If you’re trying to remember something, start by shutting your eyes. Researchers found that asking people to close their eyes while trying to recall events could boost memory. The technique had special benefits in crime investigations when an interviewer asked a witness to remember details of an incident. Source Link
Your kids have a request -- please keep reading to them. About two-thirds of parents read with their children but many stop before age 9. A survey found that older children still want to read with parents to listen to harder books and hear voices their parents would use for the characters. Source Link
Just about any DIY’er will appreciate one of these handy gifts. Give them a flexible, extendable miniature flashlight, a magnetic wristband to hold screws or drill bits, or work gloves that let you use a touchscreen. And a digital tape measure goes the distance conveniently using laser light. Source Link
