by National Geographic National Geographic’s Instagram account, @natgeo, is officially the top non-celebrity account on social media and the only media brand among the 20 most popular Instagram accounts. Recently surpassing 17 million […]
by National Geographic National Geographic’s Instagram account, @natgeo, is officially the top non-celebrity account on social media and the only media brand among the 20 most popular Instagram accounts. Recently surpassing 17 million […]
by Drexel University News Notorious gangsters Al Capone and Carlo Gambino were famously done in by tax evasion charges. John Gotti, the “Teflon Don” was given up by a confidant. While the […]
There has been a long running debate among car club enthusiasts on finding the best driving roads in the world. Rental car company Avis decided to turn to science to help solve the […]
by Princeton University Communications During the past decade, Antarctica’s massive ice sheet lost twice the amount of ice in its western portion compared with what it accumulated in the east, according to […]
Neuroscientists identify neurons in the amygdala that assign emotions to experience. by Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Eating a slice of chocolate cake or spending time with a friend usually stimulates positive […]
by Cornell Food & Brand Lab If you want to know the secrets of healthier eating, think of the kitchen fruit bowl. A fruit bowl makes fruit more convenient, attractive, and normal to […]
by Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office System for defending against memory-access attacks implemented in chips. In the last 10 years, computer security researchers have shown that malicious hackers don’t need to […]
by NASA | Johnson Space Center When many people saw the first stunning photos of the fragile blue marble of Earth from space, it changed their outlook of humanity. It was a […]
by The Hebrew University of Jerusalem In new research published today by NatureMethods, scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Harvard University have announced a “Neuronal Positioning System” (NPS) that maps the […]
by David Salisbury | Vanderbilt University Every time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms an electrochemical connection to a neighboring […]
by Texas A&M University A study from the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health finds students with standing desks are more attentive than their seated counterparts. In fact, preliminary […]
by Kristen Parker | Michigan State University Hoping to preserve cultural heritage and change Western thought on Africa, a Michigan State University researcher will use a $300,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant […]
Concept: The 7R Future Leadership Institute will organize a networking table around the topic of international travel, followed by a lecture about ‘Tourism and the Academy’ at the University of Amsterdam. Schedule: […]
by ESA/Hubble Information Centre On 24 April 1990 the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was sent into orbit aboard the space shuttle Discovery as the first space telescope of its kind. It offered […]