Infographics

Decades of research and speculative fiction have led to today's computerized assistants such as Apple's Siri.

Map shows notable features and facts about Antarctica.

"Kilobots" are tiny robots that self-assemble into target shapes.

Results of a study of aspirin use and deaths from cancer and other diseases.

African elephants bested rats, a former olfactory record-holder, among selected placental mammals.

Nikola Tesla, genius inventor, and Thomas Edison, expert businessman.

How Tesla coils generate high-voltage electrical fields.

Methods including three-parent embryos and womb transplants could revolutionize childbearing.

Desertion has never been higher since 1971, when more than 33,000 soldiers deserted.

Warmer water changes weather patterns, bringing floods and droughts across the globe.

The numbers of earthquakes recorded at various magnitudes.

Researchers say that soon it will be possible to smash photons together to create matter in the laboratory.

Of 536 cases reported since 2012, 145 have died.

While most surveyed expected benefits to the majority of the public, many expressed concerns for privacy and unintended consequences.

The U.S. National Climate Assessment shows that summers are getting hotter, heat waves are lasting longer, and weather is getting more extreme.

Unmanned aerial vehicles have been increasingly popular in recent years.

The prostate in relation to the male anatomy.

Humans are just the latest in a long line of hominid species that have emerged in the past six million years.

Studies of brain scans of pot smokers found that the density of brain matter was increased in the pleasure centers of the brain.

Unmanned submersible uses sonar to scan the ocean floor and return a 3D map to the surface.