The race to secure supply chains for rare earth elements ("REEs") has become one of the defining geopolitical and economic challenges of our time. REEs are essential to the manufacture of permanent ...

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's ShortWave podcast . Over a century ago, the German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler conducted what became a ...

Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never been trained. The findings challenge the ...

I cut my teeth getting grounded in principles of design thinking when I launched a strategic design MBA during my university teaching years. Design thinking is essentially a problem-solving process ...

Abstract: Histogram equalization is a method of contrast adjustment in image processing using the image’s histogram. However, as modern imaging systems become more complex, these traditional ...

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Abstract: Contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE) is a widely utilised method for image enhancement due to its speed and simplicity. However, this method faces two major limitations, ...

Jill Mauer spent more than 30 years as a government inspector, watching over meat plants as workers slaughtered and processed animals into market-ready chops and wings. Now she has a warning. In ...

EDIE LAMBERT BREAKS IT DOWN. CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ELECTING FOUR PEOPLE DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION THIS YEAR. SO WHAT DO THOSE ACTUALLY DO? HERE'S A LOOK. THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION IS ...