music minds See an expanded version of the film's sequence on Oliver Sacks's brain as it reacts to different pieces of music.

A Russian research ship has spotted an extremely rare white adult orca, or killer whale, off the coast of Kamchatka for the first time in history. No one knows the reason for the whale's unusual pigmentation. ­The scientists identified the whale by his pure white fin, swimming together with his pod,

Billionaire activist George Soros is one of the most influential and controversial figures of our time. Famous for betting against the Bank of England in 1992 and making a billion dollars in one day, he is maligned by ideologues on both the left and the right for daring to tackle the world’s problem

US space agency NASA has warned that a huge 1,082 ft asteroid bigger than the Eiffel Tower will break into Earth’s orbit in just over a week.The space rock is heading our way and should skim past us on December 11. NASA has its eye on Asteroid 4660 Nereus because it’s well over 492 feet long and wil

The year's first supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth, is one of two lunar events Sunday January 20, 2019. A total eclipse was also visible in North and South America, and parts of Europe.The only total lunar eclipse of 2019...

Amazon's chief executive has revealed that the company is testing a new service involving delivery by mini-drones to get packages to customers in just 30 minutes."I know this looks like science fiction. It's not," Mr Bezos said. We can do half-hour delivery ... and we can carry objects, we think, up...

The Singing Ringing Tree is aptly named. A 3-meter-tall, wind-powered musical sculpture made of galvanized steel pipes, it stands high above the English town of Burnley. The pipes swirl to form the shape of a tree bent and blown by the wind, and produce an eerie, melodious hum as the constant wind o...

No Time to Die is a 2021 spy film and the 25th in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. It stars Daniel Craig in his fifth and final outing as the fictional British MI6 agent. It is directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. Plot: A young Madeleine Swann witnesses the murder of her mother by the ...

Stunning artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried in an eruption from Mount Vesuvius in AD79.
Archaeologists say the frescos are among the finest to be found in the ruins of the ancient site. Mythical Greek figures such as Helen of Troy are depicte...

Now that the Apple Watch has been released, wearables are indisputably mainstream. But one of the designers at the heart of the wearable tech revolution thinks it is time to refocus on something more fundamental — the human wearing them. NewDealDesign's Gadi Amit, the designer behind Fitbit, the Goo