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Health news
German researcher discovers brain navigational system
The brain helps us navigate through the world, but it also functions as a navigational system. This is the opinion of neuroscientist Prof. Christian Doeller, who has just been awarded the Leibniz Prize worth 2.5 million euros for his research.
Culture news
The Madrid Codices: Leonardo da Vinci's little known treasure in Spain
On 13 February 1967, the Spanish National Library announced the discovery of the Madrid I and II codices, two manuscripts by Leonardo da Vinci that had remained poorly catalogued for more than a century. But they are being digitised to make them accessible to the public.
Space
Second home in space? This planet is amazingly similar to Earth
A faint signal from old telescope data is causing a stir in astronomy: a planet barely larger than Earth, with an almost identical orbital period, and a star astonishingly similar to our sun. It is still unclear whether life could exist there.