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Why We Forget Things, According to Neuroscience | Time
By Corinne Purtill, April 28, 2022 7:00 AM EDT A baby zebrafish is just half the size of a pea. A recent look inside its transparent brain, however, offers clues to the far bigger mystery of how we remember—and how we forget. In an experiment that yielded insights into memory and the brain, a team…
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The Myth of the Golden Years – The Atlantic
Whether economic times are good or bad, the lament for the old days of factories and mills never changes. By Tom Nichols, August 4, 2021 “You’ll want to read this,” my wife said, handing me the Sunday Boston Globe. The cover story that week in late September 2020 was about a 62-year-old woman who had…
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Readers Share Their Most Cherished Library Memories
By lsimon on February 2, 2021 We love hearing people’s favorite memories about using the library, so we’ve asked our readers and the American Library Association’s social media followers to share their experiences with us. Here are a few highlights: “My best memory of the library was when my twin boys found the nonfiction section.…
