A record-breaking 3D map of the universe is now complete, giving scientists a new way to study dark energy. The massive ...

An international team led by Chinese scientists just built the most complete atlas of the macaque monkey cortex to date. The outermost layer of the brain, the cortex houses many of our treasured ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Researchers have completed a comprehensive online map of the world's coral reefs by using more than 2 million satellite images from across the globe. The Allen Coral Atlas, named after ...

Over 12 years, researchers mapped all of a larval fruit fly's brain, charting 3,016 neurons and 548,000 connections. It's big news for neuroscience. Reading time 7 minutes To most humans, a fruit fly ...

A team has created the most complete map of the world's rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and water resource management in a warming world.

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other institutions have created the largest and most detailed map of the lunar surface yet. One of the many previous geologic maps of the lunar ...

Scientists have produced the first complete map of mouse olfactory receptors, overturning the belief they were randomly distributed. The receptors are arranged in highly organized bands, each linked ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Physicists have created what has been called the largest and most detailed map of the universe ever—and it's not even ...

Space is a really big place. In fact, our universe is more massive and expansive than we can probably ever fully understand. To give us a taste of just how big everything is, the scientists using the ...

Originals and photocopies of historic Erie Canal maps are spread across Steven Talbot's workstation. Using a combination of maps ranging from 1835 to the early 19th century, Talbot created the first ...