It took nearly 15 years, researchers around the world and enough computing power to search through a universe of possibilities to answer one question: Who goes first? Eric Harshbarger was at a gaming ...

In the span of two weeks, the White House issued two of the most ambitious artificial intelligence directives in American history. On June 2, President Donald Trump signed an executive order mandating ...

The White House today released “President Trump’s America First Resilience Strategy,” a bold mandate that denies adversaries the ability to hold America and our core interests at risk. Resilience is a ...

Researchers developed a Wordle-solving strategy that succeeds 99% of the time by focusing on information gain rather than likely answers. The method uses Shannon entropy to identify guesses that ...

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never been trained. The findings challenge the ...

Puzzles — they’re often thought of as something for little kids and older adults. Brain games can keep a child occupied so their caretakers can shower with the door closed, and they can keep an older ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

We know that students of every race, family background and zip code can learn to read when they have access to the proper resources and support. Yet far too many Michigan students have not received ...

John Oliver called out the “irreparable, f---ing harm” of the Trump administration’s Supreme Court strategy on Sunday. On Last Week Tonight, the HBO anchor explained how President Donald Trump has ...

Whether you’re leading people or deploying AI agents, the instinct is the same. Go faster. Automate more. Remove friction. Increase output. There’s one critical thing to consider: Speed without ...