What makes childhood summers last forever?

Ask Us Anything by Popular Science · Jun 10, 2026 · 17m

It's summer and the days are just packed, as PopSci Editor ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Durn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Editor-in-Chief ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Annie Colbert⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ dig deep through their memories to figure out why summers stretched seemingly forever as kids, but go by in a flash as adults.

Read the Popular Science story that inspired the episode: https://www.popsci.com/science/why-childhood-summers-felt-longer/

Learn all about cognitive offloading, the good and the bad:

https://www.popsci.com/health/how-documenting-everything-changes-your-brain-cognitive-offloading/

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