Side-blotched lizards probably don’t call the game that, but they play a version of it anyway. A new study explains the hidden biology that makes this possible. By Carl Zimmer If you live in the ...

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Rock-paper-scissors is usually a game of psychology, reverse psychology, reverse-reverse psychology, and chance. But what if a computer could understand you well enough to win every time? A team at ...

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Franz Böhm’s Rock, Paper, Scissors and Sam Davis’ The Singers were the big winners at the second UK edition of the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts short film festival, with two accolades apiece. Karen ...

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New research employing advanced brain-imaging techniques reveals a fundamental flaw in human decision-making during competitive games like Rock, Paper, Scissors, confirming that the key to victory ...