To move its own pieces, a motorized mechanism beneath the board guides an electromagnet along the underside. When activated, ...

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Heisler’s Skinner box-esque chess set was inspired by similarly masochistic DIY projects like an electrified keyboard, and gets its voltage from a reconfigured TENS unit. Short for Transcutaneous ...

At the Tesla office, she teams up with her GM mom to face the Chess.com founders in a fast 5-minute showdown. The game turns into a messy, aggressive fight with nonstop tension and an old-school clock ...

The world’s number one chess player, Magnus Carlsen, won his fifth Speed Chess Championship (SCC) Finals. Carlsen, 35, banked $25,000 plus an additional split based on winning percentage by beating ...

Over the last few centuries, behavioral psychologists have documented all kinds of ways of modifying our actions and the ...

Our review Nintendo Switch 2 console has arrived a day ahead of the full launch of Nintendo’s new generation of console, and we’ve put together a quick unboxing video. In this video, the Switch 2 ...

JAKARTA – After losing a couple of hours to doomscrolling through social media, I realised one of the most sought-after items in life today isn’t a fancy car or a luxury handbag. It’s an impossibly ...

Zacharek is the film critic at TIME. She is the recipient of a Newswomen’s Club of New York award and was a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist. 'I’m here to reassure you that there’s no such thing as the ...

Park is a senior health correspondent at TIME. She covers the COVID-19 pandemic, new drug developments in cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, mental health, HIV, CRISPR, and advances in gene therapy, ...

Feb. 2, 2026 Hidden lava tunnels on the Moon and Mars could one day shelter human explorers, offering natural protection from radiation and space debris. A European research team has unveiled a bold ...