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America is certainly a beautiful place, but this lovely country has a dark side. From secret mountain ghost towns to haunted houses hiding in plain sight, each of these spooky road trips will horrify you in the best way possible. Get ready for some serious goosebumps as you check out these terrifying road trips from all across America. Utah Grant Montgomery/flickr Google Maps This road trip will have you 100 percent creeped out by the end....

Implicit Memory By: Katy McLaughlin, Ph.D. Last Updated: June 13, 2020 Implicit memory, sometimes referred to as unconscious memory, automatic memory, or non-declarative memory, is one of the two categories of long-term memory in humans. The other is called explicit memory, also known as declarative memory. Whereas explicit memory is the conscious memory of specific facts, events, and personal experiences, implicit memory is related to unconscious memories, such as the ability to perform actions automatically, make connections, and respond to stimuli....

DC Studios head James Gunn has elaborated a bit more on how video games will fit into its new cinematic universe. Superhero games have dramatically evolved over the last 20 years or so. In the early 2000s, a lot of the biggest ones were tie-ins with the various superhero movies that were coming out at a rapid rate. That’s how we got classics like Spider-Man 2 and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. However, some developers figured out how to crack the code and make some really prestigious standalone games like the Batman Arkham series and later, Marvel’s Spider-Man....

Tom Hiddleston had some kind words for Chris Hemsworth at the 2022 AACTA Awards. The Thor: Love and Thunder star was accepting the Trailblazer Award, and who better to help bestow the honor than his on-screen brother. Recently, after Hemsworth’s health was reported on after he discovered he had genes that would make him more likely to have Alzheimers at some point, fans began to rally around the Marvel star. His charming demeanor and healthy perspective on work/life balance don’t hurt either....

Over the last two decades, Wario and Waluigi have become staples of the Super Mario family. The duo are basically villainous versions of Mario and Luigi, and fans have been wondering for years if Nintendo will ever make similar variants of Nintendo characters. According to a newly unearthed interview with Shugo Takahashi, that was very nearly the case! Speaking with Nintendo Dream back in 2008, Takahashi revealed that the team at Camelot pitched Shigeru Miyamoto the idea of making a “Walupeach” character....

While its first season finale is still to air on Thursday, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has already wrapped filming on its second season. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds began production on its second season in February, with shooting underway when news broke that Paul Wesley was cast James T. Kirk, famously the lead of the original Star Trek series, in the coming season. Filming has now wrapped on the series’ sophomore outing....

Sometimes in life it is better to keep things short and sweet. This phenomenal hike to Exit Glacier in the Kenai Fjords National Park offers the perfect combination of epic beauty, easy accessibility and world-renowned vistas. There is absolutely no denying that this just might be the most beautiful hike in all of Alaska. Best of all; it’s so convenient that just about anyone can do it! Courtney Stanley From Alaska’s largest city of Anchorage, head south on the Seward Highway....

Types of Ecological Niches By: BD Editors Last Updated: January 23, 2018 An ecological niche describes how a species lives and interacts with other organisms in a habitat. It can be thought of as the role or job that a species has in nature. There are as many ecological niches on Earth as there are organisms. One example is the niche of the bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus. They feed mostly on fish that live in shallow waters as well as rabbits, ground squirrels, raccoons and young deer....

One of the many reasons that so many people fall in love with New York is because of our unbelievable mountain ranges. While there’s nothing quite like the epic mountains that you’ll find up north in the Adirondacks, the Catskill region is home to some highly underrated trails that are worthy of your adventurous bucket list. If the insane Lemon Squeeze hike that I’ve previously written about wasn’t quite your cup of tea, there’s one mountain right in the town of Woodstock that may be a better fit for you!...

If you like stories about things that go bump in the night, you’re living in the right state. Massachusetts is lousy with ghost stories, and some of them are backed up by actual historical events or verifiable facts. We’ll leave believing in ghosts up to you, but you can’t argue that the stories below are enough to give you a serious case of the goosebumps. The Hull Mystery Buggy Flickr/IM_1251 In March of 1902, a mysterious vehicle rolled through the streets of Hull at midnight....

