Microplastics on the Mind, Superstrong Shrimp and Bird Flu Transmission

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
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