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Math for the real world - National Science Foundation (press release)
National Science Foundation (press release)
National Science Foundation (press release)
MTBI teaches students the core topics of mathematical biology, then sets them loose on a research problem of their choosing. The program is notable not only for the diversity of those problem topics, ... Castillo-Chavez credit's the program's success ...
Math for the real world - National Science Foundation (press release)
National Science Foundation (press release)
MTBI teaches students the core topics of mathematical biology, then sets them loose on a research problem of their choosing. The program is notable not only for the diversity of those problem topics, ... Castillo-Chavez credit's the program's success ...
Australia pushes ISO for blockchain standards - The Australian
The Australian
The Australian
The ASX has recently taken a stake in New York-based Digital Asset Holdings, which is working on the potential to use its blockchain technology to help replace its CHESS sharemarket clearing system, while the Australian banks are also reviewing the ...
Latzer Library holds a wealth of information - Belleville News-Democrat
Belleville News-Democrat
Kathy Kessels, executive secretary, has been leading this group for over a decade now and has extensive knowledge of genealogy research, as well as maintaining the large collection of rare local history items in our collection. The library subscribes ...
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'Peak': An Interview With Anders Ericsson & Robert Pool - Education Week (subscription) (blog)
Education Week (subscription) (blog)
Education Week (subscription) (blog)
Training in such areas as music, dance, chess, and sports takes a completely different approach. While there is inevitably a certain amount of knowledge a student in one of these areas must ... However, research has shown that the performance of ...
Remembering Doug Coombs - Powder Magazine
Powder Magazine
Powder Magazine
Internet research wasn't around yet when I started as the sports editor of the Jackson Hole Guide in 1994. Consequently, we were often digging through old issues of the newspaper for background on upcoming events. And Coombs' name was everywhere.
Royal Diary, Day 4: Will-Kate's visit to the Kaziranga National Park - Economic Times
Economic Times
Economic Times
The first time I become world champion, there was a reception in the Governor's mansion to honour me. And that was one of the best memories I have," the five-time world chess champion said at the event. Among the previous recipients of the award are ...
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FULL coming events calendar--April 12, 2016 - East Oregonian (subscription)
East Oregonian (subscription)
CANOLA BLACKLEG DISEASE FIELD WORKSHOP, 1 p.m., Columbia Basin Ag Research Center, 48037 Tubbs Ranch Road, Pendleton. Learn how to spot blackleg disease in canola. Take first driveway and gather in the parking lot on the ... Older siblings welcome ...
The Bachelor NZ Power Rankings, Week Six – Addressing the pink elephant in the room - The Spinoff
The Spinoff
The Spinoff
Alex Casey assembles her contestant power rankings for week six, including stolen dogs, a birthday for Naz and a daredevil massage. Ah well Rebecca, that's us then. Farewell to the greatest potential reality TV love story ever told. Farewell to the ...
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A Robot Wants Your Job - Chief Investment Officer
Chief Investment Officer
Chief Investment Officer
To be clear, this is way beyond IBM's purpose-built Deep Blue, which beat Grandmaster Garry Kasparov at chess back in 1997. Google DeepMind's AlphaGo essentially taught itself to play the most complex ... Rebellion Research, based in New York City ...
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There's no perfect equation for getting laid in the Tinder age - Engadget
Engadget
Engadget
During an interview with the company's CEO Sean Rad, Austin Carr was shown his "Elo score," a nickname apparently cribbed from the chess world. It was the first public admission that such a ... According to an oft-cited paper published in Psychological ...
Eight extraordinary Canadians on whether talent is innate — or learned - National Post
National Post
National Post
With few exceptions, says the Florida-based researcher, anybody can achieve greatness using the proper mix of good coaching and deliberate practice. ... VLADIMIR DRKULEC: National chess master and president of the Chess Federation of Canada.
Meet the boy, aged 11, who has a higher IQ than Einstein AND Hawking - Express.co.uk
Express.co.uk
Express.co.uk
Aum, of Wembley, north west London, is also a keen cricketer, an accomplished chess player, an avid Star Wars fan and also researches history in his spare time. Boskey added: "Whenever he reads something he has a photographic memory, he is sometimes ...
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Schoolboy, 11, has a higher IQ than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking - The Sun
The Sun
The Sun
Aum, of Wembley, north west London, is also a keen cricketer, an accomplished chess player, an avid Star Wars fan and also researches history in his spare time. Boskey added: "Whenever he reads something he has a photographic memory, he is sometimes ...
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The Bachelor episode 12: Brains is booted out - Taranaki Daily News
Taranaki Daily News
Taranaki Daily News
The actress, who is currently studying a Masters of Philosophy at Auckland University of Technology, casually let the Bachelor in on her research as they stood awkwardly in a barn. ... Jordan took Erin away from the cocktial party for some giant chess.
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Shrewd move: board games that prepare students for life - Irish Times
Irish Times
Irish Times
Learning how to learn is at the core of Mind Lab, which was founded by two Israeli chess masters in 1994. The method is based on ... Research by Prof Donald Green of Yale University in the US showed that although playing thinking games over a period of ...
Book Clubs and Paranoid Forums: Tor's Deep Web Isn't All Bad. Just Crazy. - Inverse
Inverse
Inverse
Drugs and hitmen are so overrated. True, you can get your hands on everything from brown tar heroin to a contract hacker on the deep web, but there's actually more to do on that hidden section of the internet than explore illegal services. You just ...
Ignacio Elementary bakers share their bounty - The Durango Herald
The Durango Herald
The Durango Herald
“A few other projects we've done in the past include science and social studies research,” she said, “drama and improvisation, chess tournaments, arts and crafts and field trips such as fishing, glass blowing and 3-D printing. Essentially, we try to ...
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Community Calendar - Week of April 13 - Auburn Citizen
Auburn Citizen
Auburn Citizen
Anton Ninno, of Syracuse Chess, will teach basic rules and skills to beginners, and those who know how to play can jump in. Chess sets will .... Hear about current areas of research that may deal with a future of microbes resistant to current ...
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Leiser '16 to Receive Google SVA Scholarship - Illinois Wesleyan University
Illinois Wesleyan University
Illinois Wesleyan University
A native of Mundelein, Ill., Leiser said he was in the last days of sixth grade when Deep Blue, IBM's chess-playing computer, squared off against then-world champion Garry Kasparov. Viewing the match on TV with his father, Leiser watched the computer ...