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Designer Reverse-Engineers Face-Detection Tech to Develop Camouflage Makeup

Anti-Face-Recognition Camo Images with a red square represent those where a face was found, whereas no red square meant the face escaped detection. "TEST PATTERNS" marks patterns made according to the...

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Celebrating Benoit Mandelbrot, the Man Who Made Math Beautiful

The Famous, Influential Mandelbrot Set Wikipedia View Photo GalleryAs modern mathematicians go, few were better known or more celebrated than Benoit Mandelbrot. The father of fractals died late last...

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Structural Self-Replication Based on DNA Could Create New Materials

Self-Replicating Motif Inspired by DNA replication rules, tile motifs recognize and bind to complementary tiles to form a new, unique sequence. Wang et al./Nature One of the hallmarks of living things...

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This Man Could Rule the World

Albert-László Barabási Julian Dufort In 1736 the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler ended a debate among the citizens of Königsberg, Prussia, by drawing a graph. The Pregel River divided the city, now...

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Invisible Warriors: The Future of Camo

New Camo Courtesy Special Operations Apps Camouflage works by confusing the brain. Disruptive patterns obscure a form's outline, making objects less likely to stand out. But camo has a weakness: No...

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Designer Reverse-Engineers Face-Detection Tech to Develop Camouflage Makeup

Face-recognition technology is already helping surveillance cameras pick out individual faces of suspects, and even smartphone apps may soon allow you to ID strangers on the…

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Celebrating Benoit Mandelbrot, the Man Who Made Math Beautiful

As modern mathematicians go, few were better known or more celebrated than Benoit Mandelbrot. The father of fractals died late last week at age 85, prompting reflection on…

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Structural Self-Replication Based on DNA Could Create New Materials

One of the hallmarks of living things is self-replication, the ability to make new copies of biological structures. Scientists have harnessed this ability in several ways,…

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This Man Could Rule the World

In 1736 the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler ended a debate among the citizens of Königsberg, Prussia, by drawing a graph. The Pregel River divided the city, now…

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Invisible Warriors: The Future of Camo

Camouflage works by confusing the brain. Disruptive patterns obscure a form’s outline, making objects less likely to stand out. But camo has a weakness: No pattern works…

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