Dried fruit has a reputation for being high in calories and sugar, but experts say it can be just as good for you as fresh. True, dried fruit will have more sugar by weight than the fresh version ...

One basic question that you might not know: Is avocado a fruit or vegetable? Before we answer the question “Is avocado a fruit or vegetable?” it’s important to understand the difference ...

Hundreds of scientists and citizen scientists from around the world have mapped out more than 50 million connections in the tiny fruit fly brain, a step toward one day producing an intricate map ...

Johannes Vermeer's "Girl With The Pearl Earring" is one of the world's most popular paintings — and now scientists believe they know why, by measuring how the brain reacts when the work is viewed.

Yet for years, art experts have wondered what makes Dutch master Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665)—“the Mona Lisa of the north”—so appealing. Now, an independent ...

Johannes Vermeer's "Girl With a Pearl Earring" is one of the world's most popular paintings – and now scientists believe they know why, by measuring how the brain reacts when the work is viewed. The ...

The open source Nintendo Switch emulator for PC, Ryujinx, is no more, following in the footsteps of Yuzu. If you recall, Yuzu was shut down following a Nintendo lawsuit alleging 'massive ...

FRUIT FLIES are smart. For a start—the clue is in the name—they can fly. They can also flirt; fight; form complex, long-term memories of their surroundings; and even warn one another about the ...

Previous researchers have mapped the brain of a C. elegans worm, with its 302 neurons, and the brain of a larval fruit fly, which had 3,000 neurons, but the adult fruit fly is several orders of ...