New research suggests the human brain’s memory and learning peak at seven senses—the optimal number for cognition.

Scientists at Skoltech developed a new mathematical model of memory that explores how information is encoded and stored.

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"The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." William Butler Yeats wrote those words about Europe after the Great War, but they ring with terrible clarity this week ...

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Both are Apple’s most popular laptops, but the difference between the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air goes far beyond the names. If you’ve already decided that your next computer will be a MacBook, the ...

t the eastern edge of downtown Charlottesville—past the red-brick pedestrian mall with its bookstores and fudge shops and busking guitarists, beyond the incongruously modern amphitheater, just as the ...

Here's what you need to know about this versatile grape's multiple monikers. Vicki Denig is a wine and travel journalist who divides her time between New York and Paris. She is a certified wine ...

A dementia expert from Alzheimer's Research UK has revealed how to tell the difference between the common problem brain fog and the Alzheimer's disease.