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To explore how the brain encodes memories, neurobiologists at the Scripps Research Institute created a new memory in a mouse, by mixing two separate experiences of its past. The experiment reveals just how malleable memory can be. The team, led by Mark Mayford, created a mouse with a specific gene that produces the protein …
We are big users of Eventbrite and this is good news…
It’s already pretty darn easy to sign up to attend an event on Eventbrite, but I have to admit that there are still times when I grumble about having to fill out a short form. That’s why Eventbrite is starting to roll out an …
On Friday, Sept. 14, the team at Vinted Goods was riding high. Their Kickstarter project for a line of vintage-style leather bags and accessories had doubled its original goal, Details magazine had dubbed them “Another Kickstarter Success”, and they were closing in on the deadline. Then, 10 hours before the project was due to …
We live in the information age. I once heard a well known marketer say that in any market (any niche) your in– knowing the history of that market or the niche is key to having success.
I agree with that, for example think about fashion. It runs in cycles. I think all markets tend to do …
By now, most of us have grown pretty used to hearing the word “theft” used to describe what happens when someone downloads a movie or a song that isn’t theirs, and certainly media and entertainment lobby groups make heavy use of such terms — as do people like News Corp. founder Rupert Murdoch when …
Really good concise post here:
Most of what we write our broad generalizations. No matter what I write or how universally applicable it might be, it never fails that someone writes to tell me that there is some exception to whatever it was that I’ve written. My Disclaimer for the Disruptive AgeSo here is my …
Here is some commentary…
Education is quickly moving online, but we haven’t seen all that many studies that actually look into the effectiveness of these new forms of online learning. The result, which even surprised von Ahn: it only takes a Duolingo user 34 hours to learn the equivalent of a first college semester’s worth …
These are mentioned in the article:
The new Picture Permit option, allowing marketing images to be added to the permit imprint indicia in the upper right-hand corner of mail pieces, can help boost the visual impact and effectiveness of direct mail, according to USPS.
The cost would be an extra 1 cent for first-class letters and cards, and 2 cents for …
Interesting article here.
The debate surrounding the cyber world’s impact on our cognitive processes is delivered from all sides in a finely constructed anthology.
Not since the advent of printing has an invention so altered the way we live as the internet has.
See full story on smh.com.au
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