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Dean Burnett says the human brain is like a computer that files information in a way that defies logic. According to Burnett, brains can alter memory, cause motion sickness and affect intelligence.

It's a ritual of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community in India. An effort to get the government to outlaw the practice has sparked debate — and verbal attacks.

Some Justice Department veterans said they worry about the possibility of political interference in law enforcement decisions if Trump wins the White House.

Derek Thompson of The Atlantic writes that unlike past political cycles, current Republicans and Democrats speak with different sets of vocabulary, even as they discuss the same policy issues.

Illinois health insurance consumers are being urged to make their voices heard on insurance rate increases proposed for health plans sold in the state…

A batch of mosquitoes collected near Genoa has tested positive for West Nile Virus. This is the first time this year a DeKalb County Health Department…

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Pavel Felgenhauer, a columnist for Novaya Gazeta, about how the U.S. presidential election is being covered in Russia and how the Russian public views Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Russell Graham, a professor in Penn State's Department of Geosciences, joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson to discuss the new finding.

Illinois lawmakers' failure to pass a complete state budget means the state is missing out on roughly $31 million it could have earned through…

How much bang for their buck do citizens actually get out of their nation's total wealth?