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Pella High School Bionic Dutch Advance to Iowa FTC State Robotics Championships

Team earns third consecutive state tournament berth, honored with Connect Award

Indianola Robotics Team Heads to State Tournament

The Octobots will compete at the Iowa state robotics competition this weekend.

Dice, Mr. Smith, and Monty: The Case for Clarity in Probability Puzzles

Stephanie Simoes reveals how vague framing and hidden assumptions lead even experts astray in probability puzzles.

Columbus Junction Robotics Team Headed to State Competition

Wildbot Robotics qualifies for FIRST Tech Challenge Iowa Championship for second straight year

Small-Town Robotics Team Proves Grit Can Compete at Nevada's Biggest Stage

Pahrump's Awkward Silence Robotics overcomes budget gaps and snowstorms to reach state semifinals

The Rise of Machines: Go Masters Unfazed as Chess Grandmaster Falls

Garry Kasparov's loss to IBM's Deep Blue chess computer was met with a collective yawn from the Go community, who saw it as a natural progression of technology.

Kalispell Robotics Team Heads to World Championship

RoboScout Squad, an all-girls team, needs $27,000 in funding to compete at the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship in Houston.

Engineering Prof Explains Probability's Modern Impact

Probability underpins AI, cryptography and statistics, but its meaning remains elusive.

Yale Trio Wins Sloan Research Fellowships

Three Yale faculty members awarded prestigious early-career research grants

Pioneering Computer Scientist Joe Halpern Dies at 72

Halpern was a trailblazer in reasoning about knowledge, uncertainty, and multi-agent systems.

Mathematicians Discover New Kind of Prime Number

Digitally delicate primes turn composite with a single digit change.

Brain-Inspired Computing Solves Complex Equations for Faster, Efficient Supercomputers

Neuromorphic computers demonstrate ability to efficiently solve partial differential equations, promising energy-efficient computing breakthroughs.

Norwalk Robotics Team to Compete at National Governor's Cup

Iowa's RoboWarriors selected to represent the state at inaugural national robotics tournament in Washington, D.C.

San Francisco man charged for repeat Waymo vandalism

Authorities changed Walker Reed Quinn with several incidents since July.

Princeton AI Lab Explores the Mathematics of Mind

Insights from Princeton's AI research are reshaping our understanding of human cognition and the future of artificial intelligence.

Kasparov loses first game against IBM's Deep Blue

World chess champion suffers defeat in historic man vs. machine match

Mathematicians Challenge AI to Prove Unsolved Problems

Top academics propose a math exam to test AI's ability to solve research-level challenges.

New Mexico Students Advance to National Science Bowl

Team from New Mexico Military Institute wins regional competition, heads to national event in Washington, D.C.

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