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Today's featured article The mind is responsible for perception, thought, feeling, and action. The mind is that which thinks, feels, perceives, imagines, remembers, and wills, including both conscious and unconscious processes. Its exact nature is debated, like whether mental phenomena are internal activities of transforming information or dispositions to engage in observable behavior. The mind–body problem is the challenge of explaining the relation between matter and mind. According to physicalism, minds are not independent entities but certain aspects of material objects. The evolutionary history of the mind is tied to the development of brains, but it is controversial at which point minds emerged and which non-human animals possess minds. Similar theoretical challenges concern the possibility of artificial minds powered by computers. The main fields studying the mind include psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, and the philosophy of mind. Their methods range from empirical observation and neuroimaging to conceptual analysis and thought experiments. (Full article...) Recently featured: Lady Blue (TV series) Muhammad IV of Granada The Boat Race 2020 Selected anniversaries April 16 MV Sewol 1520 – A revolt of citizens in Toledo, Castile, opposed to the rule of the foreign-born Charles I began when the royal government attempted to unseat radical city councilors. 1862 – Slavery in Washington, D.C., ended when the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act became law. 1945 – Second World War: British and Canadian forces concluded the Liberation of Arnhem in the Netherlands from German occupation. 1948 – The Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, headquartered in Paris, was founded. 2014 – The ferry MV Sewol (pictured) capsized and sank off Donggeochado, South Korea, killing 306 people, mainly students from Danwon High School. Frederick I, Duke of Austria (d. 1198) Molly Brant (d. 1796) Ponnambalam Ramanathan (b. 1851) More anniversaries: April 15 April 16 April 17	In the news Mario Vargas Llosa Peruvian writer and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa (pictured) dies at the age of 89. A nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, kills 231 people. In basketball, the UConn Huskies win the NCAA Division I women's championship and the Florida Gators win the men's championship. In the National Hockey League, Alexander Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky's record for most goals scored. In horse racing, Nick Rockett, ridden by Patrick Mullins, wins the Grand National. Ongoing: Gaza war M23 campaign Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Roberto Cani Kim Shin-jo Mikal Mahdi Roberto De Simone Amara Essy Ray Shero Did you know... Seth Peterson Cottage ... that the Seth Peterson Cottage (pictured) was said to have "more architecture per square foot" than any of Frank Lloyd Wright's other designs? ... that Robert Van Damme played ice hockey professionally before pursuing a career in gay pornography? ... that a 2023 tornado damaged Selma, Alabama, known for civil-rights marches attended by Martin Luther King Jr., just eight days before MLK Day? ... that Pitty recorded Admirável Chip Novo with a band hastily assembled from Salvador musicians after rejecting Rio de Janeiro's session musicians because it felt "strange"? ... that Joseph Pearman played American football with F. Scott Fitzgerald at a preparatory school? ... that A Polish Book of Monsters features stories in which the line between monster and human is blurred, reflecting what the editor saw as a quintessentially Polish view of monstrosity? ... that an Indian restaurant chain has more than 800 combinations of kulfi flavours, toppings, and sauces? ... that some mill workers in a historic district in Virginia gave their ages as fourteen despite appearing much younger? ... that Yi chieftain Xiao Yedan and a Chinese Red Army military leader established an alliance by drinking chicken blood?
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