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Different people’s brains absorb a compelling story in the roughly the same complicated pattern, using many parts of the brain, researchers found.
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Different people’s brains absorb a compelling story in the roughly the same complicated pattern, using many parts of the brain, researchers found.
By BENEDICT CAREY
A NASA oceanographer saw what appeared to be a scraped seafloor on satellite images of an archipelago.
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR
Policy makers and road safety experts are reaching back to tested strategies: They want to treat distracted driving like drunken driving.
By MATT RICHTEL
The bearded dragon shows stages of sleep similar to those in humans and other mammals, suggesting that the stages evolved earlier than scientists thought.
By ERICA GOODE
Elon Musk’s company said it would dispatch its Dragon vessel to the planet, possibly as early as 2018, with a long-term goal of establishing colonies.
By KENNETH CHANG
Researchers studied the physics of how peacocks shake their tail feathers and found they resonate like a guitar string.
By JAMES GORMAN
After studying a rare and finely preserved skull unearthed in Argentina, scientists have named a new dinosaur, Sarmientosaurus musacchioi.
By KENNETH CHANG
A psychology professor’s suggestion that some dogs may feel distressed by being hugged ricocheted across social media.
By CHRISTINE HAUSER
Each year, between March and June, millions of firefly squid transform a Japanese bay’s waters into a galactic landscape.
By JOANNA KLEIN
Astronomers found the moon, nicknamed MK2, in an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
By KENNETH CHANG
The arch has been built to last 100 years without the sort of maintenance that most structures require.
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
The exact location of Methuselah, a Great Basin bristlecone pine commonly known as the world’s oldest tree, is kept a secret.
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG
NASA released a stunning image of the Bubble Nebula in advance of the space telescope’s 26th anniversary.
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR
For future astronauts, who would rather not menstruate in space, researchers have written up some recommendations.
By PAM BELLUCK