SHREVEPORT, La. - While most schools celebrate one or two semifinalists, Caddo Magnet just set the bar statewide -- with 13 high-achieving seniors now in the running for millions in scholarships, the ...

Now is a surreal time to be a dark matter researcher. Even as research funding is being cut by governments around the world, dark matter remains one of the biggest and most exciting open problems in ...

As we age, the human brain rewires itself. The process happens in distinct phases, or “epochs,” according to new research, as the structure of our neural networks changes and our brains reconfigure ...

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This magnet fishing trip went from chill to crime-movie-level chaos in seconds. Our magnet latched onto something heavy, muddy, and WAY too suspicious-looking to ignore. When we pulled it out of the ...

President Trump rated his highly anticipated sit down with Chinese leader Xi Jinping a 12 out of 10. WSJ’s Alexander Ward explains why. Photo: Yonhap/EPA/Shutterstock Two startups aiming to produce an ...

But why is that? What is it about our relationships that make them so central to our lives? According to neuroscientist Ben Rein’s new book, Why Brains Need Friends, it comes down to our brains. As he ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. What happens when imagination meets perception, and ordinary objects come alive? We explore the science of pareidolia. Summary: Our minds are wired to ...

Violet Chae was supported by a Research Training Program Scholarship while conducting this research. Daniel Feuerriegel receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Tijl Grootswagers ...

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In this video, we explore magnet fishing at an abandoned seaside shopping resort, where we uncover what appears to be evidence of a robbery, including gun parts that had to be processed as criminal ...

Pound-for-pound, the human brain is the body’s most metabolically costly organ, consuming 20% of our energy and accounting for an outsize portion of our anatomy compared with most other animals.