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ALEX SPEAKS WITH PHIL HILTS, AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "MEMORY'S GHOST: THE STRANGE TALE OF MR. M AND THE NATURE OF MEMORY," PUBLISHED BY SIMON AND SCHUSTER. HENRY M IS A PATIENT OF A NEUROLOGICAL EXPERIMENT, PERFORMED IN THE 1950'S, FROM WHOM MODERN SCIENCE HAS LEARNED MUCH ABOUT MEMORY.

The Immigration and Naturalization Service has announced it has arrested 15 suspected migrant smugglers since a new program was implemented several weeks ago to capture people who smuggle illegal immigrants into the country. Mark Moran of member station KJZZ reports.

Noah talks to Witold Rybczynski, the author of One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw. His book traces the screwdriver to medieval times, and highlights the contributions of inventors who have improved upon the tool, and the tools for making screws.

An article in today's issue of Nature magazine suggests a large single cell organism is capable of solving a labyrinth, finding the shortest distance between it's entry and exit points. Slime Mould experts say this is far from remarkable.

For a respected physicist to suggest that it's possible for something to travel faster than light, is rather like a geologist declaring that the earth is flat. But as NPR's David Kestenbaum reports, tomorrows issue of the prestigious journal Nature contains a paper that claims exactly that.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports on a toxic oil spill that has poisoned a river in southwest Brazil, threatening wildlife and potentially ruining one of Brazil's most famous natural wonders, the Iguazu Falls.

bye Dolly - The sheep cloning project in Scotland that has gained international attention this past week has had its funding slashed. Professor Grahame Bulfield, Director of the Roslin Institute tells Korva Coleman, however, he believes it has nothing to do with the nature of the research.

NPR's Wendy Schmelzer reports that researchers have isolated the gene that causes Werner's syndrome, an unusual disorder that causes young adults to age prematurely. In addition to helping researchers understand more about that disease, the finding may provide clues to the natural aging process.

Ann-Elise Henzl of member station WUWM in Milwaukee eports on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which equires museums to return artifacts to tribes. Enacting the law is proving ifficult for both tribal members and natural history museums.

The Immigration and Naturalization Service has granted asylum to a severely disabled boy from Pakistan on grounds he would face persecution because of his autism if he returned home. NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports that some say this Chicago case will not ease asylum claims for other disabled people.