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Antikythera shipwreck shows how ancient world's one percent lived - Christian Science Monitor
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Christian Science Monitor
This summer alone, divers recovered more than 50 artifacts from the wreckage: the remains of a bone flute, fine glassware and ceramics, a chess-like piece from an ancient board game, and even a bronze armrest that researchers say may have once fit on a ...
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September 29, 2015 | Student Spotlight: Chess builds on student's math skills ... - Your Niskayuna (registration) (blog)
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A year later, he took part in tournaments at the Niskayuna Recreation Center where he was noticed by Richard Chu, World Youth Under 18 chess champion. Shortly after, Chi went on to take chess lessons from Chu, who saw potential in him, encouraging him ...
September 29, 2015 | Student Spotlight: Chess builds on student's math skills ... - Your Niskayuna (registration) (blog)
Your Niskayuna (registration) (blog)
Your Niskayuna (registration) (blog)
A year later, he took part in tournaments at the Niskayuna Recreation Center where he was noticed by Richard Chu, World Youth Under 18 chess champion. Shortly after, Chi went on to take chess lessons from Chu, who saw potential in him, encouraging him ...
NASA's John B. Charles Discusses Ridley Scott's The Martian - Consequence of Sound (blog)
Consequence of Sound (blog)
Consequence of Sound (blog)
... orbital mechanics and astronomy. In celebration of The Martian's debut as a major motion picture, we decided to run the details of the story by a definitive source: John B. Charles, the Associate Manager for International Science of NASA's Human ...
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Internet Addiction Isn't An 'Official' Diagnosis, But This Center Is Devoted ... - Huffington Post
Huffington Post
Huffington Post
Diagnostic criteria ebb and flow as the years pass and more research emerges, which offers advocates some hope that proposed behavioral addictions like Internet gaming disorder will at some point actually cross the threshold into becoming recognized ...
Scientists are learning more about how the ancient Greek 1% lived - Business Insider
Business Insider
This summer alone, divers recovered more than 50 artifacts from the wreckage: the remains of a bone flute, fine glassware and ceramics, a chess-like piece from an ancient board game, and even a bronze armrest that researchers say may have once fit on a ...
How to keep robots from taking your job - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
A lot more research needs to be done before this point is settled, but recent work by Harvard economist David Deming has found that social skills seem to provide a big advantage. Going back to 1980, the most vulnerable jobs have been the ones built ...
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How Epy Quizon prepared for Mabini role in 'Heneral Luna' - GMA News
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GMA News
When they research about Mabini, the first thing they're going to look at is Wikipedia, so binuksan ko ang Wikipedia and there it said 'Sublime Paralytic.'" After discussions with the ... Siya 'yung chess player, chess pieces lang tayo." Quizon ...
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The neuroscience of immortality - Times of India
Times of India
Times of India
This turns out to be even harder than it sounds, because today's computers, which can beat human chess grandmasters, can't reliably recognize on electron microscope images where one neuron ends and another begins: they need human tutoring and ... And ...
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In Ferguson, using chess to empower youth - STLtoday.com
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STLtoday.com
Ascension has partnered with The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis to provide every elementary school and middle school in the Ferguson-Florissant School District — 20 in total — with a 10-week chess club for its students after school.
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Minority Report Recap - A Cinderella Murder Story: Season 1 Episode 2 "Mr ... - Celebrity Dirty Laundry
Celebrity Dirty Laundry
Celebrity Dirty Laundry
Now, in 2065 Washington DC, Dash stands in a busy park and the guy he was playing chess with says it's his move. He checks all the ones he .... They tell her they did research and the killer is Tyson Cole and the tattoo is African tribal. He's an ...
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What's happening Tuesday in the north valley - Chico Enterprise-Record
Chico Enterprise-Record
Based on her book, “Entry to a Life of Travel and Tourism Research.” Meriam Library, Chico State University ... Chess games, instruction: 3:30-5 p.m. Beginners to advanced, K-12; instruction by Chico High School volunteers. Chico library, 1108 Sherman Ave.
REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR - Redlands Daily Facts
Redlands Daily Facts
Chess club: Redlands Chess Club meets 2 to 5 p.m. every Friday at Redlands Community Senior Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave. Players of all ages are welcome, .... Anyone interested in genealogy research is welcome to attend. Information: www.yvgs.org; ...
Chess champ from Skokie earns rare international title - Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
He took home a first place trophy from the Scholastic State Tournament for Primary Division in Bloomington. Fast forward to September, 2015. Rosen, now 22, was named international master (IM) in chess by the Paris-founded World Chess Federation or ...
Dershowitz: Obama Playing Checkers, Putin Playing Chess - Newsmax
Newsmax
Newsmax
Clare Lopez, intelligence and national defense expert and vice president for research and analysis at the Center for Security Policy, said it wouldn't be a surprise if the Unied States joined an alliance with Moscow, Baghdad, Damascus, Tehran and Lebanon.
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Antikythera shipwreck shows how the ancient world's one percent lived - Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor
This summer alone, divers recovered more than 50 artifacts from the wreckage: the remains of a bone flute, fine glassware and ceramics, a chess-like piece from an ancient board game, and even a bronze armrest that researchers say may have once fit on a ...
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Box Office: 'Hotel Transylvania 2' sets September record with $47.5M - CNN
CNN
CNN
... grossed a meek $3.5 million to come in No. 9, versus the $4 million-$5 million the filmmakers were hoping for. Read more: 'The Intern' premiere: Anne Hathaway, stars talk online-fashion research ... Edward Zwick's Pawn Sacrifice, starring Tobey ...
Sony Box Office Receipts by Release Date - Box Office MojoBox Office Mojo
Pixels (2015) - Rotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes
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Asheville family activities, week of Sept. 28 - Asheville Citizen-Times
Asheville Citizen-Times
Asheville Citizen-Times
SciGirls is co-hosted by the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) and the Transylvania County 4-H for girls ages 9-14. Program on ..... SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHESS CLUB: Meets 1-4 p.m. Thursdays at Blue Ridge Books, 152 S. Main St., Waynesville.
The Future of Work: Navigating the Whitewater - Pacific Standard
Pacific Standard
When I ran Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, which helped pioneer everything from the personal computer to the laser printer to spelling checkers, I always felt that what gave us an edge was real engineers—craftsmen who could actually build amazing ...
China's ETS will boost Turnbull's chances of shifting Coalition policy - ABC Online
ABC Online
ABC Online
China's announcement that it will implement a nationwide emissions trading scheme in 2017 is globally significant, but it also shifts the power balance in Australia's climate policy chess game. For Turnbull, and others in the Federal Government who ...
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