This study addresses an important question and shows how social navigation in homing pigeons can be explained by simple averaging, without requiring any complex cognitive abilities. The evidence, ...

Researchers at Seoul National University and Kyung Hee University report a framework to control collective motions, such as ...

Differential equations are fundamental tools in physics: they are used to describe phenomena ranging from fluid dynamics to general relativity. But when these equations become stiff (i.e. they involve ...

Error bars illustrate the margin of error for a survey estimate by showing how precise that estimate is. Here are some answers to common questions that might help you better understand charts with ...

What if the universe remembers? A bold new framework proposes that spacetime acts as a quantum memory. For over a hundred ...

A potentially massive error during one of his surgeries may have contributed to Hulk Hogan’s death. Hogan’s wife, Sky Daily, told TMZ Sports that the WWE legend ...

Tim Palmer is an emeritus professor of climate science at the University of Oxford, UK, and author of The Primacy of Doubt (2022). What does the science say: hoax, lukewarm inconvenience or ...

A new study reveals how a hidden human bias has shaped centuries of scientific errors, from Galileo to modern research.

Doha, Qatar: Imagine asking AI to explain a recent breakthrough in medicine, only to have it confidently cite a scientific study that never existed. It may sound like deception, but it’s actually a ...

Tenacity and stubbornness: Einstein on theory and experiment -- Convergence or coincidence: ancient measurements of the sun and moon, how far? -- The rationality of simplicity: Copernicus on planetary ...

Abstract: High-resolution topographic data acquired by remote aerial vehicles (RAVs) have facilitated the use of digital elevation model (DEM) and DEM of difference (DoD) methods for studying ...