An ambitious project means anyone can now track the movements of almost 50 sharks in realtime. Some 47 sharks have been tagged with an array of sensors that allow scientists to accurately plot their position. The data is then fed into the OCEARCH Global Tracker, which updates the sharks' location as a dot on a map. You can click on any of the dots to find a picture of the shark along with its size and "name," and look through where it's been since being tagged.

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For the first time, scientists have grown miniature human brains in a lab — pea-sized models that could hold the key to understanding developmental disorders like autism.

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A huge breakthrough in mind-control technology. You heard me right. Two researchers at University of Washington were able to wire up their brains in order to play video games. Dr. Rajesh Rao had his brain wired up to control Dr. Andrea Stocco’s hand—from across campus.

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Ancient Egyptian beads found in a 5,000-year-old tomb were made from iron meteorites that fell to Earth from space, according to a new study. The beads, which are the oldest known iron artifacts in the world, were crafted roughly 2,000 years before Egypt's Iron Age.

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China's Yunnan province is known as the "Kingdom of Mushrooms" for its rich diversity of more than 600 species of edible fungi.

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Do you use the more creative side of your noggin' or the more intellectual area? Well, whether you have a desk job or work from home as a painter, a new study shows that despite the popular myth that 'right-brained' people tend to be more creative and the inverse, more logical, there is no scientific evidence to support this theory.

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