By interacting in a limited space, a swarm of ‘smarts’ can create spontaneous choreography.Image: Courtesy Thomas Barutta In January 2020, the second-floor laboratory at Northwestern University was filled with light-running cloaking of three pushing robots. Around each other. The three were in a small ring colliding with each other, although …
Read More »Mysterious circles in the desert as explained by Alan Turing Theory 70 years ago
It was 1952, and Alan Turing was to reshape the understanding of the human biology. In the landmark paper, the English mathematician introduced what became known as the Turing pattern – the assumption that the dynamics of certain uniform systems can give rise to static patterns when disturbed. Such ‘disruption …
Read More »League of Legends: K / DA’s latest single “The Baddest” has (G) -IDLE, Wolftyla and Bea Miller
Image Source: Riot Games Riot Games has announced that League of Legends’ most popular musical project K / DA is returning to release a new track. The single is set to be released today, August 27, at 12 noon PT. As revealed on League of Legends’ Shazam, the return of …
Read More »Teamfight Tactics patch 10.17 sees minor tweaks to more than a dozen champions, two items
▲ Riven is buffed in patch 10.17. Image Source: Riot Games On Monday night, Teamfight Tactics’ Lead Designer, Stephen “Mortdog” Mortimer, gave the auto-chess community a look at what they can expect in the upcoming 10.17 patch. Set to go live on Wednesday, several small adjustments to numbers will be …
Read More »Every single fish sample tested in this microplastic study was contaminated
Plastics were not made for human consumption, and yet we consume them. Tiny remnants of these synthetic polymers are now leaking into our air, food and water, and preventing them has become an almost impossible blow. A study of five popular seabirds, purchased from a market in Australia, shows just …
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