Contours of a World” at the Guggenheim Museum includes paintings as well as photography that suggests an alternate path.

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The artist isn’t known for her drawings, but in a new show these cryptic, sometimes unsettling works speak volumes.

A new study by neuroscientists is the first to directly compare brain responses to faces and objects with responses to colors. The paper reveals new information about how the brain’s inferior temporal ...

Sherrell Neal, founder and principal of Sherrell Design Studio, wants to focus on her home’s game room in the new year. It’s where her family spends most of their evenings and weekend afternoons, but ...

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Abstract: Color constancy seeks to keep the perceived color of objects consistent under varying illumination conditions. However, existing methods often rely on restrictive prior assumptions or suffer ...

Abstract: With the widespread use of smartphones and wearable devices, Mobile Crowdsourcing (MCS) has become a powerful method for gathering and processing data from various users. MCS offers several ...

For some people, activism looks like marching in the streets, holding signs on the Village Green or testifying at the State ...