A group of computer gamers are making habit of outshining scientists at their own game. Most of them have no scientific background, but they have a track record of cracking tough scientific puzzles, ...

(CBS News) Sudoku is, at its heart, a numbers game. So it's no surprise that mathematicians have latched on to the puzzles as a way to explore problem-solving algorithms and game theories. For ...

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From picking stocks to examining x-rays, artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to make decisions that were formerly up to humans. But AI is only as good as the data it’s trained on, and ...