When you go for a walk, how does your brain know the difference between a parked car and a moving car? This seemingly simple ...

Galaxies, planets, black holes: to most people, everything about our Universe sounds and feels enormous. But while it's true ...

When you walk, it’s the sidewalk that forces you forward. There is no such thing as centrifugal force. Rockets do not move because of the action-reaction law. While you sit reading this, your chair ...

Locomotion, the ability to move from one place to another, is an essential survival strategy for virtually every organism. Adapting to the unpredictable terrain they run into, cells, fungi and ...

What do puzzles, gymnastics, writing and using maps all have in common? They all rely on people’s ability to visualize objects as they spin, flip or turn in space, without physically moving them. This ...

Partha Nandi receives funding from the University of Stellenbosch. as a posdoctoral fellowship. Bibhas Ranjan Majhi does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...