Planet of the Apes

During the Miocene epoch, as many as 100 species of apes roamed throughout the Old World. New fossils suggest that the ones that gave rise to living great apes and humans evolved not in Africa but Eurasia...

Information in the Holographic Universe

Theoretical results about black holes suggest that the universe could be like a gigantic hologram

Questioning the Delphic Oracle: Overview / An Intoxicating Tale

When science meets religion at this ancient Greek site, the two turn out to be on better terms than scholars had originally thought

Demystifying the Digital Divide

The simple binary notion of technology haves and have-nots doesn't quite compute

Bioengineered Plants

Rethinking the "Lesser Brain"

Long thought to be solely the brain's coordinator of body movement, the cerebellum is now known to be active during a wide variety of cognitive and perceptual activities