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Secret to lifelong memories sticking is molecular 'glue'
A new study has uncovered the role that a specific molecule in the brain plays in maintaining long-term memory.
Mystery 'random event' killed off Earth's last woolly mammoths...
Woolly mammoths survived on Wrangel Island for 6,000 years after their mainland cousins had perished. A new genomic study has revealed...
Ancient Egyptian 'office workers' had terrible posture...
The development of osteoarthritis was more common among scribes than their ancient Egyptian peers, a study finds.
Milky Way's black hole 'exhaust vent' discovered in eerie...
A gargantuan "exhaust vent" may be channeling hot gas away from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole at millions of miles per hour...
Neutron star collisions could briefly trap a bunch of cosmic...
New research suggests that colliding neutron stars can briefly "trap" ghostly particles called neutrinos, which could reveal new secrets...
'Exceptional' discovery reveals more than 30 ancient Egyptian...
The more than 30 tombs include family burials, including of children buried with their parents, in a hillside in Aswan, Egypt.
Florida family files claim with NASA after ISS space junk...
A falling piece of space junk from the ISS crashed through two floors of a Florida family's house in March. The family has now asked...
Butterflies cross Atlantic ocean on 2,600-mile non-stop...
Painted lady butterflies discovered in French Guiana — thousands of miles from their usual habitats — got there through a Herculean...
