Abstract: Recognition of occluded objects in unseen and unstructured indoor environments is a challenging problem for mobile robots. To address this challenge, we propose a new descriptor, Topological ...

How did Neanderthals come to be — and how did they vanish? These two long-debated questions still lack definitive answers. For years, scientists have suspected that a loss of genetic diversity played ...

Nasa's Voyager 1 probe will reach a historic distance of one light-day from Earth in 2026. This milestone means radio signals from Earth will now take 24 hours to reach the spacecraft. Nasa’s Voyager ...

Light animation and original poetry in this initiatic journey by Dennis Pies who is now known as SkyDavid Daily Psychedelic Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013 ...

Abstract: Tracking small objects in low-light conditions presents significant challenges for multi-object tracking (MOT) methods due to diminished image quality, motion blur, poor contrast, and ...

The steel-throated bird of paradise has feathers so intensely black they seem to swallow light. Inspired by this wonder of nature, scientists have developed a fabric that redefines the limits of ...