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How researchers are teaching AI to learn like a child - Science Magazine

Thu, 05/24/2018 - 09:26

How researchers are teaching AI to learn like a child
Science Magazine
In February, MIT launched Intelligence Quest, a research initiative now raising hundreds of millions of dollars to understand human intelligence in engineering terms. Such efforts, researchers hope, will result in AIs that sit somewhere between pure ...

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Judges sentence youth offenders to chess, with promising results - Phys.Org

Thu, 05/24/2018 - 09:00

Phys.Org

Judges sentence youth offenders to chess, with promising results
Phys.Org
Preliminary research into the Chess for Life Program in Alberta, Canada, shows that youth who are sentenced to chess instruction after committing non-violent crimes are learning useful life skills. Credit: Shutterstock. Since January 2018, every Friday ...

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Altibox Norway Chess Takes Off On Sunday - Chess.com

Thu, 05/24/2018 - 02:00
Altibox Norway Chess Takes Off On Sunday  Chess.com

On Sunday, the sixth edition of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament begins in Stavanger, Norway. The field, topped by Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, ...

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Lance Grigg - The Conversation CA

Wed, 05/23/2018 - 18:09

The Conversation CA

Lance Grigg
The Conversation CA
Dr. Grigg's areas of research are critical thinking in education and nursing, philosophy of education and the philosophy and economics of Bernard Lonergan. Dr. Grigg is an active, CFC and FIDE rated chess player. He is currently involved in a research ...

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Judges sentence youth offenders to chess, with promising results - The Conversation CA

Wed, 05/23/2018 - 17:53

The Conversation CA

Judges sentence youth offenders to chess, with promising results
The Conversation CA
To address this gap, our research team, led by Monique Sedgwick and Jeffrey MacCormack, is conducting a study that explores how youth caught up in the criminal justice system, and participating in the Chess for Life Program, view themselves as they ...

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Kidsburgh: Teen Helping Underprivileged Kids By Teaching Them Chess - CBS Pittsburgh / KDKA

Wed, 05/23/2018 - 17:31

CBS Pittsburgh / KDKA

Kidsburgh: Teen Helping Underprivileged Kids By Teaching Them Chess
CBS Pittsburgh / KDKA
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Research shows that playing chess makes you smarter. Now, a local teenager is working to improve the lives of underprivileged children by teaching them chess. Ashley Priore created a non-profit four years ago when she was ...

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Kidsburgh: Teen Helping Underprivileged Kids By Teaching Them Chess - CBS Pittsburgh / KDKA

Wed, 05/23/2018 - 17:31

CBS Pittsburgh / KDKA

Kidsburgh: Teen Helping Underprivileged Kids By Teaching Them Chess
CBS Pittsburgh / KDKA
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Research shows that playing chess makes you smarter. Now, a local teenager is working to improve the lives of underprivileged children by teaching them chess. Ashley Priore created a non-profit four years ago when she was ...

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Adventurous fundraisers raise more than £20000 for dementia research - Border Counties Advertizer

Wed, 05/23/2018 - 08:02

Border Counties Advertizer

Adventurous fundraisers raise more than £20000 for dementia research
Border Counties Advertizer
A man who used to love chess, difficult crosswords, music and dance and his granddaughters, gradually disappeared to the point where he thought he was back in the prisoner of war camp where he spent five years after being captured defending Dunkirk in ...
Dedicated Shropshire volunteers celebrate amazing first year of fundraising with a lab tourCharity Today News

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Chess Market Size, Growth, Trends, Shares, Forecast and Analysis 2017-2022 - Expert Consulting

Wed, 05/23/2018 - 03:48

Chess Market Size, Growth, Trends, Shares, Forecast and Analysis 2017-2022
Expert Consulting
The research report offers answers to several important questions related to the growth of the Chess market. Finally, the feasibility of new investment projects is assessed, and overall research conclusions are offered. In a word, the report provides ...

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What's Your Favorite Chess Move? - Chess.com

Wed, 05/23/2018 - 02:04

Chess.com

What's Your Favorite Chess Move?
Chess.com
If you were to list your five favorite chess moves, how would you pick them? Would you have to research them, or do you already have them memorized? When it comes to memory, research suggests that you are more likely to remember a move you've seen ...

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What's Your Favorite Chess Move? - Chess.com

Wed, 05/23/2018 - 02:00
What's Your Favorite Chess Move?  Chess.com

If you were to list your five favorite chess moves, how would you pick them? Would you have to research them, or do you already have them memorized? When it ...

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Judges sentence youth offenders to chess, with promising results - The Conversation - Canada

Wed, 05/23/2018 - 02:00
Judges sentence youth offenders to chess, with promising results  The Conversation - Canada

In Alberta, an alternative initiative sees youth who commit non-violent crimes sentenced to 25 hours of chess instruction with a University of Lethbridge professor.

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What's Your Favorite Chess Move? - Chess.com

Wed, 05/23/2018 - 02:00
What's Your Favorite Chess Move?  Chess.com

If you were to list your five favorite chess moves, how would you pick them? Would you have to research them, or do you already have them memorized? When it ...

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Kidsburgh: Teen Helping Underprivileged Kids By Teaching Them Chess - CBS Pittsburgh / KDKA

Wed, 05/23/2018 - 02:00
Kidsburgh: Teen Helping Underprivileged Kids By Teaching Them Chess  CBS Pittsburgh / KDKA

A local teenager is working to improve the lives of underprivileged children by teaching them chess.

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Elite Chess Players Live Longer Lives - Pacific Standard

Tue, 05/22/2018 - 12:03

Pacific Standard

Elite Chess Players Live Longer Lives
Pacific Standard
"Elite chess players live longer than the general population, and have a similar survival advantage to elite competitors in physical sports," write Australian researchers Philip Clarke, An Tran-Duy, and David Smerdon, who is a grandmaster himself, as ...

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The beneficial connection between memory and exercise - WTOP

Tue, 05/22/2018 - 11:31

WTOP

The beneficial connection between memory and exercise
WTOP
According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 30 minutes a day of moderate exercise three times per week can enable the hippocampus to grow. They randomly assigned 162 older adults either to exercise moderately ...

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Dealerships trash talk electric cars: study - CTV News

Tue, 05/22/2018 - 09:48

CTV News

Dealerships trash talk electric cars: study
CTV News
Car dealerships in Nordic countries actively discourage consumers from buying electric vehicles, researchers who conducted an undercover investigation said Monday. Their findings, published in the peer-reviewed Nature Energy, reveal an overlooked ...

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