Learn about traditional games played during Makar Sankranti across India and why many are slowly disappearing.

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A large-scale international study found that creative activities such as music, dance, painting and even certain video games may help keep the brain biologically "younger." Researchers from 13 ...

People fly kites during the 42nd International Kite Festival in Anqiu, Weifang, Shandong province, on April 19. XU SUHUI/XINHUA JINAN — A golden dragon twists through the blue sky, a rainbow phoenix ...

Paranormal Activity, one of the most recognizable franchises in modern horror, is about to do something none of the others have ever done. It’s coming off the screen and into your reality as part of a ...

Kite designed at Active Minds kite-making event. Photo by Davis Kinch. The semester has flown by and is nearing its end. As spring registration approaches and final exams rear their ugly heads, it’s ...

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You’ve been so stressed lately. You need to get out of your head and into your body—so why not try ceramics? This Klutz book comes with some quick-dry clay and instructions on how to make a shitty ...

Held on the beach at the D River State Recreation Site along Highway 101, the annual Lincoln City Fall Kite Festival is a longstanding family vacation tradition. The event, scheduled for Sept. 19-21, ...

A new study recorded brain activity from 621,733 neurons in 139 mice as they made decisions, building the first activity map of a mammal’s entire brain at single-cell resolution. The team saw where ...

Mice moving tiny steering wheels to control shapes on a screen have given scientists an unprecedented view of how decisions unfold across the brain. For the first time, researchers have mapped ...