deepai Gravity feels reliable — stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over the Earth’s surface. And it is weakest…
Likely new planet may be in slow death…
Young star appears to be ripping away layers of close-orbiting 'hot Jupiter' [caption id="attachment_8921" align="alignnone" width="1650"] CAPTION: An artist's impression of likely new giant planet PTFO8-8695 b, which is believed to orbit a star in…
Is mammal DNA detected from the guts of…
[caption id="attachment_8912" align="alignnone" width="960"] Blowfly traps (middle) at both Ulu Gombak Forest Reserve and Tembat Forest Reserve detected a total of 11 mammal species, including (A) a common palm civet, (B) a wild boar, (C)…
Mapping that sinking feeling
[caption id="attachment_8905" align="alignnone" width="625"] Tracking every move[/caption] For a low-lying, densely populated country like the Netherlands, monitoring subsidence is critical. Until recently, tiny displacements in the ground beneath our feet couldn’t be mapped nationally but,…
“Super Mario Brothers” is hard
Analysis shows popular video game is among the hardest problems in the “complexity class” PSPACE. [caption id="attachment_8901" align="alignnone" width="639"] Illustration: Christine Daniloff/MIT[/caption] CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Completing a game of “Super Mario Brothers” can be hard —…