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Machine learning & AI Jun 25, 2019

Protecting emergency personnel: Platform shows potential of AI in hazardous environments

Whether it's at rescue and firefighting operations or deep-sea inspections, mobile robots finding their way around unknown situations with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) can effectively support people in carrying ...

Social Sciences May 10, 2019

New study shows scientists who selfie garner more public trust

Many scientists today have embraced social media as tools to communicate their research and to engage broader audiences in scientific discovery and its outcomes. But the rise of the "social media scientist" has also led communicators ...

Space Exploration May 1, 2019

Smithsonian launches 'Journey through an Exploded Star' 3D interactive experience

The Smithsonian today made available a new online interactive experience that allows users to explore a three-dimensional (3-D) visualization of the remnants of a supernova, or exploded star.

Archaeology Apr 24, 2019

Digital cathedrals: bringing Notre-Dame de Paris back to life

The devastating fire at Notre-Dame de Paris sparked intense emotion around the world, demonstrating the cathedral's important place in history and culture as well as its enormous symbolic power. As France and other countries ...

Astronomy Feb 6, 2019

Tour alien worlds with new multimedia treats

Explore the plethora of planets outside our solar system with new multimedia experiences from NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP). In addition to a new Exoplanet Travel Bureau poster celebrating a molten world called ...

Social Sciences Jan 24, 2019

Why the Internet hasn't killed off books

We stand amazed by the vitality of printed books, a more than 500-year-old technique, both on and offline. We have observed over the years all of the dialogue which books have created around themselves, through 150 interviews ...

Plants & Animals Dec 18, 2018

Researchers uncover the detailed molecular structure of the sporopollenin polymer

For hundreds of millions of years, plants thrived in the Earth's oceans, safe from harsh conditions found on land, such as drought and ultraviolet radiation. Then, roughly 450 million years ago, plants found a way to make ...

Internet Nov 25, 2018

Video gaming fiends with an itch hit Twitch

Seven years on from the rebranding of its original incarnation Justin.tv, video game live-streaming platform Twitch boasts more than a million people tuned in at any moment and interest is rising.

Ecology Nov 8, 2018

Live-streaming a marshland for fun—and science

If a tree falls in the Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary, it doesn't matter if there's no one around. You can hear it anyway.

Social Sciences Aug 10, 2018

How 'story maps' redraw the world using people's real-life experiences

Maps are an important part of our everyday lives.

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