A fundamental mystery of the human cortex is how its 16 billion neurons integrate or bind the many different kinds of information they encode into a single coherent unified experience or memory.

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American Coots are diving birds that often disappear under the water looking for plants to eat. I have always been fascinated by ripples in the water. As a child, I loved to throw pebbles in puddles ...

When a coastal tide rolls out, it can reveal beautiful ripples in the temporarily exposed sand. These same undulating patterns can also be seen in ancient, petrified seabeds that have been exposed in ...

Post-pandemic, Japanese films about weighty topics tend to unfold with nary a laugh or smile. Irony and irreverence are out, sincerity and gravitas are in. A prominent example is “Plan 75,” Chie ...

A new study may help answer one of the universe's biggest mysteries: Why is there more matter than antimatter? That answer, in turn, could explain why everything from atoms to black holes exists.

Numerical simulation of the neutron stars merging to form a black hole, with their accretion disks interacting to produce electromagnetic waves. Credit: L. Rezolla (AEI) & M. Koppitz (AEI & ...

Researchers found that elongating certain brain signals in rats improved their memory. The work revealed a new property to look out for in the hunt for “biomarkers” of learning. “It’s very easy to ...