July 2011
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Researchers map the sources of empathy in the brain
According to a new study from University of Southern California (USC), both the intuitive and rational parts of the brain (often called right-brain and left-brain) work in tandem to create the sensation of empathy. Even failing to possess a full complement of limbs will not stop your brain from understanding what it is like for someone else to...
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Invisibility cloaks move one step closer from...
Researchers at Cornell University’s School of Applied and Engineering Physics have achieved the first experimental demonstration that something can be made invisible through a technique called temporal cloaking.
Physicists have been grappling with ways to create invisibility cloaks for some time now. Theoretically, an object can be made invisible by distorting the electromagnetic field as it...
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Understanding full moon →
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EarthSky 22: Has science found a fountain of... →
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