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Scientists discover the brain cells that keep you motivated

A group of brain cells called orexin neurons appears to help us keep working when reaching a reward becomes increasingly difficult. Blocking their activity weakened motivation in rats, pointing to a possible new target for understanding why people sometimes struggle to sustain

Venus's polygonal plains could point to a watery past

Venus may be overwhelmingly inhospitable today, but many planetary scientists believe that it wasn't always this way. Billions of years ago, some observational evidence suggested that our planetary neighbor may have looked far more like Earth, complete with oceans potentially

What did the Reflecting Pool grand jury hear?

The dropped Reflecting Pool prosecution has elevated the role of the grand jury tasked with deciding behind closed doors whether U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro had sufficient evidence to bring charges in the politically sensitive case. Pirro says the grand jury — and prosecutors —

Make American history national again

Today, America’s story has been replaced by a new and controversial approach, one defined by post-modern theories that see history as an oppressive power struggle and so a tool to foster change.