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Neurons that fire together sometimes wire together.

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 …

What state seals say about America and what they don't

Spokeo examined State Symbols USA and other resources to explore why state seals are significant and how they help us understand the U.S.

The flourishing Black business district in Detroit, Mich., photographed in 1942.

The story of the Great Migration often overlooks Black businesses that built Detroit

Detroit’s Black population grew sixfold from 1910 to 1920, and many businesses that sprouted to welcome the newcomers flourished.

Best March Madness Cinderella stories of all time

BangTheBook highlights some of the Cinderella basketball teams that have gone on unexpected runs, beat big schools during March Madness, and made history.

The tech you need to perfect your March brackets — and more

(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 …

The Sun's distance from Earth allows it to be habitable for life.

Evolving intelligent life took billions of years ? but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted

Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability, a new study pushes back.

School boycott picketers march across the Brooklyn Bridge to the Board of Education in 1964.

Fighting school segregation didn’t take place just in the South

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.