Boston isn’t just where the American Revolution began. It’s also the place where several of your favorite dishes were invented… and perfected. Admittedly, that achievement doesn’t compare to the struggle for independence, but investigating our city’s most iconic dishes, such as Boston baked beans and Indian pudding, does take you back to the early days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. So eating your way across Boston counts as an educational endeavor… right?...

Autumn in South Carolina means it’s festival season and we couldn’t be happier! Who doesn’t love an afternoon or a weekend of food, fellowship and fun with friends and family all gathered in a lively atmosphere with lots going on? There are so many festivals in the fall in the Palmetto State that we plucked 13 of the most unique events from the plethora of great happenings and have listed them here....

Minneapolis and Saint Paul are serving up some of the best food in the country. If you have trouble narrowing down what to eat and what best exemplifies the Twin Cities, here are the 18 dishes you have to eat in Minneapolis and Saint Paul before you die: A Juicy Lucy at Matt’s Bar (Minneapolis) Yelp/Chelsea W Anyone who knows anything about food in Minneapolis knows that Matt’s Bar claims to have made the first ever Juicy Lucy: a cheeseburger made with two patties melded together with a glob of molten cheese in the center....

If there’s one thing we Nebraskans love more than a good party, it’s good food. And when we can have them both together, well, that’s just a win for everyone. We’ve got all sorts of festivals happening all year around the state, and darn near all of them have something to do with food. We can’t list them all, but we’ve put together a solid list to get you started on Nebraska’s many food-related festivals....

Angela Bassett gave Keke Palmer’s impression of her the ultimate co-sign. The NOPE actress uncorked the mimicry during a promo for SNL. But, things got even more surreal when Vanity Fair paired the two up for an interview. The Black Panther star didn’t even mince words when the time to address it came. “I’ve seen you online imitating me,” Bassett chuckled. “You do a great job.” It’s a hysterical moment that’s made funnier by the fact the duo has worked together on Akeelah and the Bee back in 2006....

When it comes to the latest entry in AMC’s Immortal Universe, Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches, the series takes viewers deeper into the late author’s universe this time not with vampires, but into a world of magic and complicated family as we follow the story of the Mayfairs and their generations-long entanglement with the mysterious and sinister entity, Lasher. Set in the vibrant city of New Orleans, it’s a rich story with dark magical elements and mystery spanning both the past and the present....

Dynamic Equilibrium By: BD Editors Last Updated: October 4, 2019 Dynamic Equilibrium Definition A system in dynamic equilibrium will have small changes that sum together to produce no net change. Many biological systems are in dynamic equilibrium, from the water inside a cell, to the dynamic equilibrium experienced by populations of predators and prey. Dynamic equilibrium is different from a static equilibrium, in which the parts do not move once they’ve reached equilibrium....

Knob Noster State Park is a 3,934-acre public recreation area in Johnson County. Like the nearby town, it is named for one of two small hills or “knobs” that rise up in an otherwise flat section of Missouri. Together with “noster,” which is Latin for “our,” the name Knob Noster translates as “our hill.” When the park was created in the 1930s it was called the Montserrat National Recreational Demonstration Area....

The Pokemon Company has released three new images tied to Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, this time showing the silhouette of a brand new Pokemon. After releasing a cryptic tease yesterday, The Pokemon Company released a set of three more images of painted trees, this time showing the shadow of a diminutive mammal-like creature with a large tail. According to The Pokemon Company’s official tweet, the new Pokemon is called Grafaiai. More information about the creature, such as a better look at the new Pokemon, will be revealed in the coming days....

Taxonomy By: BD Editors Last Updated: April 28, 2017 Taxonomy Definition Taxonomy is the branch of biology that classifies all living things. It was developed by the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus, who lived during the 18th Century, and his system of classification is still used today. Linnaeus invented binomial nomenclature, the system of giving each type of organism a genus and species name. He also developed a classification system called the taxonomic hierarchy, which today has eight ranks from general to specific: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species....