Boost your brain

This Popular Science article tells how to increase your brain power. A lot of it is specific to science, but there's enough general information to make it a worthwhile read. (Warning: Taking the scientific assessment on page 2 could be damaging to your self-image. I scraped by with 4 correct out of 13 and consider myself lucky.)

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