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

This is not a drill. There is a chance - albeit a small one - that an asteroid could hit planet Earth within the next decade. The 2024 YR4 asteroid set off automated asteroid warning systems after ...

A MYSTERIOUS structure in a mountainous region of New Mexico has caught the attention of hawk-eyed Google Maps users ... theories about aliens landing on Earth for decades. However, a user ...

This anniversary fell on Saturday, 8 February, and on Monday Google announced that it had changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" for those using its Maps application ...

Google Map users spotted a large, white disc poking out from the ground at an elevation of 7,400 feet. Its coordinates are 34°24'21.6"N 107°05'44.5"W. The location, about 34 miles from the ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations. The study reveals a complex genetic ancestry with ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

Mars, our neighboring red planet, possesses some of the most extreme topographical features within our solar system. Its ...

In the Arizona desert, researchers are learning so much more about the peoples who have inhabited this land since antiquity ...

This depthmap includes all elevation data from NASA's website like mountains and ocean beds with a custom alpha map to articulate Earth's land surfaces. The map is ideal for 3d printing because unlike ...

The nation must lose its tight focus on individual disciplines if it is to keep pace with the evolving requirements of scientific enquiry.