
Do all vampires have fangs?
A trip to the Deep Oceans exhibition at the Australian Museum changed our perspective on these alleged neck nibblers.

The evolution of music
Music can evolve by the process of natural selection, the same way species evolve in the natural world.

The power of suggestion
The effects of suggestion play a much larger role in shaping our lives than most people realise.

What is an induced coma?
An induced coma gives the brain the rest necessary to recover. Medically induced coma requires an extreme type of general anesthesia that essentially deactivates the brain; this prevents the patients from being revived…

Tapping into the unconscious brain
Neuroscientists have developed an unconventional method of communicating with vegetative patients.

Live from the ultimate robot competition
While this cute “˜astrodog’ was posing, 11 teams of engineers from across the US were trying to develop the next generation of robots at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. The new autonomous…