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Places to go: Maldives is the world’s lowest country
Not one of its 1,200 mostly uninhabited coral islands measure more than six feet (1.8 meters) above sea level.
February 7, 2014
A uniquely human brain area?
It's called the ventrolateral frontal cortex. It's a part of the brain involved in human processes, such as strategic planning and multi-tasking.
February 6, 2014
NASA spacecraft spots new crater on Mars
Cosmic paintball! NASA image of dramatic new impact crater on the planet Mars.
February 6, 2014
Hearing improves after a week of blindness
A study suggests that the loss of one sense - vision - can improve another sense - in this case, hearing - by altering the brain circuit.
February 6, 2014
Milky Way and Venus
Planet Venus rising in the east before dawn on February 4 by Mike Taylor Photography.
February 6, 2014
MIT theorists predict new forms of exotic insulating materials
Topological insulators could exist in six new types not seen before. The results could help provide insights into quantum physics.
February 6, 2014
Death toll climbs to 16 since Mount Sinabung eruption
Thousands displaced from their homes. Disaster agencies still mobilizing medical and social services. A thin layer of ash expected to arrive in Malay Peninsula on Wednesday.
February 5, 2014
How your memory rewrites your past
Your memory isn't like a video camera. Instead, your memory plucks fragments of the present and inserts them into the past to create a story to fit your current world.
February 5, 2014
Polaris, aka the North Star, is getting brighter
Modern interpretations of the historical data indicate that Polaris could be as much as 4.6 times brighter than it appeared to some of the earliest astronomers.
February 5, 2014
