Without time, there would be no need for a memory. But without a memory, would there be such a thing as time? I don’t mean time in the sense that, say, physicists speak of it: the fourth dimension, ...

ST. LOUIS - Forgot where you put your keys? Can't recall an acquaintance's name? Have no idea why you're standing in front of the refrigerator? Don't worry. Joshua Foer, a skeptical reporter, ...

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 ...