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I like video games (I will rip up some Assassin’s Creed whenever I get a long weekend, do NOT get me started). My cat likes video games too, even though she doesn’t understand that she’s playing them

By Eugenie Samuel Reich of Nature magazine An Irish mathematician has used a complex algorithm and millions of hours of supercomputing time to solve an important open problem in the mathematics of Sudoku , the game popularized in Japan that involves filling in a 9x9 grid of squares with the numbers 1-9 according to certain rules. Gary McGuire of University College Dublin shows in a proof posted online on January 1 that the minimum number of clues--or starting digits--needed to complete a puzzle is 17; puzzles with 16 or fewer clues do not have a unique solution. [More]

What do you do when a reporter refuses to see your product the way you do? A PR veteran recently frustrated (by Inc.com, no less!) has the answer

What do you do when a reporter refuses to see your product the way you do? A PR veteran recently frustrated (by Inc.com, no less!) has the answer.

Many of today's best companies arose out of lucky mistakes. That's why fear of being wrong is the biggest mistake of all. If you have ever flown in an airplane, used electricity from a nuclear power plant, or taken an antibiotic, you have benefited from someone's brilliant mistake.

As former president and CEO of the Cleveland Browns--a hapless football team in one of America’s unluckiest sports cities--John Collins knows that fans are a fickle bunch. But to the National Football League, the Browns' annual disappointments never matter all that much, at least in this sense: If (and when) the Browns miss the playoffs, locals still watch football games, and still plan a Super Bowl party.

Watson is the IBM computer built by David Ferrucci and his team of 25 research scientists tasked with designing an artificial-intelligence (AI) system that can rival human champions at the game of Jeopardy . After beating the greatest Jeopardy champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, in February 2011, the computer is now being employed in more practical tasks such as answering diagnostic medical questions.

Watson is the IBM computer built by David Ferrucci and his team of 25 research scientists tasked with designing an artificial-intelligence (AI) system that can rival human champions at the game of Jeopardy . After beating the greatest Jeopardy champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, in February 2011, the computer is now being employed in more practical tasks such as answering diagnostic medical questions. [More]

Entrepreneurs come from all over the world, but most share an innate passion for questioning the constraints of ideology and discipline, and identifying practical solutions to problems by combining ingenuity, resourcefulness, and dogged determination. You Never Know Where a Good Idea Is Going to Come From. I'm fascinated by the different types of people I meet in the world and the way their personalities show in what they do.

We kick off our Leadership Hall of Fame , a year-long look at the top business books and authors, with an excerpt from Practically Radical , written by Fast Company magazine cofounder William C. Taylor .

When is the right time to walk away from a project or job? And what about all your fears of leaving? We continue our Leadership Hall of Fame series , a year-long look at the top business books and authors, with an excerpt from The 4-Hour Workweek (2007) by Tim Ferriss .

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has a degree in medicine, so I would expect that he’s had some rudimentary biology education at some point in his life.

With offices and virtual employees scattered across the U.S., here's how SCVNGR and LevelUp keep connected, and stay cool. Fun and games course through the heart of the SCVNGR company culture

With the Japanese launch of Sony's new handheld gaming device PlayStation Vita this weekend, the company is hoping to outplay not only the Nintendo 3DS, but also smartphones and tablets. We spoke with Sony's director of hardware marketing John Koller about how Vita can compete in the brave new portable world.

How to get to the point where you always know what you're talking about. I shared ways to get your ideas out into the world in two recent posts, 5 Ways to Be Known as a Groundbreaking Thinker and How Groundbreaking Thinkers Spread Their Ideas . I left out one key element, though: You really need to be an expert before you can have groundbreaking ideas.