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  1. Enzyme revives long-term memories

    Increasing levels of a natural substance in the brain helps rats remember old times.

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  2. Life

    Good gene type for cancer bad for stroke

    A DNA variant that helps prevent tumors may diminish the brain’s recovery after an interruption in blood supply.

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  3. Life

    Life

    Bats are savvy shoppers for insect snacks, plus heartless dinos and worm evolution in this week’s news.

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  4. Space

    Sun’s doldrums likely to last

    Despite a recent flare, solar physicists project low activity for up to a decade.

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  5. Life

    Hagfish may eat through their skin

    The odd dining habits of carrion-eating protovertebrates may be relevant to the evolutionary transition to land.