First New York Times health and medical editor Barbara Strauch showed us that, contrary to popular misconception, the grown-up brain works better than ever. Now Slate science writer Joshua Foer ...

Occasionally at the library we hear, “This is a reference librarian. She knows everything.” We, of course, blush modestly and deny any such super powers. At that point, the speaker might say, “Well, ...

Editor’s Note: Joshua Foer is a writer and the author of “Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything.” In 2005, he attended the USA Memory Championship as an observer.

Alexandrian scholars listed Simonides of Ceos as one of antiquity's nine lyric poets. He and his works are discussed in Plato's "Protagoras" and Mary Renault used him as the narrator of her novel of ...