Today we discuss how using gas stoves has caused a huge uptick in childhood asthma, how motor memory is developed while we sleep, and how scientists are working to save the larvae of coral reefs!
Gasthma
- “Population Attributable Fraction of Gas Stoves and Childhood Asthma in the United States” by Talor Gruenwald et al.
- https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/1/75
- “Gas stove pollution causes 12.7% of childhood asthma, study finds” by Maxine Joselow and Vanessa Montalbano
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/06/gas-stove-pollution-causes-127-childhood-asthma-study-finds/
Sleep Memory
- “During sleep, brain regions synchronize to create motor memory” by UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - SAN FRANCISCO
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/974905
- “Cortical–hippocampal coupling during manifold exploration in motor cortex” by Jaekyung Kim et al.
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05533-z
Frozen Reefs
- “Scientists freeze Great Barrier Reef coral in world-first trial” By Jill Gralow
- https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/scientists-freeze-great-barrier-reef-coral-world-first-trial-2022-12-19/
- “Scientists pioneer ‘game-changing’ freezing technique that could save the Great Barrier Reef’s coral” by Charlotte Elton
- https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/12/19/scientists-pioneer-game-changing-freezing-technique-that-could-save-the-great-barrier-reef
- “Scientists Freeze Great Barrier Reef Coral” by GKToday
- https://www.gktoday.in/topic/scientists-freeze-great-barrier-reef-coral/
- “What is coral bleaching?” by National Ocean Service
- https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral_bleach.html
- “SCIENTISTS HAVE MADE A HUGE BREAKTHROUGH IN CRYOGENICS” by June Javelosa
- https://futurism.com/neoscope/4-scientists-have-found-a-way-to-rapidly-thaw-cryopreserved-tissue-without-damage
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