Reading and Writing

“We already knew that good stories can put you in someone else’s shoes in a figurative sense. Now we’re seeing that something may also be ha...

"The fact is, writing is one heck of an informational medium — the best ever invented. Neurological studies show that, as we learn to r...

"Reading books can help your brain – of that there is little doubt. But a new scientific study and a recently released book have taken ...

... "neurobiological forces designed for our survival naturally make interest in art fade. But the forces don't stop artists from t...

Imagine spy devices that dissolve completely into nothingness... "The technology, which will be announced in a paper this week in Scien...

"Neurobiological experts, radiologists, and humanities scholars are working together to explore the relationship between reading, atten...

"Over the past decade, academic researchers such as Oatley and Raymond Mar from York University have gathered data indicating that fict...

An "example of putting brain waves into practice in a practical way is Brain Fingerprinting. In Brain Fingerprinting, it is believed th...

"Microwaves were first invented by the Nazis in order to provide a method of cooking for their troops during World War II. Seeing as th...

How to foretell a dictator? By scanning his brain (which, perhaps, should be a pre-requisite for all presidential candidates): “They are usu...

"On Nov. 15, 1992, a terrified scientist -- trapped inside a white bungalow in the Uruguayan beach town of Parque del Plata -- broke a ...

"Scientists have created a working cloaking device that not only takes advantage of one of nature’s most bizarre phenomenon, but also b...