Eighth-grade students read passages that described three dichotomized attributes of eight North American minerals. One-third of the students were given instruction in the use of mnemonic techniques, ...

As the silly phrase “kings play chess on funny green squares” (or whichever variant you may have learned in biology class for the biological classification of organisms) illustrates, mnemonics are ...

Anyone can improve their memory using a proven scientific method the ancient Greeks and Romans developed. The idea is to create a "memory palace." A group of researchers says training daily using an ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

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Every Good Boy Does Fine? Not in this economy, bub. As xkcd properly points out, we’re overdue for some new science mnemonics. Preferably ones involving sharks and orgasms. Like these: Click to biggie ...

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