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Madhusree Mukerjee

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Senior features editor at Scientific American. Author of 2 and 1/2 books. Interested in pretty much everything.

Joined September 2022
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Understanding curiosity can help people—and robots—learn faster trib.al/PQSJpOm


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In mice, stress altered the way that the brain packaged memories, resulting in an unnecessary fear response — but drugs were able to reverse the effect go.nature.com/3Z00ObG


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Archaeological and genetic discoveries topple long-standing ideas about the domestication of equines trib.al/KgAPV8C


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Tip of the iceberg: #SARSCoV2 can infect neurons and induce neuroinflammation and cell death. Size of the iceberg: We are just starting to discover. Science takes time. #NeuroCovid

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Researchers have proclaimed a new era for psychiatric medicine. This new schizophrenia drug could treat Alzheimer's disease. go.nature.com/3CFBMXW


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Human echolocation repurposes parts of the brain’s visual cortex for sound, even in sighted people trib.al/Ilh7FkW


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The beauty of a soap bubble freezing. [📹 valeriya_nka]


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Apparently there are people - genuine, intelligent people - who think climate policy is trying to maintain CO2 and temperature at 'arbitrary baselines' The precise conditions to which all of human civilisation and its infratructure are adapted are... arbitrary?

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Even after drastic weight loss, the body’s fat cells carry the ‘memory’ of obesity go.nature.com/3YRR9nr


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What you are looking at are plants that were grown from seeds buried in permafrost for nearly 32,000 years after being discovered on the banks of the Kolyma River in Siberia in 2015.

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Must read: Insurance companies rip off clinicians/patients/families with crooked schemes to deny covered mental health care. Serial cheating works so well due to fragmented regulation. Pays off big time- @UHC among 10 most profitable companies in world. propublica.org/article/united…


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Another reminder: offsetting is a con. We need to BOTH care for nature as a carbon store AND stop burning fossil fuels #COP29 #ClimateEmergency theguardian.com/environment/20…


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Breath and Emotion Connected by Newly Identified Brain Circuit Researchers have discovered a brain circuit connecting the anterior cingulate cortex, pons, and medulla that links voluntary breathing control to emotional states. This circuit slows breathing during calm moments…

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In a distracted world, the most underrated leadership skill is listening. 144 studies, 155k people: Good listeners have deeper bonds and better results. We feel valued, and they get smarter. Great leaders are devoted learners. A key to learning is to listen more than you talk.

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Humans have evolved disproportionately large brains compared with our primate relatives — but this neurological upgrade came at a cost go.nature.com/4hTrALl


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An "accidentally rewilded" 377-acre UK farm is now home to many threatened species, including turtle doves, warblers, 11 bat species, orchids + butterflies. Such examples prove how nature can recover when we let it, + that rewilding reverses nature loss. theguardian.com/environment/20…


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How do you save a rainforest? Leave it alone. Research shows that, instead of replanting rainforests, allowing them to bounce back naturally would store loads of carbon. popsci.com/environment/ho…


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I feel like I am a character in a dystopian movie. We have a big chance of facing soon a pandemic with a virus that scientists know is highly neuroinvasive. H5Nx viruses like #H5N1 were already found in all the regions in the brain below. Where are the vaccines, bloody hell?!?!

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"It is hard to believe a young guy will be in critical condition within such a short time." Let's look at the past cases of #H5N1 infection in humans, shall we?

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Air Pollution Linked to Autism Risk During Developmental Stages A recent review links air pollution exposure, especially to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen oxides, with increased autism risk during critical developmental periods. The study reveals that these…

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