The idea of a single precious object being passed from one person to another on a quixotic journey follows a plot device as old as fairy tales. In "A String of Pearls," currently at Artists Repertory ...

In a study, scientists challenge a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons -- the long, thin filaments radiating from nerve cells that transmit electrical signals from cell to cell ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare group of five dwarf galaxies located relatively close to Earth; these galaxies exist in a near-perfect alignment, resembling a string of cosmic pearls in the sky.