Do mental minds like Sudoku help your brain from aging.  Here is a good update on the wonders of neuroplasticity - suggesting that active mind exercise can make us smarter, and even stave off Alzheimer’s.

Can you keep your brain from aging? - By Meghan O’Rourke - Slate Magazine

In March, Newsweek ran a cover story about the benefits of exercise to the adult brain. The mania for Sudoku, which purports to keep the aging brain on its mental toes, has led to more than $250 million in revenue for the global Sudoku business over the past two years, according to the New York Times

The issue about man vs. machine is not creating anymore the excitement it once did. There is no more doubt who is superior in games of logic. 

Last year in November, Kramnik,  the world chess champion, lost 4 games to 2 to Deep Fritz, which
was just a commercial chess program that was running on a personal computer.

A Decade After Kasparov’s Defeat, Deep Blue Coder Relives Victory

Murray Campbell

On this day 10 years ago, the human race got an inferiority complex. A computer, Deep Blue, beat Russian Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player on the planet, and mankind’s place in the order of things was reshuffled.