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Some people use echolocation to get around. Here’s how it works

Many blind people navigate the world using a cane, guide dog or wearable GPS. But some have something more in their toolkit: echolocation. That’s the ability to sense nearby objects…

These 12,000-year-old Native American dice are the oldest in the world

Ancient cultures across the globe have been playing games of chance — using dice — far, far longer than historians had ever realized, a new study finds. Researchers turned up…

Scientists Say: Superbloom

Superbloom (noun, SOO-per-bloom) Superblooms are massive blooms of desert wildflowers. There isn’t an exact number of flowers required to make something a superbloom. But the word usually describes an above-average…