Gasthma, Sleep Memory, Frozen Reefs

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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