Sep 07 You Are Here: How Astronomical Surveys Are Pinpointing Our Place in the Cosmos This image of the whirlpool galaxy, also called Messier 51, was captured by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, which has already mapped more than 100 million galaxies in three dimensions. Image by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and… Continue reading
Sep 29 Something in the Way You Move: Cameras May Soon Recognize Criminals by Their Gait By Quinn Bowman and Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American The capture and analysis of surveillance footage has been an indispensable tool for U.S. counterterrorism and law enforcement in the past decade. Video analysis software has improved since the 9/11 terrorist attacks -- it can be programmed to identify… Continue reading
Feb 01 Scientists, Journalists Push for Science-based Election Debate By PBS News Hour With a handful of primaries behind them and Super Tuesday fast approaching, presidential candidates have stumped and debated and cheered until their throats were sore and their voices hoarse. Continue reading