Manifestation is easy to dismiss as unscientific nonsense. Certain techniques used in the practice, though, do work — just ...

The government has decided to start a discussion about the introduction of euthanasia. I am not so sure it is not a deviation of the public's attention from the government's current political woes, ...

Abstract: When tracking objects, humans rely on a memory mechanism, memorize the track of an object then look for it in the current scene. In this paper, we propose Memory-based Multi-object Tracking ...

Abstract: For manipulation tasks, the transfer of objects between humans and robots is a fundamental way to coordinate activity and cooperatively perform useful work. Within this paper we demonstrate ...

This is the impressive moment a robotic hand grasps objects just like a human. Scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have created a robotic hand that can pick ...

A robotic hand can pick up 24 different objects with human-like movements that emerge spontaneously, thanks to compliant materials and structures rather than programming. When you reach out your ...

Paul Scholes has hit out at Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim over a “madness” which he “might regret” and leaves a “bad taste in the mouth”. United are enduring a dismal domestic ...

To visitors, these islands can feel untouched. Yet, recent research by Holland-Lulewicz and his colleagues shows how humans have significantly altered these barrier islands over millennia by ...

But why do we like the like button so much that it almost immediately became the most used feature on social media—and by now is at the fingertips of the majority of humans on the planet?

These viruses do not harm the bats themselves, but can transfer to humans, in whom they cause disease, through a process known as “zoonotic spillover”. As we have seen, this can lead to ...

Losing weight is, for most of us, both painful and difficult to the point of impossibility. It’s either an exercise in self-denial, counting calories or hours until your regimen says you can eat ...

While spacecraft like the International Space Station are fascinating — traveling at around 17,500 mph — plenty of faster human-made objects are out in space right now. The only humans on ...