Scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have discovered a surprisingly simple way to create exotic light ...

Training artificial intelligence to enforce even seemingly straightforward rules—like balls and strikes in Major League ...

When checking that solutions to certain problems are correct, it turns out, you can’t get around the inherent complexity of ...

Do you have an ancient laptop or desktop just lying around? Transform that aging PC into an NAS, experiment with a new OS, ...

Summary: Patients surviving severe traumatic brain injuries often enter states designated as Prolonged Disorders of ...

Animal psychologists have found that giraffes can mentally combine small sums of objects, but can't perform the subtractive equivalent.

In what must be the greatest scientific paper of all time, Maximilien Berthet and Kojiro Suzuki attacked the problem with the ...

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For centuries, humans have been wondering whether anyone lived on Venus. In the 1960s, telescopes delivered bad news: Modern-day Venus is thoroughly hostile to life, shrouded in thick acidic clouds ...

Animals are increasingly exposed to interactive technologies and involved in technological interactions. Ambient and wearable devices are now frequently used by humans to monitor animals’ states and ...

Studying the epic journey of the iconic jumping plumber can lead to new insights in theoretical computer science—and may help researchers understand the tractability of problems in other areas.

Abstract: 3D printed objects are rapidly becoming prevalent in science, technology and daily life. An important question is how to obtain strong and durable 3D models using standard printing ...