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Practice Multiple Skills at a Time Instead of Focusing on One for Greater Results [Learning]

Wired’s Garth Sundem sat down with the Robert Bjork, director of UCLA’s Learning and Forgetting Lab, to discuss how you can best “[pack] things in your brain in a way that keeps them from leaking out”. …

Practice Multiple Skills at a Time Instead of Focusing on One for Greater Results [Learning]

Wired’s Garth Sundem sat down with the Robert Bjork, director of UCLA’s Learning and Forgetting Lab, to discuss how you can best “[pack] things in your brain in a way that keeps them from leaking out”. …

Everybody Takes a Smoke Break in This Week’s Open Thread [Open Thread]

It’s Friday. It’s the open thread. You know what to do. More »

Use Your Hand to Estimate Your Portions [Diet]

When you’re staring down the barrel of a new diet, your portions are one of the most difficult things to measure and keep track of. Your kitchen scale may be great in the comfort of your home, but it’s…

Use Your Hand to Estimate Your Portions [Diet]

When you’re staring down the barrel of a new diet, your portions are one of the most difficult things to measure and keep track of. Your kitchen scale may be great in the comfort of your home, but it’s…