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Stumped for a fact and Google isn’t helping you find it? You can ask the reference librarians at the New York Public Library (nypl.org/ask-nypl), who are available to provide you with answers in minutes over the phone, via text message or through a live chatroom they staff 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Is stress or fatigue making it hard to focus and recall details? The amino acid l-theanine in green tea clears the fog and resharpens your brain. “It stimulates the [more…]
When researchers from the University of Oxford gave a battery of cognitive tests to over 2,000 older adults, they found that those who habitually consumed these three foodstuffs throughout their life had better scores than those who skipped them. The link? They all contain powerful flavonoids that slow brain aging and ward off dementia, the researchers report in the Journal of Nutrition.
So can a drum set, violin, voice lessons or anything else that encourages them to be musical. A recent Harris Poll reveals that students involved in music—regardless of whether it’s a school group or a garage band—are more likely to go to college and post-graduate school. They’re also about 10% more likely to earn $150,000 or more [more…]
Think kids who are gifted readers are simply born with genes that make them that way? A new study of 314 twins in kindegarten and first grade reveals that environmental factors—such as how much kids are read to, [more…]
Are you the type of person who thinks you’ll become forgetful as you get older or that your memory will be just as good years from now as it is today? Careful: Your [more…]
Have you signed up for a knitting class? Heading to a seminar to learn how to start a small business? Being trained at a new job? Learning will be easier when you get plenty of rest beforehand. [more…]
It’s not just your child’s body that benefits from all those vitamins and minerals. A 12-week study in the British Journal of Nutrition reveals that children who take a daily multivitamin have better attention spans than kids who don’t take one. Even more surprising: Attention spans began to improve just three hours after the first dose.
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Need to remember a long list of to-dos, grocery items or other details? Group words or phrases by the same first letter and you’ll remember them in a snap, according to a recent study published in the journal Psychological Science. For example, an easy-to-remember to-do list might be: “walk dog, work out, wind up at the grocery store.” “Words that start with the same letter activate your memory by cuing the item that comes next, making it easier to recall long lists and lots of facts. It’s why so many children’s poems use this technique,” explains study co-author David N. Rapp, Ph.D.
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Someone smart you admire, like a teacher, scientist or entrepreneur. Strange as it sounds, we actually take on the traits of the people we write about! The proof: In one study conducted at the University of Nijmegen [more…]
If you’re traveling for the holidays, you better listen up! A recent Ross State University study confirms what you already suspected: roadside bathrooms are full of bacteria. In fact, scientists reported finding staph, E. coli and even potentially life-threatening MRSA on toilet handles, dryer buttons and sinks. And washing your hands isn’t enough [more…]
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