Each concept—each person or thing in our everyday experience—may have a set of corresponding neurons assigned to it
By Rodrigo Quian Quiroga , Itzhak Fried and Christof Koch | Jan 15, 2013 | 5
A new way to link artificial arms and hands to the nervous system could allow the brain to control prostheses as smoothly as if they were natural limbs
By D. Kacy Cullen and Douglas H. Smith | Jan 14, 2013
How future generations will make the voyage from our earthly home to the planets and beyond—and what it means for our species
By Cameron M. Smith | Jan 11, 2013 | 21
Newly discovered states of matter embody what Einstein called “spooky action at a distance.” They defy explanation, but lately answers have come from a seemingly unrelated corner of physics: string theory
By Subir Sachdev | Jan 10, 2013 | 8
Our many different senses collaborate even more than previously realized. What we hear depends a lot on what we see and feel
By Lawrence D. Rosenblum | Jan 9, 2013
The only way to bring flying cars to the masses is to leave the flying to the car
By Mary Cummings | Jan 8, 2013 | 21
If the world can't manage to cast off the ultimate weapons by the middle of the century, we may face extinction
By Ron Rosenbaum | Jan 7, 2013 | 28
Gene therapy, once off to a rocky start, transforms medicine by getting at the root cause of many diseases
By Ricki Lewis | Jan 6, 2013 | 9
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