Moon Duchin on the ‘Mathematical Quagmire’ of Gerrymandering

Two decades ago, the mathematician Moon Duchin spent her summers teaching geometry at Mathcamp, a program for mathematically ...

Mapping the missing green: An AI framework boosts urban greening in Tokyo

In rapidly growing cities like Tokyo, incorporating greenery is a challenging task. With limited space for trees or parks, ...

Eyes above the trees: LiDAR technology improves forest assessment with laser beams

Forests have been benefiting humanity since long before the health benefits of forest bathing were discovered. They are major ...
earth

Money doesn't grow on trees, but gold does, according to a new study

Plants do more than photosynthesize – some of them make gold. In a boreal forest in northern Finland, scientists found tiny gold particles inside Norway spruce needles. Plants like the Norway spruce ...
IEEE

An Improved Method for Individual Tree Segmentation in Complex Urban Scenes Based on Using Multispectral LiDAR by Deep Learning

Abstract: Urban trees, as a characteristic element of the urban ecosystem, exert significant influences on climate supervision. Therefore, the extraction of individual trees in urban areas holds ...
Game Rant

PSA: Diablo 4’s Latest Event Can Take Players from Level 0-60 in Seconds

Josh Cotts is a Senior Contributor at Game Rant. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University in 2019 with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Media Studies and has been commended since ...
Frontiers

Explainable person–job recommendations: challenges, approaches, and comparative analysis

1 School of Systems Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China 2 School of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China Introduction: As person–job ...
IEEE

A Spanning Tree-Induced Method to Derive Weights From Fuzzy Preference Relations: A Monte Carlo Simulation-Based Investigation

Abstract: Deriving the priority weights from fuzzy preference relations (FPRs) forms an interesting, promising, and practically oriented research topic. Using the spanning tree tool present in graph ...