March 14th is “Pi Day,” a faux-holiday that is regrettably celebrated not with delicious fresh-baked pastries, but with feats of mental endurance. I speak, of course, of piphilology — the ancient and ...

Want to impress your (nerdy) friends by knowing the number pi to the hundredth decimal? Well, you’re in luck. No superhuman memorization ability is required for reciting huge chunks of pi. Some pi ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Invoking a memory palace involves picturing some structure or place in your mind, and linking items you want to remember with ...

In his head, Dan Knights is thinking "Russia overhears a Bostonian rebel marmoset rashly reply heavily." But he's saying: "468440901224953430146549585. " Knights, a University of Minnesota professor, ...

22 digits. The reason I remember this is because in 7th grade, my math teacher had a banner that circled the entire room with pi to a great many digits on it. Since I was bored a large portion of the ...

Researchers have not found structural differences in brains of people with superior memory In Daniel Tammet’s mind, three is a dotted green crescent moon shape, one is a sort of white sunburst and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...