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  1. Neural Recall: Brain area may support fact and event memory

    A brain structure called the hippocampus may crucially influence memory for both factual information and personally experienced events.

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  2. Paleontology

    Fertile Ground: Snippets of DNA persist in soil for millennia

    Minuscule samples of sediment from New Zealand and Siberia have yielded bits of DNA from dozens of animals and plants, including the oldest DNA sequences yet found that can be traced to a specific organism.

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  3. Materials Science

    Between the Sheets: In reactors and nanotubes, errant atoms get a grip

    A new computer simulation predicts that neutron irradiation of graphite displaces atoms and bonds in unexpected ways.