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Advanced Vision Algorithm Helps Robots Learn to See in 3D

July 20, 2017 | Article

Researchers are improving the ability of robots to identify three-dimensional objects even if their shape is partially obscured.
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Unusual Phobia: Researchers Suggest New Reason for Fear of Bubbles

July 20, 2017 | Article

Trypophobia is an unusual phobia -- people feel strongly disgusted when they see clusters of circle-shaped objects, such as bubbles or holes.
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Why Dog Breeds Look So Very Different, But Cats Don't

July 20, 2017 | Article

Why don't pedigreed cats show the extremes in body size and shape that dog breeds do?
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1 in 3 Cases of Dementia Could Be Prevented by Healthier Lifestyles

July 20, 2017 | Article

Strategies aimed at helping people to be healthy could help to decrease the global numbers of dementia cases.
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Sen. John McCain's Brain Cancer: What Are Glioblastomas?

July 20, 2017 | Article

Senator John McCain was diagnosed with a type of brain tumor called a glioblastoma, his office said yesterday (July 19).
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Humans Arrived in Australia 65,000 Years Ago

July 20, 2017 | Article

A new study pushes back the first known evidence of human activity in Australia - to 65,000 years ago.
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Elon Musk Calls for Moon Base

July 20, 2017 | Article

Elon Musk may be focused primarily on Mars, but he'd also like to see a human outpost on a world much closer to home.
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Will Melting Permafrost Release Global 'Methane Bomb'?

July 20, 2017 | Article

Rising global temperatures are melting areas of permafrost that hold enormous stores of planet warming gases — but the risk of a doomsday methane bomb remains low.
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13 Bizarre Things That Washed Up on Beaches

July 20, 2017 | Countdown

What's that on the beach? Unusual objects can stump even ocean experts.
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REM vs. Non-REM Sleep: The Stages of Sleep

July 19, 2017 | Reference

Scientists once thought that sleep was a time when a person's brain and body shut down for the night. But now, researchers know that sleep is a highly active time.
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