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Microplastics on the Mind, Superstrong Shrimp and Bird Flu Transmission
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A subtype of H5N1 bird flu that has been found in cattle for the first time suggests that the virus jumped from birds to the animals twice. A headline-making study estimates that we have a spoon’s worth of microplastics in our brain. Streams of rock from a cosmic impact created the moon’s two deep canyons, Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck. A large study shows that people feel their best in the morning and their worst at midnight. Bonobos can tell when humans don’t know something—and try to help us.
Recommended reading:
The U.S. Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans
Bonobos Can Tell When a Human Doesn’t Know Something
Is Snoozing the Alarm Good or Bad for Your Health?
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