How to upgrade RAM on a laptop
Luke Larsen / Digital Trends Is your trusty laptop feeling a bit sluggish lately? Is it overwhelmed when too many tabs are open? Upgrading your RAM might just be the …
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Want to Store a Message in DNA? That’ll Be $1,000
DNA is nature’s original storage system. The molecule is made up of the chemical bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine—shortened to A, C, G, and T—which pair off to form …
‘Lord Of The Rings’ And ‘Game Of Thrones’ Fans Need To Read This Fantasy Trilogy ASAP
Memory, Sorry and Thorn Credit: DAW Books This week, I finished the third book in the very long, very epic fantasy series I’ve been reading for the past few months. …
Nearly Everyone With Mild Cognitive Impairment Goes Undiagnosed
Millions of people over the age of 65 likely have mild cognitive impairment, or MCI—minor problems with memory or decisionmaking that can, over time, turn into dementia. But a pair …
How Insect Brains Melt and Rewire During Metamorphosis
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. On warm summer nights, green lacewings flutter around bright lanterns in backyards and at campsites. The insects, with their veil-like …
A New Blood Test May Predict Your Alzheimer’s Risk. Should You Take It?
Typically, doctors look at several factors to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease: a patient’s medical history, cognitive and functional assessments, brain imaging scans, and spinal tap or blood tests. So a person …
Improve Your Memory With This Apple Pen Alternative, Only $36 for the Back-to-School Sale
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Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder—but Memorability May Be Universal
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Imagine spending a weekend afternoon with friends at an art museum: nodding with crossed arms, desperately searching for something insightful to say. The vast majority of paintings you stroll past …
One Shot of a Kidney Protein Gave Monkeys a Brain Boost
For that study, the team also engineered mice to have higher than normal levels of the protein—these mice performed better on maze tests than normal mice. In the current study, …
Old Memories Can Prime Brains to Make New Ones
The tiny foragers are also “remarkable learners” that can remember something after a single exposure to it, Crossley said. In the new study, the researchers peered deep into the snails’ …