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Women's intellectual aptitude would blow Aristotle's mind - Irish Times

Wed, 09/06/2017 - 00:01

Irish Times

Women's intellectual aptitude would blow Aristotle's mind
Irish Times
When the mindless lefties – many of whom were actual experts in cognitive sex differences – penned nuanced articles on the most up-to-date research in the field, these were never going to get the same traction as chess-man's memo. A headline like “Men ...

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Damore's unscientific ideas about women are nothing new - Irish Times

Wed, 09/06/2017 - 00:01

Irish Times

Damore's unscientific ideas about women are nothing new
Irish Times
When the mindless lefties – many of whom were actual experts in cognitive sex differences – penned nuanced articles on the most up-to-date research in the field, these were never going to get the same traction as chess-man's memo. A headline like “Men ...

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If Aristotle and Darwin were alive women's intellectual aptitude would blow their minds - Irish Times

Wed, 09/06/2017 - 00:01

Irish Times

If Aristotle and Darwin were alive women's intellectual aptitude would blow their minds
Irish Times
When the mindless lefties – many of whom were actual experts in cognitive sex differences – penned nuanced articles on the most up-to-date research in the field, these were never going to get the same traction as chess-man's memo. A headline like “Men ...

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Eight queens puzzle: Solving this challenge can win you a million dollars - Hindustan Times

Tue, 09/05/2017 - 03:27

Hindustan Times

Eight queens puzzle: Solving this challenge can win you a million dollars
Hindustan Times
Building a computer programme that can solve a chess problem called the 'queens puzzle' could win you a prize of USD one million, say scientists who have thrown open a challenge that they claim is impossible to crack. Devised in 1850, the queens puzzle ...

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11-year-old Kazakh grabs bronze at World Cadets Chess Championship - http://www.inform.kz/sitemap_en.xml (press release)

Tue, 09/05/2017 - 00:41

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11-year-old Kazakh grabs bronze at World Cadets Chess Championship
http://www.inform.kz/sitemap_en.xml (press release)
ASTANA. KAZINFORM Amina Kairbekova, an 11-year-old girl from Astana has won a bronze medal at the World Cadets Chess Championship 2017, Kazinform reports with reference to the Yessenov Research and Education Foundation. The tournament was ...

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Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated? Experts Weigh In - HuffPost

Mon, 09/04/2017 - 10:01

HuffPost

Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated? Experts Weigh In
HuffPost
If you take a look at the research being carried out at Elon Musk's Future of Life Institute on the topic, you will realize that all projects are researchy in nature (e.g. see this one about how to better estimate probabilities for self-driving cars ...

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Virginia Tech team develops novel 3-D printed high-performance polymer that could be used in space - Augusta Free Press

Mon, 09/04/2017 - 06:37

Augusta Free Press

Virginia Tech team develops novel 3-D printed high-performance polymer that could be used in space
Augusta Free Press
The high-performance polymer now could theoretically be used in any shape, size, or structure, with small chess pieces and lattice bricks already produced inside Virginia Tech labs. ... processing routes have limited engineers to make only thin films ...

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Solving this chess puzzle could net you a $1 mn prize - CanIndia News

Mon, 09/04/2017 - 06:03

Solving this chess puzzle could net you a $1 mn prize
CanIndia News
In a paper published in the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, the team said the rewards to be reaped by such a programme would be immense, not least in financial terms with firms rushing to use it to offer technological solutions, and also a ...

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Solve 'simple' chess puzzle to win one million dollars - Economic Times

Mon, 09/04/2017 - 04:26

Economic Times

Solve 'simple' chess puzzle to win one million dollars
Economic Times
LONDON: Building a computer programme that can solve a chess problem called the 'Queens Puzzle' could win you a prize of USD one million, say scientists who have thrown open a challenge that they claim is impossible to crack. Devised in 1850, the ...
Researchers announce $1 mn prize to build computer programme to solve Queens PuzzleThe Indian Express
Solving this chess puzzle could win you a million dollarsMoneycontrol.com
Solving This Chess Puzzle Could Net You a $1Million PrizeNews18
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Men really ARE better at Scrabble because they play to win while women only take part to have fun, claims study - Daily Mail

Mon, 09/04/2017 - 04:24

Daily Mail

Men really ARE better at Scrabble because they play to win while women only take part to have fun, claims study
Daily Mail
Research found men are much better than women at Scrabble because they're more willing to focus their energies on winning rather than having fun. Unlike male dominated games such as chess, there are generally more women at Scrabble competitions, ...
Scientists discover why men are better than women at ScrabbleThe Australian

