Understanding the shape or morphology of neurons and mapping the tree-like branches via which they receive signals from other ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year ...

Imagine standing on top of a mountain. From this vantage point, we can see picturesque valleys and majestic ridges below, and streams wind their way downhill. If a drop of rain falls somewhere on this ...

Russian-American-Israeli Palestinian. Palestine is Israel.

Physicists and mathematicians at the University of Konstanz, ETH Zürich (Switzerland) and CNR INO in Trento (Italy) use concepts from topography to topologically classify and investigate ...

Prosser’s victory maintained the conservative court majority that later upheld the bargaining legislation known as Act 10. Meanwhile, the GOP-led Legislature and Walker repealed the Impartial Justice ...

Losing an arm cuts more than muscle and bone. It also severs the easy, wordless link between what you want to do and what ...

That’s exactly what awaits at L.L. Stub Stewart State Park in Buxton, Oregon – a verdant paradise that somehow remains one of the state’s best-kept outdoor secrets.

After decades of intense focus on genetics, the biomedical research community is undergoing a major shift, focusing on a new ...

"It means cleaning house, narrowing the viable paths forward, and no longer spending energy on what are evidently dead ends." ...

A team of researchers has built one of the most detailed open maps of emerging technologies yet assembled, allowing ...

A large study of brain scans shows that our neural wiring evolves through five major stages from birth to late old age. These ...