Last week, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) introduced Aristo, an artificial intelligence model that scored above 90 percent on an 8th grade science test and 80 percent on a ...

Science is usually one of the more hands-on subjects in middle school: Students design research questions, draw diagrams, and conduct experiments. But the country’s 8th graders are less likely to do ...

Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the national test was given. The latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Four years ago, more than 700 computer scientists competed in a contest to build artificial intelligence that could pass an eighth-grade science test. There was $80,000 in prize money ...

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In 2012, IBM Watson went to medical school. So said The New York Times, announcing that the tech giant's artificially intelligent question-and-answer machine had begun a "stint as a medical student" ...

Students in the 4th and 8th grades are showing more mastery of science, but high school seniors’ scores on the assessment known as “the nation’s report card” stayed flat from 2009. The results ...

So I got a perfect score; I did in fact pass 8th grade science (about a billion years ago). However, I wonder if the people who created the quiz would pass! For example, here is a screen shot of one ...

Results from the 2011 Trends in International Maths and Science Study show that the United States is still behind other countries in terms of education. According to the report, the US placed 9th ...

Take that, Richard Dawkins! I always knew you were a little punk! Brian Benson, an eighth-grade student who won first place in the Life Science/Biology category for his project “Creation Wins!!!,” ...

Since he was young, Jonathan Clark, loved basketball. It was in his blood. His mother played division one basketball at Pepperdine, but being on the small side, he didn't have the height. He shifted ...