I have been focusing so much on the brain’s role in learning and memory formation. But in actuality, the things we never forget stay with us because they have settled inside our hearts.  I remember ...
For the first time, physicists in China have virtually eliminated the friction felt between two surfaces at scales visible to the naked eye. In demonstrating "structural superlubricity," the team, led ...
Mantle plumes beneath volcanic hotspots, like Hawaii, Iceland, and the Galapagos, seem to be anchored into a large structure within the core-mantle boundary (CMB). A new study, published in Science ...
The sunspot region 4366 fired off dozens of powerful solar flares in 24 hours, including the single strongest flare since ...