Mice brains store backup copies of memories

Turns out that even the human brain might use redundancy when it comes to storage. New research out of the Riken-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics suggests that memories are stored in two places in the brain: the hippocampus for short-term and t...

Hot Science Summer: Sailing Spiders, Seahorse Tails and Mammoth DNA


Summer is here in many parts of the world. While most of us a thinking about a vacation, scientists amaze us with incredible research results published over the first days of July. As Science news...