The researchers discovered that this separation proves remarkably clean. In a preprint paper released in late October, they ...

Learning to code doesn’t require new brain systems—it builds on the ones we already use for logic and reasoning.

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Some careers begin with a structure like a devotion to logic, rules, and certainty, and Elena Kotenko’s did. Trained in international law and holding a PhD, she once lived by precision, shaping ...

The finals of the first Chinese robot debate competition were held in Beijing, where robots faced off in a true battle of ...

Originally published on Sept. 25, 2018. In a world of divisive politics, rhetoric and debate, author Eugenia Cheng has the secret to winning an argument: mathematical logic. Cheng, a mathematician and ...