By borrowing ideas from the brain, UT Dallas researchers have created hardware that learns on its own with minimal energy use ...

Danny Rensch is at the vanguard of chess. But to get to where he is now – a self-described “shepherd” for chess in his role as chief chess officer at Chess.com – Rensch has been on quite the life path ...

A man who faked his own death and fled the country to escape rape allegations has been sentenced after an international game ...

Wolf’s basketball journey, from Yale to Michigan to Brooklyn, has been a running dialogue between thought and instinct, ...

A grandmaster mom and her child take on the chaotic challenge of Hand and Brain chess - and it gets wild fast. It Sits on a Vast Haul of Mineral Wealth. Now This ...

PARIS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has approved a new global competition set up by Norway Chess that will crown a "World Combined Champion" across three time formats — ...

Source: Marek Pavlik / Unsplash Microplastics have become an unavoidable part of our daily life, embedded in packaging and clothing, and found in our oceans, in the air we breathe, and in the water we ...

Brain-training games are all the rage, but whether they prevent cognitive decline has been debatable. Studies in recent years have gone back and forth on the topic, with no definitive conclusion. Many ...

I need to have brain surgery. I have a tumor that needs to be removed. A lot of people are fine and they don’t have any complications, but I don’t know for certain what the outcome will be for me. I’m ...

A University of New Mexico scientist is revealing what might be one of the most overlooked causes of dementia — damage in the brain’s tiny blood vessels. Dr. Elaine Bearer has created a new way to ...

Studies show that your brain doesn’t perceive the world exactly as it is. Instead, it “fills in gaps in perception.” The first layer of your brain’s primary visual cortex helps to decide what reality ...