At NPSC we know that one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy is to learn new things. Unfortunately, with all of the information available to us, it can feel almost impossible to find the time to sift through the web to find the gems.

So, we’ve decided to do it for you! Every Friday, you can find five new articles or videos from the week that will stretch your mind, fuel your spirit, and feed your brain.

“ONE WILD RECORD YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW FOR ALL 30 MLB TEAMS” by David Schoenfield, espn.com

With no sports to cover, this writer researched an interesting record for each team all the way back to 1904!

“WHY SOME KIDS ARE HAPPIER RIGHT NOW, AND OTHER UNEXPECTED EFFECTS OF QUARANTINE” by Elissa Strauss, cnn.com

Although for many this is a time of high anxiety, some families are finding very different reactions from their children.

“IT’S WRONG TO USE TWO SPACES BETWEEN SENTENCES, MICROSOFT WORD SAYS” by Scottie Andrew, cnn.com

“Microsoft has made its typographical decree: Two spaces between sentences is too many.”

“RESEARCHERS UNCOVER NEW EVIDENCE THAT WARRIOR WOMEN INSPIRED LEGEND OF MULAN” by Katherine J. Wu, smithsonianmag.com

“Nearly 2,000 years ago, women who rode horseback and practiced archery may have roamed the steppes of Mongolia.”

“10 KINDS OF APPLES THAT WERE THOUGHT TO BE EXTINCT HAVE BEEN RECOVERED” by Lauren M. Johnson, cnn.com

“The Lost Apple Project hunts for apple varieties that have been labeled as extinct.”

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