Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory, revealing not only where a remembered experience is registered but also, in part, how the brain is able to re-create it. ...more

September 5, 2008

Although she's not willing to stake her life on it, Althea Schafer, 104, suspects the fact she never married has contributed to her longevity. ...more

August 6, 2008

The evidence amassed by FBI investigators against Bruce E. Ivins, the Army scientist who killed himself last week after learning that he was likely to be charged in the anthrax letter attacks of 2001, was largely circumstantial, and a grand jury in Washington was planning to hear several more weeks of testimony before issuing an indictment, a person who has been briefed on the investigation said Sunday. ...more

August 4, 2008

UNIVERSITY AREA Although she's not willing to stake her life on it, Althea Schafer, 104, suspects the fact she never married has contributed to her longevity. Schafer, a resident at St. Joseph's John Knox Village, said she always cherished her independence, so marriage was never in her plans. ...more

July 31, 2008

Seaweed found at an inland settlement in Chile confirms that it is one of the oldest inhabited sites in the Americas and demonstrates that the villagers had extensive contact with a coastline that was 50 miles away, researchers said Friday. ...more

May 10, 2008

Sometimes, people who are unfamiliar with genealogical research ask why we pursue it. We can tell them all about finding missing pieces of the big puzzle, digging to understand why and how our ancestors did certain things and discovering how their societies differed from ours. ...more

May 4, 2008