News

  1. Neuroscience

    A spot in the base of the brain has a love of language

    Brain scans show a spot in the cerebellum attuned specifically to words, expanding on studies that point to the region's importance for language.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Cosmology

    A massive cosmic ring may challenge a key assumption about the universe

    At 3.3 billion light-years across, the ring may challenge the “cosmological principle” that the universe looks uniform at sufficiently large scales.

    By Lisa Grossman
  3. Anthropology

    This hand stencil in Indonesia is now the oldest known rock art

    The work suggests early Homo sapiens developed enduring artistic practices as they moved through the islands of Southeast Asia.