Aden Kahr Humans have long been fascinated by crystals. Archaeological evidence suggests our ancestors have treasured small quartz and calcite stones for at least 780,000 years, often bringing them ...

They gave quartz, calcite and other types of crystals to chimpanzees in a rehabilitation center. The apes responded with great interest, and the researchers ended up needing to trade large amounts of ...

Amazon has some interesting gadgets that you can buy, like this particular one that turns any object around you into a perfectly functional musical instrument.

This is an edition of the newsletter Box + Papers, Cam Wolf’s weekly deep dive into the world of watches. It’s currently being manned by Jeremy Freed, watch writer extraordinaire, while Cam is on ...

If you've ever felt that your love is so large, it needs a cosmic analogy to describe it, the Universe has you covered. Whether it's the serendipitous orientation of space objects, an age-old tale of ...

Abstract: Active object tracking adjusts camera poses to keep single target within field-of-view, and therefore is more complex than video object tracking. In this paper, we propose KDAOT, a knowledge ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California’s community colleges are moving toward offering more bachelor’s degrees. California State University is ...

From massive stone edifices like the pyramids in Egypt and the Great Wall in China to the high-tech (and incredibly expensive) International Space Station zipping overhead in low-Earth orbit, humanity ...

Object Goal Navigation (ObjectNav) refers to an agent navigating to an object in an unseen environment, which is an ability often required in the accomplishment of complex tasks. Though it has drawn ...