Axolotl cells can remember where they belong in the body, and under the right conditions, this positional memory can be rewritten.

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Australian researchers are turning to nature for the next computing revolution, harnessing living cells and biological ...

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When Victoria Glynn came to Panama to study the effects of extreme ocean temperatures on coral reefs at the Smithsonian ...

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