A new study suggests that reading information and hearing yourself speak it aloud is a more effective memory technique than reading silently or listening to someone else read.

EDUCATION
In May 1924, hundreds of Klansmen descended on South Bend, Indiana expecting to hold a rally. What they got was a roving gang of college kids who beat them into pulp.
Fred Rogers remains an icon of kindness for the ages. An innovator of children’s television, his salt-of-the-earth demeanor and genuinely gentle nature taught a generation of kids the value of kindness.
One hundred European starlings released in Central Park in 1890 have turned into 200 million across the U.S. today. Now scientists are looking into their genetic diversity.
Diderot's Encyclopédie presented the knowledge of the Enlightenment in just 20 million words.