Mars Orbiter Finds Rock & Water, Under South Polar Ice
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured this view of Mars’ south polar ice cap Feb. 25, 2015. Three years later, the spacecraft…
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Brain-Like AI Emerges Without Training Data in New Study
In new work from Johns Hopkins University, scientists showed that carefully designed, biologically inspired architectures can mimic activity in human and primate visual brain…
Volcanoes May Have Triggered the Black Death’s Arrival
Atlas from the fourteenth century, attributed to Abraham Cresques. Via Wikimedia Commons. Created as a gift for King Charles V of France in 1380,…
Beginner Astrophotography: How to Get Started
If you want to take incredible pictures of the night sky, but don’t know where to start, you’re in the right place. Astrophotography requires…