Reader\'s Digest Australia & New Zealand - June 2018

Some baboons have made themselves comfortable in an umbrella thorn, the symbol of the African savannah. This type of acacia tree ...

In their search for water and grass, these wildebeest are making the dangerous journey to the Masai Mara reserve in neighbouring ...

Fifteen-year-old Orianga poses proudly for the camera. His black clothes and face painted with white chalk signify that he recen ...

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Water, wires, ice and endless amounts of dirt – welcome to Mud Day. Founded in Paris in 2013, Mud Day has now spread to Spain, B ...

All in a Day’s Work HUMOUR ON THE JOB 86 | June• 2018 Happily Misheard CALLED TO ACCOUNT It’s tax time. Don’t try these excuses ...

June• 2018 | 87 magpielewintomyhouseand Ihavetostayintofeedit.” ■“Awaspinmycarcausedmeto have an accident, and my tax return, wh ...

88 | June• 2018 PSYCHOLOGY Thinkyoucantrustyour recollections? Think again. Scientists are uncovering the shockingly common phen ...

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90 | June• 2018 FALSE MEMORIES DNAtesting,saysfalsememoryplays aroleinmorethan70percentofthe wrongful convictions they overturn. ...

June• 2018 | 91 cell to another. Memories are formed when particular connections between these neurons are strengthened. False m ...

92 | June• 2018 committing a crime – theft, assault with a weapon and police contact and after three interviews using leading t ...

June• 2018 | 93 READER’S DIGEST What does the future hold for false-memory science? Developments in optogenetics, a technique th ...

94 | June• 2018 FALSE MEMORIES “Memoryisrightlyconsidered fundamentaltooursenseofwhowe are and many people instinctively feel it ...

June• 2018 | 95 Quotable Quotes Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of e ...

u •• 20220118 Lifelong FRIENDS BY BRYCE GRUBER The deepest, most committed friendships span time, continents and life experience ...

PHOTO: ISTOCK See the other person’s diferences as a way to balance your own personality “It helps that we both evolved and beca ...

98 | June• 2018 LIFELONG FRIENDS spread across seven cities, and we can still share everyday thoughts, bignewsandsillystoriesasi ...