{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6686f27f9bf81dc06a87e824/6a957449cbb53913970876e6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"309 - What is life and what is memory?","description":"<p>On today’s episode: Life’s Last Universal Common Ancestor might not have been fully alive. Scientists wiped the memory of a bunch of lab mice… and they weren’t even EVIL scientists! All that and more today on All Around Science...</p><p><br></p><p>RESOURCES</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lifes-last-universal-common-ancestor-may-predate-life-itself/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Life’s ‘last universal common ancestor’ may predate life itself | Scientific American</a></li><li><a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/memories-stick-around-even-after-half-the-synapses-are-gone/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses | Ars Technica</strong></a></li><li><a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/memories-stick-around-even-after-half-the-synapses-are-gone/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Memories stick around even after half the synapses are gone | Ars Technica</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/what-happens-to-memories-when-half-the-brains-synapses-disappear-415698\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">What Happens to Memories When Half the Brain's Synapses Disappear? | Technology Networks</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>CREDITS:</p><p>Writing - Bobby Frankenberger &amp; Maura Armstrong</p><p>Booking - September McCrady&nbsp;</p><p>THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen</p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL</u></a></p><p><a href=\"http://andrewallenmusic.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>http://andrewallenmusic.com</u></a></p>","author_name":"All Around Science"}