Here are four key themes Observer has identified over the past year of covering the A.I. space. Many of these developments ...

In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation ...

Humans can detect buried objects without touching them, sensing faint pressure ripples in sand. Scientists are calling this ...

Curiosity shapes many moments in our daily lives. It can also shape the minds of other species. A new study suggests that curiosity may be one of the hidden forces behind an unusual talent seen in a ...

Researchers at Science Tokyo have developed a neural inverse rendering method that accurately reconstructs the three-dimensional (3D) shapes of moving objects using only three standard projection ...

Abstract: With the improvement of three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction technology, virtual objects with realistic shapes have opened up the possibility for the blind or visually impaired (BVI) to ...

Around planets beyond Earth astronomers have observed moons with irregular shapes and tilted orbits creating eclipses where the sun is partly or strangely occluded rather than covered by a neat circle ...

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Studies show that your brain doesn’t perceive the world exactly as it is. Instead, it “fills in gaps in perception.” The first layer of your brain’s primary visual cortex helps to decide what reality ...

We take our understanding of where we are for granted, until we lose it. When we get lost in nature or a new city, our eyes and brains kick into gear, seeking familiar objects that tell us where we ...

Astronomers have been racing to get a better look at 3I/ATLAS, a mysterious object screaming into our solar system from far beyond. Now, as the BBC reports, new observations by the Gemini South ...

Earlier this month astronomers were thrilled to discover only the third known interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. Now dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the suspected comet has just zoomed past the orbit ...