Psychology says if devotional songs give you goosebumps and make you emotional, your brain may be responding to more than faithA devotional song can feel especially powerful because of its connection to autobiographical memory. Music is closely tied to personal expe...
When Poland found a second home in Kolhapur: During World War II, they survived Siberia, travelled through Iran and finally found safety 6,104 km awayWhen Poland found a second home in Kolhapur: A rosary and personal belongings of a Polish refugee are returning to Valivade, India, the set...
Quote of the day by German philosopher Walter Benjamin: “To articulate what is past does not mean to recognize ‘how it really was’...” — Life lessons from an inspiring quote on memory, crisis, perception, trauma, self-doubt, identity, resilience, and survival from history’s most visionary philosopherQuote of the day by Walter Benjamin suggests that remembering the past is an act of self-preservation rather than mere nostalgia. During ti...
Researchers trained 8 crows to use a vending machine, then removed the model they had been copying; 6 of 8 succeeded, suggesting crows can rely on memory aloneWild crows demonstrated remarkable memory by recreating tool sizes without visual cues. These birds operated a special vending machine, lea...
Psychology of past-life memories: 3-year-old kept saying he 'died' during 9/11 attack. When his story matched with a real victim, parents were left shockedA 3-year-old boy named Cade Wilson reportedly began talking about death, airplanes and working in a tall building where he could see the St...
Psychologists explain: Why people read their own old messages even years later but rarely admit doing soPeople often reread their own old messages years later, even when they have no real reason to. Psychology suggests the habit can be linked ...
Science says crows remember faces of people who wronged them, here’s what their brains reveal about animal intelligenceWhen a crow responds to a specific person years after a significant encounter, its behavior suggests that the bird may have retained a memo...
Micron's Taiwan unions threaten strike over bonus disputeThe two unions representing Micron workers in Taoyuan and Taichung said in a written response to Reuters that they had close to 10,000 me...
Taking a screenshot could make you forget what you wanted to remember, study of 892 people finds. The brain may be ‘offloading’ memoriesA new study of 892 people across seven experiments found that taking screenshots may make it harder to remember the information being captu...
Psychology says people who recognize friends by their footsteps may have highly tuned social memoryRecognizing a friend by the sound of their footsteps is a small example of a broader psychological ability: the brain can build detailed re...
SK hynix open to US investment, sees memory shortage through 2030SK hynix CEO Kwak Noh-jung said SK hynix was looking globally for potential sites that could support its development and testing needs, cit...
Quote of the Day by Mahmoud Darwish: ‘A place is not only a geographical area, it's also a state of mind and …’ - a powerful reflection on home, childhood, memory and identity, and why the places we leave behind can continue shaping who we are, from the Palestinian poet known for writing about exile and belongingMahmoud Darwish’s poetry delves into the intimate connections we maintain with places even after parting ways. It conveys that true home tr...
Psychology says people who read silently instead of out loud may store details differently in their brainsResearch in psychology suggests that reading information aloud can make certain details more memorable than reading them silently. Known as...
Psychology says people who use sticky notes instead of phone reminders may be using their surroundings to train their memoryA 2021 University of Tokyo study found that writing information on physical paper can produce stronger brain activity during memory recall ...
Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT sues Pentagon over 'Chinese military company' designationThe company was designated a Chinese military company by the US Defense Department under the Biden administration and was retained on the l...
In 1944, a whole village in France was destroyed in World War 2. Instead of rebuilding the haunting ghost village, the country has turned the ruins into a memorialA French village destroyed during a 1944 World War II massacre was deliberately never rebuilt. Instead, its ruined streets, homes and churc...
Can chimpanzees and apes remember friends after 25 years? Johns Hopkins University study reveals surprisingly human-like social memoryCan chimpanzees, apes and bonobos remember friends they have not seen for decades? A Johns Hopkins University surprising study in 2023 foun...