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Brain fun for curious people.

    Quercetin May Cause Red Wine Headaches | Worsening Wildfires Are Undoing Air Quality Progress

    Quercetin May Cause Red Wine Headaches | Worsening Wildfires Are Undoing Air Quality Progress

    A new theory pins the throbbing pain of a red wine headache on quercetin, an antioxidant in grape skins. Plus, wildfires in the Western US have not only lowered air quality, but led to increased deaths between 2000 and 2020.

    • 25 min
    Speaking Multiple Languages Changes The Way You Think

    Speaking Multiple Languages Changes The Way You Think

    Speaking more than one language has the power to shape memory and cognition–and perhaps even delay the onset of Alzheimer’s.

    • 17 min
    Social Connections Keep Us Physically and Mentally Healthy As We Age

    Social Connections Keep Us Physically and Mentally Healthy As We Age

    Long-term research tracking adults over 50 shows that social activity, intimacy, and personal connections are key to good health.

    • 17 min
    Women Were Also Skilled Hunters In Ancient Times

    Women Were Also Skilled Hunters In Ancient Times

    New analysis of remains and burial items suggests women and men did both parts of hunting and gathering in the Paleolithic era.

    • 12 min
    An AI Leader’s Human-Centered Approach To Artificial Intelligence

    An AI Leader’s Human-Centered Approach To Artificial Intelligence

    Dr. Fei-Fei Li of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI discusses the promise and peril of the ground-breaking technology.

    • 23 min
    COP28 Host Had Plans to Promote Oil and Gas | Researchers Detected Cicada Emergence With Fiber-Optics

    COP28 Host Had Plans to Promote Oil and Gas | Researchers Detected Cicada Emergence With Fiber-Optics

    The United Nations climate summit will happen for the next two weeks in Dubai—a city known for its oil money. And, in 2021, an electronics and communications lab accidentally detected the mass emergence of Brood X with fiber-optic sensors.

    • 23 min

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