Humans respond to environments that change at many different speeds. A video game player, for example, reacts to on-screen ...

Generative AI can become a substitute for rigorous research and thinking, but it can also be a tool that helps people think ...

Picture a budget meeting at a city agency or a corporate boardroom. A generative AI system drafts a cash-flow projection, summarizes a long policy memo, and suggests a pricing tweak or benefits change ...

Watch as a human calculator competes against a traditional calculator in a series of challenging math problems. This engaging ...

For Americans of a certain age, there may be no bigger question than this. At what age should I take Social Security? At age 62? Sixty-five? Seventy? The question matters, because your monthly Social ...

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When completing math problems, students often have to show their work. It’s a method teachers use to catch errors in thinking, to make sure students are grasping mathematical concepts correctly. New ...

A study proposes that aging may impact the genome of dogs and humans in similar ways. Researchers analyzed the genomes of 104 labrador retrievers between the ages of 4 weeks and 16 years old. Break ...

Ever heard of a “mind sports athlete”? Well, it’s a thing—and India’s Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash is one of the best at it. In 2020, he won the Mental Calculation World Championship at the Mind Sports ...