An old explanation of the moon illusion holds that various cues place the horizon moon at
an effectively greater distance than the elevated moon. Although both moons have the same …

Here we propose that using shotgun sequencing to examine food leads to accurate
authentication of ingredients and detection of contaminants. To demonstrate this, we developed a …

Rapid tests for active SARS-CoV-2 infections rely on reverse transcription polymerase chain
reaction (RT-PCR). RT-PCR uses reverse transcription of RNA into complementary DNA (…

The relationship between distance and size perception is unclear because of conflicting results
of tests investigating the size–distance invariance hypothesis (SDIH), according to which …

The rapid growth in biological sequence data is revolutionizing our understanding of genotypic
diversity and challenging conventional approaches to informatics. With the increasing …

The Spatiotemporal Epidemiologic Modeler (STEM) is an open source software project
supported by the Eclipse Foundation and used by a global community of researchers and public …

A zoonotic disease is a disease that can be passed from animals to humans. Zoonotic viruses
may adapt to a human host eventually becoming endemic in humans, but before doing so …

Background This paper describes the Spatiotemporal Epidemiological Modeller (STEM)
which is an extensible software system and framework for modelling the spatial and temporal …

Dengue is a major international public health concern and impacts one-third of the world’s
population. No specific vaccine and treatment are available for this vector-borne disease. …

As a genre of computer games, the massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) has the
promise of enabling up to tens—or even hundreds—of thousands of simultaneous players. This …