The art of sparking curiosity
Telling stories that survive 10,000 years
Simulating life and dimensions
Reaching into the deep cosmos
007skaty Computer scientists write code that mimics biological evolution to optimize software.
007skaty Drag survival traits to your tiny buddies to learn how species adapt and evolve.
007skaty The novel Flatland explores life inside a completely flat two-dimensional world.
007skaty In Flatland, a 2D square's struggle to understand a 3D sphere satirizes Victorian social hierarchies and explains mathematical concepts.
How would a three-dimensional sphere appear to a two-dimensional resident of Flatland as it passes through their plane?
007skaty Rotating projections help us visualize how higher-dimensional shapes bend and fold.
What is the geometric name for a four-dimensional hypercube, which is the 4D equivalent of a 3D cube?
If you shine a light on a 3D wireframe cube, what dimension is the shadow it casts on a flat wall?
NASA's bent paperclip: The computer-evolved antenna designed by a genetic algorithm for NASA's 2006 Space Technology 5 mission looked like a twisted paperclip but worked perfectly.
What biological process do artificial life simulations mimic to help virtual creatures develop movement?
What is the primary benefit of letting virtual creatures evolve their own movement in a physics sandbox?
For which 2006 space mission did NASA use an evolutionary algorithm to design a highly efficient, twisted antenna?
Who pioneered the development of genetic algorithms in the 1960s, inspired by evolutionary biology?