Retrograde motion, typically observed in outer planets, is an apparent westward movement resulting from Earth's faster orbital speed overtaking those planets. This apparent reversal of direction is ...

A fundamental goal in neuroscience is to understand how perception arises from the activity of neurons in the brain 1. This has been explored most extensively for visual motion perception in monkeys.

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This is the fourth article in the Mind Matters series on the neuroscience behind visual illusions. Benjamin Franklin once said, “Never confuse motion with action.” But if motion is not action, then ...

A Feb. 22 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) claims a form of navigation that relies on celestial objects such as the sun, moon and stars proves the Earth is flat and stationary. "The Ancients ...

THE AESTHETIC APPEAL of symmetry is obvious whether you are a child playing with a kaleidoscope or a Great Mogul emperor building the Taj Mahal as a monument to eternal love. That preference, as it ...

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In 350 BC, Aristotle reported seeing illusory movement after staring at a constantly moving stimulus. Later coined the "waterfall illusion," scientists are still investigating the properties of motion ...

Clouds move in response to the local winds. Although the air immediately around you may be still, the winds are far stronger thousands of metres higher up. That is why clouds are usually in motion, ...