Bjorks! A digestion quiz

How long does it take you to digest the meaning of the title of this study? “Intentional Forgetting Can Increase, Not Decrease, the Residual Influences of To-Be-Forgotten Information,” Robert A. Bjork and Elizabeth L. Bjork, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory,Cognition, vol. 29, 2003, pp. 524-31. Robert A. Bjork and Elizabeth L. Bjork preside over […]

Walker seeks ascention

Brian Walker had, and perhaps still has, plans to shoot himself nearly 20 miles into the air aboard a homemade rocket launched from what could be the world’s largest crossbow. So says a June 2006 report in Wired magazine. (Thanks to investigator Scott Langill for bringing the report to our attention.)