A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore whether cells record past experiences — fundamentally challenging what memory is ...

When cells are healthy, we don't expect them to suddenly change cell types. A skin cell on your hand won't naturally morph into a brain cell, and vice versa. That's thanks to epigenetic memory, which ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Changes in memory as you get older—frustrating as they might be—are completely normal. “It might become ...