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Tianshu Li, University of Virginia The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Photographs and computer vision techniques using artificial intelligence are able to detect the presence of bats on bridges automatically with over 90% accuracy, according to our new study. More than 40 species of bats are found in the U.S., and many of them are endangered or threatened. Bats often nest by the hundreds or thousands underneath bridges, so transportation departments are required to survey for them before conducting repair or replacement projects. I conducted the recently published study with colleagues at the University of Virginia’s MOB Lab in collaboration with the Virginia Transportation Research Council. Bridge surveys are important for protecting threa...

Fifty years ago Bob Dylan released Highway 61 Revisited, which is arguably the best album ever. Some could defend a choice of one of three of The Beatles albums, or even Dylan's very own Blonde on Blonde or Blood on the Tracks. One point that cannot be debated, however, is that Highway 61 Revisited is the first album to be flawless in that it has no bad songs. Every record until then, no matter how good, contained at least one clunker. In the half century since its release, Highway 61 Revisited has been joined by just a handful of other albums that are flawless. Here are the ten, all perfect and from a wide range of the rock genre. Hunky Dory by David Bowie The biggest single from the album was "Changes," but each tune is a gem. There is a song honoring Dylan, another praising Andy War...

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Highway Departments Find Bats Roosting Under Bridges With The Help Of Artificial Intelligence

Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited, The Elite Records That Followed Rock’s First Flawless Album