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How does your brain create new memories? Neuroscientists discover ‘rules’ for how neurons encode new information
As you experience or encounter new things, your brain must encode this information via the right neural networks at the right time.
Sacred hares, banished winter witches and pagan worship – the roots of Easter Bunny traditions are ancient
The Conversation explores the origins of the long and interesting journey the Easter Bunny has taken from European prehistory to today.
FIFA's global soccer tournament to take America by storm this summer
(BPT) - Everyone's heard the FIFA World Cup 26™ is coming to Canada, Mexico and the United States in 2026, but this summer, sports fans in 11 cities across the United States will be able to …
Spokeo examined State Symbols USA and other resources to explore why state seals are significant and how they help us understand the U.S.
Detroit’s Black population grew sixfold from 1910 to 1920, and many businesses that sprouted to welcome the newcomers flourished.
BangTheBook highlights some of the Cinderella basketball teams that have gone on unexpected runs, beat big schools during March Madness, and made history.
(BPT) - Are you geared up for the mayhem and excitement March basketball games bring? Whether you're planning to host epic watch parties at home, manage your office pool or passionately cheer on your …
Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability, a new study pushes back.
In the 1950s, Harlem mother Mae Mallory fought a school system that she saw as ‘just as Jim Crow’ as the one she had attended in the South.
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Inaugural addresses that newly minted presidents have given over the past 250 years have aimed to do several key things, including unify the country and establish the speaker’s qualifications for the job.
The US now faces the likelihood of a bruising and raucous set of confirmation hearings − a clear break from the cooperative system the founders established.
The US government locked up nearly 126,000 Japanese Americans from 1942 to 1945, but never kept comprehensive records of all the people subjected to this unjustified incarceration.
Many of her male colleagues believed Pearl Young had an attitude problem based on her efforts to advocate for herself and her team.
Ancient fossil footprints are the first evidence of two different hominin species − Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei − living in the same place at the same time.