Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demands the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
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A white-spotted jellyfish off the north coast of Haiti.
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Giant Asteroid May Wipe Out Life on Earth in 2880
Quote of the Day
"In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual". --Galileo Galilei
Song of the Day
Artist - Cocoa Tea
Album - I Lost My Sonia
Film of the Day
The Royal Tenenbaums
Director - Wes Anderson
Starring - Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Luke Wilson
Film of the Day
Director - Wes Anderson
Starring - Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Luke Wilson
Wiki of the Day
The hippocampus (named after its resemblance to the seahorse, from the Greek hippos meaning "horse" and kampos meaning "sea monster") is a major component of the brains of humans and other vertebrates. Humans and other mammals have two hippocampi, one in each side of the brain. It belongs to the limbic system and plays important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and spatial navigation. The hippocampus is located under the cerebral cortex;[1] and in primates it is located in the medial temporal lobe, underneath the cortical surface. It contains two main interlocking parts: Ammon's horn[2] and the dentate gyrus.
In Alzheimer's disease, the hippocampus is one of the first regions of the brain to suffer damage; memory loss and disorientation are included among the early symptoms. Damage to the hippocampus can also result from oxygen starvation (hypoxia), encephalitis, or medial temporal lobe epilepsy. People with extensive, bilateral hippocampal damage may experience anterograde amnesia—the inability to form or retain new memories.
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