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The shape on the horizon that Maricarmen Khalaf could see from a ferry travelling from Nanaimo to Horseshoe Bay looked like a ghost ship in the Strait of Georgia. Unsure what it was, she took a video ...
A set of breakthroughs from scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is ...
Grades 9-12 Learn about the cause of sunburns, in this video from NOVA’s Gross Science series. Sunlight is made up of many types of radiation: infrared, visible, and ultraviolet (UV). UV radiation can ...
By creating glazed openings in unexpected places at Ocean Pavilion at the Seattle Aquarium, Seattle architecture firm LMN and ...
Meta has launched Superintelligence Labs, headed by Alexandr Wang, to advance AI development. This initiative follows a $14.3 ...
As someone who's vigilantly invested in fly swatters, homemade ant killer, and citronella candles over the years with mixed results, I did a double take when I stumbled across a zero-effort solution ...
"We have observed strong lasing phenomena in inner-shell X-ray lasing and been able to simulate and calculate how it evolves," says Uwe Bergmann, physics professor at UW–Madison, and senior author on ...
Representing a saving of £45, the PS5 Pro discount runs out on June 11, which means this is your last chance to secure a console before the promotion expires. According to the Argos website, the PS5 ...
Path tracing is a form of ray tracing which, true to its namesake, traces entire paths of light instead of the individual light rays, making for a more sophisticated and realistic image.
Ray tracing is a lighting technique that brings an extra level of realism to games. It emulates the way light reflects and refracts in the real world, providing a more believable environment than ...
A mirage is caused by refraction of light rays that travel through air layers with uneven temperatures. The high school Earth Science Group members confirmed through their experiment that a mirage ...