Building a Brainier Mouse
By genetically engineering a smarter than average mouse, scientists have assembled some of the central molecular components of learning and memory
By genetically engineering a smarter than average mouse, scientists have assembled some of the central molecular components of learning and memory
Less massive than stars but more massive than planets, brown dwarfs were long assumed to be rare. New sky surveys, however, show that the objects may be as common as stars.
The latest winners of the nation's highest honors for innovation are celebrated for outstanding contributions to the growth and commercialization of the Internet, biotechnology, pattern recognition and more
The science-fiction dream of "beaming" objects from place to place is now a reality—at least for particles of light
The Aleuts built the baidarka to suit their life as hunters on the open ocean. The sophisticated design of this kayak is still not entirely understood
A new NASA satellite—one of a fleet called the Earth Observing System—is using five state-of-the-art sensors to diagnose the planet's health like never before