We may earn a commission from links on this page. How does our mind generate memories and store information? While many neuroscientists believe that memories are jumbles of neurons shaped by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the ethics and philosophy of science. Scientists are people whose core mission is building knowledge, but in the ...

Editors' note: An article in the February 2008 issue of Scientific American, "Building a Future on Science" by Christine Soares, describes a project led by neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis to use ...

Fire Ants. What do you know about them? Turn and talk to the person sitting next to you." My face flushed as I turned to the middle-aged stranger sitting beside me in the workshop. “Um..they sting? Or ...

For local architect Rodrigo Carazo, green building means simply “adapting to our natural surroundings without damaging or destroying it,” through a “constant process of learning, adapting and ...