Physicists have demonstrated that Parrondo's paradox—an apparent paradox in which two losing strategies combine to make a winning strategy—can emerge as a coin game with a single coin in the quantum realm, but only when ...
Chris Milk stepped onto a TED Conference stage and took the audience on an awe-inducing trip into the future of movies.
Hi Tech & Innovation
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Researchers have developed a highly stretchable touchpad that can be worn on the arm and be used to write words and play electronic games. Scientists from Seoul National University in South Korea published their findings ...
Materials Science
Aug 11, 2016
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Amanda Maler wasn't even born yet when Nintendo's beloved Super Mario made his debut 30 years ago.
Business
Aug 1, 2015
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Data from 160,000 ranked chess players and more than five million chess matches suggests that women playing against men perform better than expected based on their official chess ratings, according to a new study by the University ...
Social Sciences
Jan 30, 2018
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The game mancala may have originated as far back as 6000 BCE in Jordan and is played around the world to this day. It consists of stones that players move between a series of small pits on a wooden game board. The point of ...
Quantum Physics
Aug 14, 2023
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It seems the Electronic Entertainment Expo is no longer a man's world.
Software
Jun 19, 2015
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Popular baby names, just like fashion styles and other pop culture trends, keep on changing. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University developed a mathematical model to understand why these behavioral patterns are constantly ...
Social Sciences
Jan 3, 2022
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A video game like Minecraft in schools might trouble some parents. As a Canada research chair in technologies and education, my hope is both parents and educators take the time to learn about how using Minecraft at school ...
Education
Apr 22, 2019
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Childhood play experiences strongly shape a person's spatial skills, according to a new CIRES-led study—those skills can be critical to success in fields like science and engineering. Young adults who played with construction-based ...
Social Sciences
Feb 5, 2018
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