The rapid proliferation of autonomous robotic systems, from UAV swarms and warehouse fleets to humanoid robots, has placed multi-agent coordination at the ...
Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head. By Carl Zimmer Look at ...
This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from new developments in ape cognition to an expanded perspective of a ...
Abstract: Differential evolution exhibits strong performance in real parameter single objective optimization. Ensemble of similar differential evolution algorithms has been proposed in literature.
Many people believe that we humans have conquered nature through the wonders of civilization and technology. Some also believe that because we are different from other creatures, we have complete ...
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from the Jurassic Park movies, it’s that running a dinosaur theme park isn’t easy. It’s a constant balancing act of keeping your employees satisfied, making your park ...
Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...
The electronic limited-slip differential (eLSD) is one of the greatest pieces of modern auto­motive magic. This wonderful contraption allows you to shift midcorner without lockup, helps you turn more ...
When we look at the world around us, we see a wonderous variety of living things—with fins, fronds or feet, living in the deepest ocean or the driest deserts, eating seeds or salmon or sunlight. The ...