

What’s the greatest shortcoming of the human race? I’m sure we all have some suggestions, but according to physicist Albert Bartlett, it is “our inability to understand the exponential function.” ...

A new study takes a closer look at the behavioral phenomenon known as exponential growth bias. Researchers wanted to find out whether the way in which the exponential spread of infectious disease is ...

Figure 1: DNA origami raft design and self-replication cycling. Figure 2: Self-replication of DNA seeds. Figure 3: Self-replication controlled by intra- and inter-molecular DNA triplex.

Moore’s Law states the number of transistors on an integrated circuit will double about every two years. This law, coined by Intel and Fairchild founder [Gordon Moore] has been a truism since it’s ...

Have you heard the story of the brilliant guy who invented chess? Legend has it he took the game to the emperor of what is now India. The emperor was so impressed that he told the inventor to name his ...

According to ARK Invest's research, five innovation platforms are converging to create unprecedented growth trajectories. Artificial intelligence is the most important catalyst, its velocity cascading ...

NAIROBI, KENYA: The rapid shift towards cloud computing and software as-a-service purchasing models is freeing technology buyers from vendor lock-in, upfront payments, long implementation cycles, and ...