Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. Let’s do a fast test and see. Suppose I tell you that the ...

Figure 1: Molecular implementation of propositional logic statements and deductions. Using this system one can specify logic programs with facts and rules as well as various queries as a text file. A ...

A new study provides the first evidence of transitive inference, the ability to use known relationships to infer unknown relationships, in a nonvertebrate animal: the lowly paper wasp. A new ...

Ernő Téglás, at the Babylab in Budapest, researches “how infants acquire the conceptual sophistication necessary for abstract combinatorial thought involved in everyday reasoning.” His team has just ...

Mastering the art of deduction was once thought to be a singularly human skill, but research has since shown that animals, including chimpanzees, birds, rats, fish and geese, are capable of using a ...

Engaging with these puzzles encourages logical thinking, as you must analyze relationships between numbers, recognize patterns, and apply mathematical principles to find the solution. This process ...