Anyone who’s ever grumbled about not using the math they learned in high school should listen up. The YouTubers over at Numberphile have finally found a use for those probability and statistics ...

In the game "Rock, Paper, Scissors," two opponents randomly toss out hand gestures, and each one wins, loses or draws with equal probability. It's supposed to be a game of pure luck, not skill — and ...

Rock-Paper-Scissors is (quite possibly) one of the most important games in the world. People use it to determine who gets the front seat of the car, who has to take out the trash, and who gets the ...

In the game Rock, Paper, Scissors, two opponents randomly toss out hand gestures, and each one wins, loses or draws with equal probability. It's supposed to be a game of pure luck, not skill — and ...

The child's game rock-paper-scissors is designed for a random outcome in which no player has an advantage over any other. While that might be true based solely on random probability, it ignores the ...

It turns out that there really might be a science to Rock, Paper, Scissors, the game of last resort for people who just can't agree. That's according to the research of three researchers from three ...

“No washing dishes for me tonight," I said after I beat my sister at a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors (RPS). I was 10, and RPS was our “go-to” game of fate to decide all kinds of issues. Little did I ...

Turns out that all you rock-paper-scissors champions who chalk it up to skill over luck may be on to something. Because according to science, there might actually be a winning strategy to this ...