Abstract: Free-space optical (FSO) communication has increasingly been recognized as a viable and competitive alternative to conventional radio frequency (RF) and fibre-optic systems, offering key ...

The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

We can't protect what we don't understand. From decoding wolf howls to making sense of millions of citizen-science sightings, we explore the tools helping researchers understand the wild in new ways.

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A new AI-based tool can translate a person's thoughts into continuous text, without requiring the person to comprehend spoken words. This latest advance suggests it may be possible, with further ...

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Not knowing what your baby wants or needs can be incredibly overwhelming. Here’s how you can learn their language. It’s 2 a.m., and you’ve been pacing up and down the hallway for what feels like hours ...

Sperm whales are highly social creatures that roam the world’s oceans together, diving deep in search of giant squid, their favorite food. As they swim and hunt, these massive marine mammals ...

People write down lots of things—from epic poems and sacred texts to tax decrees and shopping lists. But these things are of little use to anyone if they can’t be read. In the past few decades, ...