BYU students and a group of Girl Scouts make their way through a corn maze at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi on Sept. 25, 2012. Why do some people have some sense of direction? Experts say you can improve ...

Humans are really good at navigation. It’s how we managed — over eons — to migrate across the world’s great landmasses and oceans. It has enabled us to to find our way around areas as vast as space, ...

There's a not-so-sacred ritual I practice almost every time I drive somewhere. It happens before I put on my seat belt, check my mirror and turn on the engine. I type in the address of wherever I'm ...

Navigating a busy street, a new city, or even your own home requires more than just memory of landmarks. Deep inside your brain, specialized networks act like a compass, constantly recalibrating so ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American We all know people who say they have “no ...

Ever wondered why some people have no sense of direction? Why they start walking the wrong way, even when they’re looking at Google Maps on their phone? There is a growing body of scientific research ...

As I mentioned in the last post, I used to have a pathetic sense of direction. I couldn't find my way out of the proverbial paper bag. If I was driving and approached an intersection from an ...

Leaders often believe that more data leads to better decision making. However, organizations don’t act on raw data. In simple ...

It’s quite evident that Warren Blum has a talent for explaining things. And it’s a skill that certainly comes in handy: As a scuba instructor and ride-share driver, Blum routinely fields questions ...

A file image from 2014 shows an armed member of the military wing of Hamas deployed at a tunnel under Gaza City. When Israeli troops descend into the warren of tunnels built by Hamas under the Gaza ...

If you haven't heard of One Direction, you're probably over the age of 12 and without kids. You're probably also living someplace very remote, without Internet or TV, because the Simon-Cowell-created ...