Mapping cemeteries for class – how students used phones and drones to help a city count its headstones

Cemeteries are a treasure trove of local history and family connection. Technology and ingenuity have made mapping them ...
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Learn to calculate area under curves numerically with Python

Learn how to calculate the area under curves numerically using Python in this step-by-step tutorial! This video covers essential numerical integration techniques, including the trapezoidal and Simpson ...

A New Brain Map Is Changing What We Know About Parkinson’s Disease

A groundbreaking brain atlas maps nearly 680,000 cells to reveal how the human brain develops at the single-cell level. The discovery could transform Parkinson’s research by setting new standards for ...

Pittsburgh study links dark roofs and roads to higher heat and social vulnerability

Cities are increasingly becoming the epicenter of climate-related risks, with research showing that impervious surfaces (e.g.
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Python tutorial: Creating contour plots with NumPy meshgrid

Learn how to create contour plots in Python using NumPy’s meshgrid and Matplotlib. This step-by-step tutorial shows you how ...
WOSU Public Media

Columbus City Council to consider citywide land use map despite concerns from area commissions

Columbus City Council will consider a citywide land use map as part of its zoning update at its upcoming Monday meeting. City officials say the map will lead to a modern framework for development in ...
InfoWorld

PythoC: A new way to generate C code from Python

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...
STAT

‘California sober’? Cannabis may help limit alcohol consumption, study shows

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. Smoking marijuana can lead to markedly lower short-term alcohol use, according to a first-of-its-kind study that adds a new layer to the ...
Education Week

Kids’ Social Media Use Linked to Lower Reading and Memory Scores, Study Suggests

There may be a link between social media use during early adolescence and lower cognitive performance, a new study suggests. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or ...
IEEE

Assessment of L-Band and C-Band SAR on Burned Area Mapping of Multiseverity Forest Fires Using Deep Learning

Abstract: Earth observation-based burned area mapping is critical for evaluating the impact of wildfires on ecosystems. Optical satellite data from Landsat and Sentinel-2 are often used to map burned ...
UPI

Ball python captured in New York park, two more still loose

Sept. 26 (UPI) --Animal rescuers in New York said they captured a 4-foot ball python in a Queens park -- but two more of the snakes are still on the loose in the area. Rescue group Puppy Kitty NYC ...
The New York Times

Map: 4.3-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes the San Francisco Bay Area

A 4.3 earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 2:56 a.m. Pacific time about 1 mile southeast of Berkeley, ...