Badwater Basin Back

from The New York Times In Death Valley, a Rare Lake Comes Alive Visitors normally flock to Death Valley National Park to feel the searing heat and take in the barren landscape. This fall, they’ve been drawn by a different natural feature: water. By Jill Cowan |...

H sapiens disappearis

from The Guardian Where did they all go? How Homo sapiens became the last human species left A model of the skull of Homo floresiensis, first discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores. Photograph: Stephen Hird/Reuters/Corbis At least nine hominin species once...

Brain Reading

from The Wall Street Journal The Devices That Will Read Your Brain—and Enhance It In the not-so-distant future, wearable computers will read brain waves and offer suggestions in real time to improve performance in everyday activities By Daniela Hernandez PHOTO...