Many people have claimed that reading a special book has transformed their life, but now scientists have discovered that enjoying a novel can make a real, measurable change in the brain too.

The creator of this map has had the interesting idea to break down that gigantic US GDP into the GDPs of individual states, and compare those to other countries’ GDP.

Who knew that our ocean currents were constantly painting Van Gogh's Starry Night across the planet? This visualization, created by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, captures the surface currents that dance ...

Geographers from Kansas State University have created a map of the spatial distribution of the Seven Deadly Sins across the United States. How? By mapping demographic data related to each of the Sins.

The solution to a major agricultural problem is a little gross, but it’s necessary.

Here's a simple question to get the old noodle working. Think about it for a while before reading the comments.

A new study by researchers in Australia explores the energy absorption capacity of a single-walled carbon nanotube under a ballistic impact. The result offers a useful guideline for using carbon nanotubes as a reinforcing phase of materials to make d ...

The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is approaching and the draw has been made. The selection process placed each country in a group of four teams. Here's how the eight groups shape up.

American males enter adulthood through a peculiar rite of passage - they spend most of their savings on a shiny piece of rock. They could invest the money in assets that will compound over time and someday provide a nest egg. Instead, they trade that ...

These exceptionally well done photographs add a surreal dimension to various iconic New York places. To split the landscapes from AM to PM and create such a surrealist effect, Stephen Wilkes kept his camera at a fixed angle for up to 15 hours, then w ...

Florencio Sanchidrián is said to be one of the world's great cortadors de jamón, or Iberian ham cutters. Cutting ham is not just a profession, but an art, and Mr. Sanchidrián shows how it is done.

What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer all the questions below to see your personal dialect map.

A piece of the famous Halley's comet likely slammed into Earth in A.D. 536, blasting so much dust into the atmosphere the planet cooled considerably, a new study suggests. This dramatic climate shift is linked to drought and famine around the wo ...

The first Aboriginal genome sequence confirms Australia's native people left Africa 75,000 years ago.

The top officer in charge of all the United States' land-based nuclear missiles was fired last July for unspecified reasons. Yesterday, the Air Force released a report detailing why he was relieved: He used a four-day mission to Moscow to get pi ...

Europe wants to replicate America's shale gas boom. Will it succeed?

Some of these are clearly not new, so I don't know that they all qualify as being top pictures for 2013. Nevertheless, there are many beautiful photographs in this posting.

The videos can be played simultaneously -- the soundtracks will work together, and the mix can be adjusted with the individual volume sliders.

The mind can create all kinds of strange scenarios when we are asleep. In this series entitled Surreal-ity, photographer Kylie Woon brings those mind-bending stories and dreamy scenes to life. Conveying all kinds of dramatic emotions, including loss, ...

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