Did you know you can customize Google to filter out garbage? Take these steps for better search results, including adding Lifehacker as a preferred source for tech news. It seems like common sense ...

Did you know that within one hour, a person forgets nearly half of what they learn? And that within 24 hours, almost two-thirds of previously learned information is forgotten? Hermann Ebbinghaus was ...

Hermann Ebbinghaus isn’t exactly a household name. But it should be. Ebbinghaus’s research explains why “out of sight, out of mind” is a truism. He did pioneering research in the field of memory in ...

Research shows we tend to forget most of what we learn or experience within 24 hours of encountering it. In fact, almost 50% of the knowledge we take in vaporizes within the first 20 minutes of ...

Forgetting things is a blessing, believe it or not. For proof, imagine a world where every detail you ever came across was etched indelibly in your mind. Every conversation you regret, every rejection ...