Can you remember what you had for dinner last weekend? That ability is a function of episodic memory, and how well we can recall the time and place of specific events typically declines with age.

A study of two dozen common cuttlefish reveals they can recall specific details regardless of age. Richard via Flickr [CC BY-ND 2.0] Common cuttlefish retain sharp memories about recent meals, even in ...

During an event, details like what you saw, smelled, and felt aren't stored as a single memory. Rather, they are encoded and stored in your brain separately. To retrieve that memory, those pieces must ...

A study published inProceedings of the Royal Society Bhas revealed that common cuttlefish can pass a test of delayed gratification—a benchmark of cognitive ability typically applied to children, ...

A new study published this month outlined how cuttlefish can pass the "marshmallow test," a version of which was popularized in the viral TikTok patience snack challenge When it comes to food, ...

This story originally appeared on Ars Technica, a trusted source for technology news, tech policy analysis, reviews, and more. Ars is owned by WIRED’s parent company, Condé Nast. “Cuttlefish can ...

We named him Squirt—not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity to scoop him into a separate tank to study him was likely to get soaked.

Most people have encountered squid through their local seafood menu or field trip to an aquarium. Unlike octopuses, which are ...

In the famous ‘marshmallow test’, a child receives a marshmallow and a choice: eat it straight away, or wait 15 minutes and get a second one. Some children can delay gratification — and researchers ...