Rats and humans both rely on a neural 'pedometer' to judge distance

Humans use lots of different types of information to make sure we don't get lost. We can look out for familiar landmarks and ...
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Astronomers use old-time math to measure distance, age of one of the oldest objects in the universe

This ancient stellar jewellery box, a globular cluster called NGC 6397, glitters with the light from hundreds of thousands of stars. The new measurement sets the ...
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VolsTeach: A 'new direction for teaching math and science'

Former Oak Ridge High School teacher Peggy Bertrand was the guest speaker recently at the League of Women Voters' Lunch with the League meeting. Bertrand is currently a master teacher with the ...
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Discovery reveals new type of brain cell sensitive to distance and direction of objects

The existence of GPS-like brain cells, which can store maps of the places we've been, like our kitchen or holiday destination, was already widely known, but this discovery shows there is also a type ...