Scientists have discovered that not only can the planarian worm regrow its head if its cut off, the regenerated brain contains the same memories that were stored in the decapitated one. Researchers ...

The statement that "human-level artificial intelligence is the last invention mankind need ever make" has been much bandied about of late. It implies that once we have invented something as smart as ...

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered the gene that enables an extraordinary worm to regenerate its own body parts after amputation — including a whole head and brain. Their ...

Experiments in space have given researchers insights into how regeneration works and how space flight could affect human biology, and it starts with the planarian worm. Planaria are flat worms that ...

The statement that "human-level artificial intelligence is the last invention mankind need ever make" has been much bandied about of late. It implies that once we have invented something as smart as ...

When a planarian loses its eyes, cellular guides connect new ones to its brain so it can see again. By Veronique Greenwood Planarians have unusual talents, to say the least. If you slice one of the ...

Planarian worms can regenerate body parts - including a whole head and brain - with the help of a gene called 'Smed-prep', which is essential for correctly regrowing body parts. LONDON: Scientists ...

MR. MORISON'S discovery of the interesting planarian worm (Rhynchodemus Scharffi) in a garden at Chiswick, as described in Prof. Dendy's letter in NATURE of May 5 (p. 298), shows that this species has ...

ONE of my students, Mr. G. D. Morison, has brought me a very interesting Planarian worm which he found this morning under rotten wood in a coal-shed in a garden at Chiswick. This is the fourth ...