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Researchers from MIT and Google used a video to explain how their new algorithm separates background and foreground scenes from images.

Obstructions Vanish From Images Treated With New Software From MIT, Google

Researchers say they've figured out how to remove things like chain-link fences, raindrops and glass reflections from photos.

Indian youths use the Internet at a cybercafe in Allahabad, India, on Monday. India ordered Internet service providers to block access to more than 850 adult websites in what the government described as a way to protect social decency. But after an outcry on social media, the government reversed itself on Wednesday.

Indian Government Blocks, Then Quickly Unblocks Porn Sites

The government move against more than 850 websites, most of them pornographic, sparked a firestorm on social media this week. After just four days, the government on Wednesday reversed course.

This is one of 12 rain forest landscapes by Abel Rodriguez, part of his ink-and-watercolor series <em>Ciclo anual del bosque de la vega</em> (Seasonal changes in the flooded rain forest).<strong> </strong>

A Self-Taught Artist Paints The Rain Forest By Memory

He'd never drawn before. Then he was asked to depict the Colombian rain forest he knew so well. Naturalists cherish the ink-and-watercolor works of Abel Rodriguez. And so do art lovers.

A New York study found that getting medical students together with dementia patients and their families at museums to view, discuss and create art for 90 minutes made the students better communicators.

Sharing Art Helps Medical Students Connect With Dementia Patients

It's easy to spot what Alzheimer's patients have lost — memory, communication skills and more. But a study that sent medical students and dementia patients to art classes opened new vistas for all.

Rendering of future interior growing room at the AeroFarms facility still under construction.

Green Pie In The Sky? Vertical Farming Is On The Rise In Newark

A former steel mill in New Jersey is getting a new lease on life as an indoor farm. AeroFarms is betting it can turn a profit growing greens with lights, using far less water than a traditional farm.

Jon Stewart's last show with <em>The Daily Show </em>is August 6.

Newseum Will Acquire Set Of 'The Daily Show With Jon Stewart'

The set tells "an important story about how political satire and news as humor made 'The Daily Show' a trusted news source for a generation," the D.C. museum devoted to news said.

U.S. strategists wanted to flatten an entire city with a single atomic bomb: Hiroshima was the right size.

Why Did The U.S. Choose Hiroshima?

Seventy years ago, an atomic bomb wiped a city off the map. The committee that picked the target knew the destruction would be awful, but hoped it could end the war and stop future use of such bombs.

Patient reviews of doctors tend to focus on non-medical issues like wait time, billing and front office staff.

On Yelp, Doctors Get Reviewed Like Restaurants — And It Rankles

Doctors hate online rankings, saying patients don't get the nuances of medicine. But health care reviews on Yelp are more positive overall than they are for restaurants and other services.

This Potato Salad Goes Great With The Civic Duty

A tiny Michigan town couldn't get anyone to come to its government meetings, until it turned one into a free picnic, octupling attendance.

Key West's Dueling Civil War Memorials Serve As Monuments To Tolerance

There's been plenty of debate about Civil War monuments since the church shootings in Charleston, S.C. In Key West, a Confederate memorial is being fixed up, while a new Union memorial is being added.

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