In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers can start with the structures and reverse-engineer the rules. Alexander Mordvintsev showed me two clumps of pixels on ...

Miri is a creative writer with a passion for gaming and animation. She started gaming way back in 1994 on the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis and has been a console gamer ever since. She's currently a ...

Those two seconds felt like an eternity as I sat at the kitchen table hunched forward in suspense, my future waiting to take form. I’d always dreamed of owning a sailboat so I could spend my days asea ...

Fourth-grade students at Coastal Ridge Elementary School in York, Maine, participated in a life-sized version of the Game of Life. The interactive game aimed to teach students about financial literacy ...

John Conway’s Game of Life, a famous cellular automaton, has been found to have periodic patterns of every possible length. In 1969, the British mathematician John Conway devised a beguilingly simple ...

This is another in a regular series about people, places, and other historical facts and their connections to the San Diego area. Forget ordinary board games like Clue, and Chutes and Ladders, it’s ...

As a self-proclaimed lifelong learner and former educator, Amy Boyington is passionate about researching and advocating for learners of all ages. For over a decade, Amy has specialized in writing ...