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Recently the oldest living conjoined twins and oldest female conjoined twins ever, Lori and George Schappell, have passed away in the US, Guinness World Records announced. Actually they were 62years 202 days old, nine years older than the second-oldest female conjoined twins ever recorded. In fact Lori and George had partially fused skulls, sharing vital blood vessels and 30 % of their brains. This is actually very sad news as from this incident we can know how much people struggle to survive and live life. Today people life has become very difficult as they have lots of stress and tension. But people can actually get inspiration from Lori and George Schappell as they struggle a lot in their life and fight till the end. Actually today people need to respect their life as it is the most...

Researchers are now considering that to learn something, it is more important than practice to forget the old thing i.e. to break the old neural connections. This is called "synaptic pruning". Let us know, how it works. Did you know that your brain  has also  a delete button? There's an old saying in neuroscience: "neurons that fire together wire together." This means that the more you activate a neuro-circuit in your brain, the stronger that circuit becomes. In simple words, “Practice makes perfect”. Scientists have known this for years but now researchers talk about the other aspect of it. To learn something, more important than practice is to forget the old thing i.e. to break the old neural connections. This is called "synaptic pruning". Let us know, how it works. H...