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Researchers announce $1 mn prize to build computer programme to solve Queens Puzzle - The Indian Express

Mon, 09/04/2017 - 01:20

Moneycontrol.com

Researchers announce $1 mn prize to build computer programme to solve Queens Puzzle
The Indian Express
Building a computer programme to solve a chess problem called the Queens Puzzle could win you a prize of million dollars, say scientists who have thrown open a challenge that they claim is impossible to crack. Devised in 1850, the Queens Puzzle ...
Solving this chess puzzle could win you a million dollarsMoneycontrol.com
Anyone Can Win $1 Million by Solving This Wildly Complex Mathematical Chess PuzzleScienceAlert
Want to be a millionaire? Decode this Queens puzzleFinancial Express
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AI news: University of St Andrews offers $1m prize to crack chess challenge - IT PRO

Mon, 09/04/2017 - 01:05

IT PRO

AI news: University of St Andrews offers $1m prize to crack chess challenge
IT PRO
IBM Research has beaten Microsoft's AI image recognition accuracy, correctly identifying a picture one-third of the time. IBM achieved a new image recognition accuracy of 33.8% for a neural network trained on a large data set of 7.5 million images.

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Solving this chess puzzle could win you a million dollars - Moneycontrol.com

Sun, 09/03/2017 - 22:20

Moneycontrol.com

Solving this chess puzzle could win you a million dollars
Moneycontrol.com
Building a computer programme to solve a chess problem called the Queens Puzzle could win you a prize of million dollars, say scientists who have thrown open a challenge that they claim is impossible to crack. Devised in 1850, the Queens Puzzle ...

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Scientists discover why men are better than women at Scrabble - The Australian

Sun, 09/03/2017 - 21:20

The Australian

Scientists discover why men are better than women at Scrabble
The Australian
Unlike with games such as chess where male dominance could be argued to be a result of extremely low female participation, in Scrabble competitions there are generally slightly more women than men. Despite this, the upper divisions are dominated by men ...

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Qatar crisis shakes East Africa - The Detroit News

Sun, 09/03/2017 - 07:18

The Detroit News

Qatar crisis shakes East Africa
The Detroit News
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Though far-removed from the Gulf, East Africa has been shaken by the Arab diplomatic crisis gripping Qatar. In recent years both Qatar and the other energy-rich nations arrayed against it have made inroads in the Horn of ...

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Keeping an eye on the ball while enjoying the company - Impartial Reporter

Sun, 09/03/2017 - 05:06

Impartial Reporter

Keeping an eye on the ball while enjoying the company
Impartial Reporter
The Summer Scheme is open to any older person aged 60 and over and includes a range of games and activities, such as Boccia, New Age Kurling, chess, Jenga, walks and basic first aid awareness. Each weekly session ends with a cup of tea and a chat ...

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Want to win a million dollars? All you have to do is solve this 'simple' chess problem - Economic Times

Sun, 09/03/2017 - 02:51

Economic Times

Want to win a million dollars? All you have to do is solve this 'simple' chess problem
Economic Times
So what our research has shown is that - for all practical purposes - it can not be done," said Peter Nightingale, a senior research fellow at St Andrews. The prize money of one million USD, awarded by Clay Mathematics Institute in the US is available ...

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I'm making Mum proud with this violin... and a little poorer, too - The Times

Sat, 09/02/2017 - 18:04

The Times

I'm making Mum proud with this violin... and a little poorer, too
The Times
Tate Wang was 5½ when he decided he wanted to play the violin. His mother, Ying Wang, had played him classical music since he was a baby in the hope it would inspire him and was delighted the tactic had worked. Tate, now 7, has a violin lesson once a ...

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Why Computers Are Having Such A Hard Time With This Deceptively Simple Chess Puzzle - Gizmodo Australia

Sat, 09/02/2017 - 17:04

Gizmodo Australia

Why Computers Are Having Such A Hard Time With This Deceptively Simple Chess Puzzle
Gizmodo Australia
When the board becomes bigger and more queens are added, it creates a problem that, as a new paper published in The Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research points out, is next to impossible for a computer to solve in a reasonable amount of time.

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Hawke's Bay can be the Tuscany of New Zealand - Perley - New Zealand Herald

Sat, 09/02/2017 - 00:04

Hawke's Bay can be the Tuscany of New Zealand - Perley
New Zealand Herald
Since he first stood as a candidate for the Greens in 2014 his message has remained consistent, driven by his experience in land management, and framed by his wider studies and ongoing research. Born in Tokomaru Bay, his family shifted to Hawke's Bay ...

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