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Ask a Neuroscientist: How and where are memories stored?

Ask a Neuroscientist: How and where are memories stored?

This is the second in an occasional series called 'Ask a Neuroscientist.' Dan in Columbia Heights wants to know more about how brains store memories.
by Tom Weber

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The Week in Commentary

The Week in Commentary

A sampling of last week's commentaries, as well as some of the comments we received in response.

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Wayzata HS student takes stem cell research to national competition

A Minnesota teen joins the Intel Science Talent Search competition for his research on a type of stem cell that could help replace and regenerate muscle lost by people suffering from muscular dystrophy.
by Tom Crann

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Apple lets movies into iCloud, upgrades Apple TV

Apple is making it easier for people who buy movies through iTunes to play them on the various devices they own.

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Solar storm headed toward Earth may disrupt power

Solar storm headed toward Earth may disrupt power

The largest solar storm in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights.
by Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

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Faces of 2 Civil War era sailors reconstructed

Faces of 2 Civil War era sailors reconstructed

When the turret of the USS Monitor was raised from the ocean bottom in 2002, two skeletons and the tattered remnants of their uniforms were discovered in the rusted hulk of the Union Civil War ironclad, mute and nameless witnesses to the cost of war. Now, thanks to forensic reconstruction, the two have faces.

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Google's new privacy policy goes into effect Thursday

Google's new privacy policy goes into effect Thursday

What's different and how does it affect you?

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Bright Ideas with Bruce Schneier

Bright Ideas with Bruce Schneier

Stephen Smith spoke with security expert Bruce Schneier about the importance of security in maintaining a flourishing society.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson: America needs NASA

Neil deGrasse Tyson: America needs NASA

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist who makes us all think we understand the universe a little better. He'll discuss his latest book "Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier."

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Brian Cox's 'Quantum Universe'

Brian Cox's 'Quantum Universe'

Brian Cox has gone from concert halls to the laboratory, and now the British physicist is working on the world's largest particle collider. His new book is "The Quantum Universe".

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