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a white driverless car with a large black sensor on top on a city street

How can self-driving cars see better? Make their sensors more human.

Human-eye inspired sensors could help autonomous cars handle changes to light.

a horseshoe crab at the water's edge glows blue under UV light

8 captivating photos of Delaware Bay’s annual horseshoe crab spawn

The ancient relationship between the ancient arthropods and shorebirds drives a 9,000-mile journey.

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A Raccoon walking along the edge of water fishing for food

a black and white photograph of a japanese freighter ship called the Hōfuku Maru

Long-lost World War II ‘Hellship’ may have finally been found

Over 1,000 Allied servicemen died aboard the ‘Hōfuku Maru’ in September 1944.

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a silhouetted man walks by a blazing sun

Arizona students design app that calculates least-sweaty walking route

Cool Routes helps users find the coolest paths and reduce exposure to dangerous heat.

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