Good Friday just got better with our brain-fizzing Bank Holiday quiz

1) What’s the day after Good Friday called? 2) How many days after the crucifixion did Jesus rise? 3) What animal symbolises ...
The Stanford Daily

Research Roundup: Stanford researchers advance treatments for blindness, memory loss and respiratory disease

Stanford researchers have recently restored sight in blind patients with a retinal microchip, identified what drives ...
New Scientist

Unprecedented insight into memory champion's brain reveals his tricks

Nelson Dellis credits techniques like the method of loci for his extraordinary memory. Now, brain scans have revealed the ...

Miss Manners: My new last name looks like ‘a certain four-letter word’

Dear Miss Manners: My (newly married) last name looks an awful lot like a certain four-letter word. It’s rarely used in ...

Language processing requires rapid cross-talk across brain regions, researchers discover

Multiple regions of the brain engage in fast-moving conversations to understand language, UTHealth Houston researchers have ...

Cammie and Elizabeth McGovern Discuss Embracing New Creative Chapters (Exclusive)

In an exclusive conversation for PEOPLE, author Cammie McGovern spoke with her sister, actress Elizabeth, about creativity, ...
Traverse City Record-Eagle

On Language: My life with words

As I indicated in my last column, I have an intense interest in words, and that predilection has slowed me down reading the otherwise wonderful “The Good Wife of Bath” ...