We once covered the amazing book Mapping Manhattan in which Becky Cooper collected people’s memory maps of Manhattan as she walked the length of Broadway. We also showed you the artist Olek, who ...

Scientists have long known that humans have unique neural “hand maps,” or regions of the brain tasked with processing sensations experienced by each of the five fingers. These patterns vary depending ...

Ultra high-res brain scanning has revealed clear maps of individual toes in two foot painters, born without either arm. While these organised toe maps are not found in typically developed humans, they ...

Mark your calendar: August 21, 2017 will be the day of the great American eclipse, the first total solar eclipse visible in the continental US since 1979 and the first to cross both the Pacific and ...

In late August, the U.S. Geological Survey quietly released a new tool that could reshape how Americans understand the ground ...

Tom Yendell and Peter Longstaff are good at thinking on their feet. They have to be: Both were born without arms. But both still became painters, thanks to the extraordinary dexterity of their toes.