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Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez has found ways to plant memories in mice. Here's what that could mean for humans.

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Google Research on November 7, 2025, introduced a new machine learning paradigm called Nested Learning, designed to solve catastrophic forgetting in AI models. This long-standing problem causes models ...

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Ramirez is an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University. When philosophers imagined the ship of Theseus, they asked: Can a vessel that has all its planks replaced ...

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The more we move, the more our muscle cells begin to make a memory of that exercise. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you ...