{
  "id": 17872502,
  "title": "No neuralyzer needed: The molecular pathways and circuit that trigger forgetting in C. elegans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/no-neuralyzer-needed-the-molecular-pathways-and-circuit-that-trigger",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-02T22:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-neuralyzer-molecular-pathways-circuit-trigger.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In the 1997 film \"Men in Black,\" one of the prominent pieces of alien technology the main characters use in their work to police extraterrestrial activity on Earth was the neuralyzer. This flashy handheld device would erase the witnesses' memories of their close encounter. For as long as human inquiry has existed, people have tried to understand how and why we remember and forget. As we have…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}