Perhaps the most famous game-theory contest is the prisoner’s dilemma. In the prisoner’s dilemma, a pair of thieves have been ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the genius’s playground that was Bell Labs in the 1950s, Claude Shannon, the father of information theory, ...

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Runners who dream of crossing the iconic Boston Marathon finish line will get a second chance to grab a bib for the 2027 race. Today, the Boston Athletic Association announced registration for the ...

Sometimes, our preference for certitude, our need to define things with conviction, closes us off from possibility. By Melissa Kirsch When Serena Williams retired from tennis in 2022, she was 40 years ...

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The Jazz, Pelicans, Suns, Raptors, Rockets and Knicks won tiebreakers through random drawings to determine the NBA Draft order. Official release Watch the official 2026 NBA Draft lottery tie breaker.

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