Catholic News: Updated: The offices of the Vatican observatory in Rome are to be moved to a newer location with more modern facilities says the Independent newspaper and CatholicNews service.The Vatican observatory at Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, has been at the Pope’s summer residence for more than 75 years.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.