This stunning structure inside a Chengdu mall looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. Designed to resemble a futuristic “Tree of Life,” the architecture blends green design, art, and innovation.

Existing algorithms can partially reconstruct the shape of a single tree from a clean point-cloud dataset acquired by laser-scanning technologies. Doing the same with forest data has proven far more ...

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Iran’s system of government is not quite a democracy, nor a theocracy. Founding Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini developed its animating doctrine, known as guardianship of the jurist, in the years ...