Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...

Our brains constantly create internal maps of the world, allowing us to navigate spaces, recall past experiences, ...

When Pokémon Go first launched in 2016, it felt like pure magic. The game sent players outside, into parks and city streets, ...

Legend has it that a headless sculpture of the god Yaxachtun at the site formerly terrified the local Lacandon people, who feared that the world would end when the head was replaced. With its ...

Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved. This means map-makers need to make compromises when drawing maps. These different map representations are called ...

Thorium, an abundant and safer alternative to uranium, could soon become a vital resource in the quest to meet energy needs.

Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory. Our brains build maps of the environment ...