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The promise of katoite
Picture this: Your home’s walls don’t just keep out the rain—they soak up warmth from the sun during the day, slowly release it to keep you cosy at night, and even convert some of that heat into a trickle of electricity to power your lights or charge your phone. This isn’t science fiction; it’s the
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Animal origami: The physics of nature’s folds
Author: Rohini Subrahmanyam is a PhD biologist turned science journalist. Insects that tuck away wings; a protist with an accordion-like neck — studying these clever creases may inspire foldable structures for drones As the microscopic, tear-shaped Lacrymaria olor swims around hunting for food, it
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Bubble wrap and non-destructive testing
Non-destructive testing allows engineers to evaluate the integrity of structures such as pipelines, tanks, bridges, and machinery without dismantling them. Conventional approaches rely on loudspeakers, lasers, or electric sparks. While effective, these systems can be difficult or dangerous to use in
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Dinosaur ‘mummies’
Author: Paul C. Sereno, Professor of Paleontology, University of Chicago A mummy of a juvenile duck-billed dinosaur, Edmontosaurus annectens, preserved as a dried carcass. Tyler Keillor/Fossil Lab Dinosaur “mummies” couldn’t have been further from my mind as I trudged up a grassy knoll on the Zerbst
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Wikipedia as a cultural lens for mapping 17th-century
If you’ve ever fallen down a Wikipedia rabbit hole—clicking link after link until you’re far from where you started—you’ve explored a network, much like physicists map connections in systems like the internet or ecosystems. Each Wikipedia article is a dot, each hyperlink a line connecting ideas. T
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A Gentle Introduction to Graph Neural Networks
What components are needed for building learning algorithms that leverage the structure and properties of graphs?
Understanding Convolutions on Graphs
Understanding the building blocks and design choices of graph neural networks.
Distill Hiatus
After five years, Distill will be taking a break.
Adversarial Reprogramming of Neural Cellular Automata
Reprogramming Neural CA to exhibit novel behaviour, using adversarial attacks.
Weight Banding
Weights in the final layer of common visual models appear as horizontal bands. We investigate how and why.