Old maps are rife with phantom islands. Sometimes these nonexistent landmasses come about because of mistakes made by sailors or cartographers; sometimes they can be traced back to folklore or legends ...

A new study suggests that the brain uses distinct neural pathways to process different aspects of personal well-being. The ...

The feature was quietly rolled out recently and ushers in an era of landmark-based navigation. As Google noted, we’ve all heard “turn right in 500 feet,” but those distances can be hard to judge. This ...

As redistricting efforts spread across the country, an Indiana state senator said he isn’t sure how he will vote on a plan that President Trump supports. By Mitch Smith Reporting from Terre Haute, Ind ...

Mind-mapping is beneficial for productivity in your daily tasks, but it’s also a technique that is widely used for studying. A mind map isn’t just a diagram that lays out tasks, but a visualization of ...

The mind-body therapy qigong shows superior efficacy for cancer-related pain management, outperforming usual care and massage with the highest ranking of 86.5%. Tai chi demonstrates particular ...

Artist Gareth Fuller likes to draw what he calls “maps of the mind.” Hand-drawn with a pen and uber-detailed — almost every city block is represented — his maps of Beijing, Shanghai and his hometown ...

Maps are powerful tools that go far beyond simply showing locations. In fact, understanding how to use maps to understand the world differently opens up a world of opportunities to explore complex ...

Mind maps are visual tools that reflect how our minds naturally work. They organize information by clustering related ideas around a central concept, branching outward in a way that mirrors how we ...

In new research published in Nature, scientists have produced the first comprehensive atlas of the tiny energy producers in the human brain. By slicing a donated brain into more than seven hundred ...