How to Measure the Earth’s Radius With Legos

Make sure your angles are in units of radians (not degrees), where 2π radians = 360 degrees. But after that you will get the ...

An AI Dark Horse Is Rewriting the Rules of Game Design

The Chinese video game giant Tencent is now building some of the world’s best 3D AI models. This could have implications far ...

New AI Tech Maps the 100 Billion Stars in Our Galaxy With Unprecedented Detail and Speed

A research team in Japan has created a groundbreaking Milky Way simulation that follows more than 100 billion stars with a level of detail that was once thought impossible.
eLife

Geomagnetic and visual cues guide seasonal migratory orientation in the nocturnal fall armyworm, the world’s most invasive insect

This fundamental study presents experimental evidence on how geomagnetic and visual cues are integrated in a nocturnally migrating insect. The evidence supporting the conclusions is compelling. The ...
BBC

Using a dictionary

A dictionary is a list of words or phrases and their definitions (what they mean). Dictionaries are arranged in alphabetical order. They help you to spell or understand any new words, so are a ...
IEEE

Grid-Forming Control of DFIG-Based Wind Turbine Generator by Using Internal Voltage Vectors for Asymmetrical Fault Ride-Through

Abstract: Grid-forming (GFM) controls exhibit robust frequency and voltage support capabilities for inverter-based resources (IBRs). This also shows promise for doubly fed induction generator-based ...
IEEE

Tracking of Extended Object Using Random Triangle Model

Abstract: In this article, a random triangle model (RTM) is proposed for tracking an extended object (EO) (e.g., an aircraft or ship) that can be modeled by one or more triangles. In the RTM, a ...