A faster, more accurate 3D modeling tool recreates a landscape’s digital twin down to the…
Reconstructed pointcloud of Montreal, QC, Canada. Credit: Valcartier Defence…
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AI or No, It’s Always Too Soon to Sound the Death Knell of Art
There’s a hilarious illustration from Paris in late 1839, mere months after an early type of photograph called a daguerreotype was announced to the world,…
A Photographer Captures Earth as a Strange New World
In 1799, the German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt set off on a trip through the Americas, cataloging all he could find: plants, minerals,…
Drones are setting down roots in wildfire-scarred landscapes
Drones flew over a wildfire-charred landscape in British Columbia last November, dropping thousands of tree seeds on the blackened ground. The flights…
A new John Harris art book will capture more of his dreamlike sci-fi landscapes
Legendary artist John Harris is best-known for his almost ethereal paintings of science fiction landscapes — and soon, there will be a new collection of…
Genetically informed atlases reveal new landscapes in brain structure: Findings identify hundreds of…
An international team of scientists has used atlases of the human brain informed by genetics to identify hundreds of genomic loci. Loci is plural for locus,…
Here’s how ice needles sculpt patterns into cold, rocky landscapes
Neat rings, stripes and swirls embellish many cold, rocky landscapes. Although these beautiful stone patterns look like humanmade artwork, they’re all…
Social media and AI can measure the aesthetic quality of landscapes
The model with Flickr and AI generate an overall measure of landscape aesthetic…