I have a terrible sense of direction. In the car or on foot, I can get lost effortlessly unless I'm very familiar with where I am. I'm often amazed how well most people get around. I can always find ...

There's one thing all animals have in common: a sense of direction. And while other animals may navigate better than we humans, most humans navigate better than I do. Case in point: The time I visited ...

Neurons that track which direction an animal faces can hold their firing patterns steady for months, even as other brain ...