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Vivid memories feel so real, but why?
New evidence suggests that experience and mental replay - or vivid memories - share similar brain activation patterns.
July 24, 2012
New recruits in the fight against disease
Scientists have discovered the structure and operating procedures of a powerful anti-bacterial killing machine that could become an alternative to antibiotics.
July 24, 2012
Mark Changizi on how language and music got into our brains
It might seem natural to think our brains evolved to process language and music. But could it be that music and language evolved to fit the human brain?
July 24, 2012
Antioxidants may be potent Parkinson’s treatment
A new and powerful class of antioxidants could one day be a potent treatment for Parkinson’s disease, researchers report.
July 23, 2012
Massive black holes found at center of the Milky Way
A research team has discovered masses thought to be "seeds" that form and grow massive black holes at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
July 23, 2012
Hubble space telescope finds earliest spiral galaxy
Astronomers using the Hubble space telescope have witnessed a spiral galaxy in the early universe, billions of years before many other spiral galaxies formed.
July 20, 2012
Henry Rollins: Facing an animal underworld
Henry Rollins - of the 80s punk band Black Flag - has a new show that explores why some people choose to come face to face with Earth's most dangerous animals.
July 20, 2012
Vijay Modi: Shared Solar power grids brings electricity to isolated African villages
A project called Shared Solar and headed by Vijay Modi has brought cheap electricity to about 20 isolated and poor villages in Uganda and Mali.
July 19, 2012
Pioneer anomaly source is heat
The unexpected slowing of NASA's Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft turns out to be due to the slight, but detectable effect of heat pushing back on the spacecraft.
July 18, 2012
Ice island twice the size of Manhattan breaks off Greenland glacier
An ice island twice the size of Manhattan broke off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier. It's about half as big as the one that broke off the same glacier in 2010.
July 18, 2012
