Abstract: Text in natural scene images usually carries abundant semantic information. However, due to variations of text and complexity of background, detecting text in scene images becomes a critical ...

It thus often remains unclear what prior to use for a given practical problem. We argue here that the gradient distribution of natural-scene images may provide a versatile and well-founded prior for ...

Fifteen specimens of a species of Norfolk Island snail thought to be extinct until 2020 have multiplied into 800 over four years in a captive breeding program.

Sound effects editor Cormac Funge and sound mixer Michael Krikorian discuss capturing the pre-apocalyptic fright of episode 7, “The Day.” ...