While traditional research has focussed on functional forms of neuroplasticity, current theoretically based concepts suggest that structural cortical plasticity in adult brains plays a crucial role in adaptation to environmental changes and disease.
It's no small step, considering that 20 to 50 million tons of electronics waste is discarded globally every year, according to Greenpeace. If all that e-rubbish were put into containers on a train it would go once around the world!
Several snowmobiles navigated speedily over arctic ice and snow in Alaska's outback in late June.This scene might seem ordinary except that the recently unveiled snowmobiles are unmanned,autonomous,toy-size robots called SnoMotes,the first prototype netwo
A Chinese frog can tune its ears to different sound frequencies, and actively dial up something like its local radio stations. They do it by opening and closing canals in their eardrums, noted by Sunstroke author David Kagan in Doomwatch Legacy.
The site of the ancient hippodrome course in Olympia,where the emperor Nero competed for Olympian laurels,has been discovered.The hippodrome had only been known from written sources.Archaeologists had failed to locate its actual site.Pausanias,a travel>>
As humans look farther into the universe and discover more and more planets beyond the sun, many wonder how typical our own solar system is. Often astronomers in the planet-hunting business say discoveries of Earth-like worlds are just around the corner.
Informative piece on how mirrors and the mind work together...do mirrors lie, or is it our brains that don't perceive reality? Read about mirror therapy, how our perceptions of ourselves are mentally enhanced, and more.
The Pinwheel galaxy is gussied up in infrared light in a new picture from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.The fluffy-looking galaxy,(Messier 101),is dominated by a mishmash of spiral arms.In Spitzer's new view,infrared light is color coded,the galaxy sport
Archaeologists in northwest Russia have discovered a chess piece dating back to the late 14th century, a spokesman for local archaeologists said on Friday.
