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  "id": 11107916,
  "title": "The incredible science of memory manipulation – podcast",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/the-incredible-science-of-memory-manipulation-podcast",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-01T04:00:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Science",
    "slug": "guardian-science",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2026/oct/01/science-of-memory-manipulation-podcast"
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  "summary": "Madeleine Finlay hears from Steve Ramirez, an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University, whose book How to Change a Memory was shortlisted for this year’s Royal Society Trivedi science book prize. He explains how scientists have been able to locate memories in the brains of rodents, trigger them artificially and even remove them, and reveals what the practical…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}