This article proposes a novel homing behavior model of pigeons and the simulation results are presented. A homing pigeon-inspired autonomous navigation system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is ...

How a public health crisis nearly derailed the American Revolution. George Washington confronted a smallpox epidemic with a belief in science—and a controversial plan.

Early in the next century, opinion shifted. “Pigeons became a nuisance through the 1930’s and 1940’s, nesting and defecating in and on landmarks, statues and sidewalks,” Jerolmack writes in his paper, ...