More than 60,000 years ago, humans living in southern Africa realized they could use ostrich eggshells to hold water. They ...

Circles, triangles and squares. One of the first things we learn as children are basic geometric shapes. And they stay with us throughout our lives. Maybe it’s that sense of familiarity that makes ...

Joan Tasca contemplated a skull while standing on the outdoor stage at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park. She wasn't performing an avante garde version of “Hamlet” and the skull's name was George, ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, psychologist Veronique Izard from the Universite Paris Descartes and her colleagues show how ...