The connectome is, in essence, the wiring diagram of the brain. It's a physical map of all the neurons in the brain – or indeed the whole nervous system – and synaptic connections between them.

A physical map of the genetic makeup of a mouse--the mouse genome--is 98 percent complete and is being released online by the journal Nature. Researchers at the Genome Sequencing Center at ...

Today, though, map-makers are proud to unveil a 21st-century digital chart that they hope will serve Benin for many years, helping to guide development and preserve its environment. "It's the ...