Smithsonian Magazine

From Crushed Sugar Cubes to Exploded Ceramics, This Universal Law Predicts How Most Objects Will Shatter

A new equation calculates how many fragments of each size will be produced when an object breaks. The principle could help ...

The Geminids are one of the best meteor showers of the year—and the weirdest. Here’s how to see them

This December's dazzling display comes from a strange asteroid with comet-like behavior—and a tail of debris that astronomers ...

Obsidian Beginner Guide : Starter Plugins, Smarter Notes and a Routine That Sticks

Obsidian beginners should start with core tools like Daily Notes and Graph View, then add plugins slowly to build a steady ...

Stop using ChatGPT for everything: The AI models I use for research, coding, and more (and which I avoid)

From GPT to Claude to Gemini, model names change fast, but use cases matter more. Here's how I choose the best model for the task at hand.

You can turn your Raspberry Pi into a local AI agent - here's how

Advancements in AI may feel a bit daunting, but this clever hack helps you harness the power of artificial intelligence in ...
How-To Geek on MSN

An introduction to property-based testing using fast-check and JavaScript

I will explain what property-based testing (PBT) is and how it solves these problems. What is property-based testing (PBT)?

In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

“Bill Gates was bitching about us changing JS all the time,” Eich later recalled of the fall of 1996. Microsoft created its ...
IEEE

Object Detection in High-Resolution Aerial Images Using Single Shot Multi-Box Detector

Abstract: In recent decades, the detection of objects plays a vital role in High-Resolution Aerial Images and extensive range applications such as environmental managing, urban development and ...