An edge-on image of the Milky Way, obtained using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia star-mapping mission. A clear “wave” of stellar motion is visible, indicated by vertical arrows. (Image credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, E. Poggio et al (20
The 2023 drought caused water levels to drop so low that restrictions on the number of ships allowed through were imposed. (Image credit: Walter Hurtado/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The Panama Canal, a vital route for global maritime trade, could be…
Researchers from the University of Surrey have developed a revolutionary navigation system that uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to accurately determine locations without GPS. The new technology, called Pose-Enhanced Geo-Localization (PEnG), demonstrates accuracy 40 times higher than traditional satellite…
“Is Gogol a Russian writer?” the question sounds deliberately simple, like “black or green tea.” But the answer immediately creaks open to the 19th century: the empire is vast, the boundaries in the mind and on the map don't yet…
The site, known as Masyun, is estimated to be between 10,300 and 11,000
Frida Kahlo painted The Dream (La cama) in 1940, and if it fetched more than $44.4 million at auction, it would break all records. Public DomainFrida Kahlo circa 1932. The accident and the resulting injuries left Kahlo bedridden for many…