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People with Walking Corps Syndrome, also called Cotard's syndrome, feel as though they are dead
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Though the band is broken up, the sounds of the elephants will never grow old
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When beloved films like Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke or My Neighbor Totoro air on television, the traders know to gear up for a loss
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The Age Explorer gives an idea of what it's like to age
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In 1979, the MIT Computer Museum was founded, and in 1983 the television show Computer Chronicles TV went to visit
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Memory blanks, flashbacks and an eventual distortion of the traumatic event are all normal reactions to experiencing a disaster
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New pressures have engineers turning to old ideas, and Rolls-Royce is working on a sailing ship
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In the near future, it may become both cheaper and greener to fly small planes
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Could-be contenders - the brown hare, the little owl, the horse chestnut tree - are all invasive species in Britain, so don't qualify as a national emblem
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Mexico has its share of dangerous spots. But some parts of Mexico are just as unsafe as some parts of the United States, and some parts are safer
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By staving off childhood illnesses, basic sanitation makes children grow taller
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Undelivered speeches give a glimpse into alternate realities that never came to pass
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Today would have been Maria Mitchell's 195th birthday, and if she were still around she'd probably celebrate it by looking at the stars
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When electricity came around, it wasn't immediately seen as a necessity
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
Figuring out a way to stop the viral explosion could take out not only herpes, but a whole host of other ailments
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In honor of internet activist Aaron Swartz, this artist is trying to print out the entire internet
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What if you could block all that sound out, and listen to the tiniest sounds?
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More than just metadata, the NSA's systems can track 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'
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"Nightmare bacteria" are here, and they're more common than we thought
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If we do not curb our greenhouse gas emissions over the next century, 1,700 cities, including New York and Miami, will be "locked in" to an aquatic fate
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