Above: Massive wildfires torched tinder-dry California in August 2018, after the state experienced its hottest month on record in July. The record heat was caused by an unusually extreme jet stream ...

A new study has found high frequency propagating activity patterns in the motor cortex that contain details of upcoming movement -- information that could lead to the development of better ...

Polysomnography was performed during an afternoon nap after the usual feed without previous sleep deprivation or sedation. Room temperature was 23°C. The infants were dressed normally. The two infants ...

Universal motion: researchers have found that patterns of travel in different cities are surprisingly universal. (Courtesy: iStock_Nikada) Patterns describing how far and how frequently people travel ...

Back in 1935, the American linguist George Zipf made a remarkable discovery. Zipf was curious about the relationship between common words and less common ones. So he counted how often words occur in ...

Studies show music can improve mood and reduce anxiety. More specifically, meaningful music shifts our neurobiology, tapping brain systems that involve emotion, sensation, attention, mood, and ...