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World Reading Club [W[R]C]

 Hakeem Ali-Bocas Alexander

World Reading Club Celebrates the JOY of Learning by Promoting the LOVE of Literacy.
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Average duration
23 minutes
Episodes
312
Years Active
2022 - 2025
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The possible effects of cinnamon on memory and learning [W[R]C]

The possible effects of cinnamon on memory and learning [W[R]C]

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-effects-cinnamon-memory.html

Cinnamon, the well-known aromatic spice that many of us use to bake cakes and cook savory dishes, is derived from the inner bark of …
00:09:01  |   Sat 04 Feb 2023
Why We Remember, and Forget. And What We Can Do About It [W[R]C]

Why We Remember, and Forget. And What We Can Do About It [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/memory-retention-22435/

Summary: Researchers explore the mechanisms behind memory and how we forget things, and share tips on how to keep our memory sharp as we age.

Become…
00:17:02  |   Sat 04 Feb 2023
Neural Correlates of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Anorexia Nervosa [W[R]C]

Neural Correlates of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Anorexia Nervosa [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/mindfulness-anxiety-anorexia-22439/

Summary: Mindfulness meditation training reduces anxiety associated with eating disorders by altering the activity of brain areas assoc…
00:08:31  |   Sat 04 Feb 2023
Human Brain Organoids Respond to Visual Stimuli When Transplanted Into Adult Rats [W[R]C]

Human Brain Organoids Respond to Visual Stimuli When Transplanted Into Adult Rats [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/organoid-transplant-visual-stimuli-22436/

Summary: Brain organoids created from human stem cells that were transplanted into the brains of rats responded to visual stimuli…
00:11:01  |   Sat 04 Feb 2023
Grammy Nominees Are a Brainy Bunch: Music Rewires the Brain [W[R]C]

Grammy Nominees Are a Brainy Bunch: Music Rewires the Brain [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/music-rewire-brain-22438/

Summary: Our brains are hard-wired for the benefits of music. Every time a musician practices, their brains rewire by strengthening synapses, bui…
00:08:33  |   Sat 04 Feb 2023
Endangered monarch butterflies face perilous storm [W[R]C]

Endangered monarch butterflies face perilous storm [W[R]C]

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-endangered-monarch-butterflies-perilous-storm.html

As devastating storms pounded California, nature lovers feared for endangered monarch butterflies that winter there as …
00:10:01  |   Sat 04 Feb 2023
Jupiter's moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system [W[R]C]

Jupiter's moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system [W[R]C]

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-jupiter-moon-solar.html

Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92.

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00:05:31  |   Sat 04 Feb 2023
Heart Failure Risk Increased by Social Isolation, Loneliness [W[R]C]

Heart Failure Risk Increased by Social Isolation, Loneliness [W[R]C]

https://www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/patient-care/cardiovascular-disease/heart-failure-risk-increased-by-social-isolation-loneliness/

A new study published yesterday in JACC: Heart Failure b…
00:08:01  |   Fri 03 Feb 2023
Micro Light-Emitting Diodes for VLC [W[R]C]

Micro Light-Emitting Diodes for VLC [W[R]C]

https://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/tb/stories/blog/47485

The evolution of next-gen cellular networks is aimed at creating faster, more reliable solutions. Both the 6G network and the…
00:13:01  |   Fri 03 Feb 2023
Antidepressant ‘shrooms: rebranding psilocybin as medication [W[R]C]

Antidepressant ‘shrooms: rebranding psilocybin as medication [W[R]C]

https://www.biotechniques.com/neuroscience/antidepressant-shrooms-rebranding-psilocybin-as-medication/

Sixtine Fleury is a second-year graduate student in the Nautiyal Lab at Dartmouth College (NH, US…
00:13:01  |   Fri 03 Feb 2023
Astronomers find rare Earth-mass rocky planet suitable for the search for signs of life [W[R]C]

Astronomers find rare Earth-mass rocky planet suitable for the search for signs of life [W[R]C]

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-astronomers-rare-earth-mass-rocky-planet.html

A newly discovered exoplanet could be worth searching for signs of life. Analyses by a team led by astronomer Diana Kossakow…
00:13:01  |   Fri 03 Feb 2023
AI could speed up discovery of new medicines [W[R]C]

AI could speed up discovery of new medicines [W[R]C]

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-ai-discovery-medicines.html

Artificial intelligence that could reduce the cost and speed-up the discovery of new medicines has been developed as part of a collab…
00:08:01  |   Fri 03 Feb 2023
Gender and age differences found in gene expression related to circadian clock [W[R]C]

Gender and age differences found in gene expression related to circadian clock [W[R]C]

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-gender-age-differences-gene-circadian.html

A trio of bioengineering scientists at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne has found age and gender differences i…
00:06:01  |   Fri 03 Feb 2023
Intermittent fasting spurs proliferation of liver cells in lab mice, study finds [W[R]C]

Intermittent fasting spurs proliferation of liver cells in lab mice, study finds [W[R]C]

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-intermittent-fasting-spurs-proliferation-liver.html

Intermittent fasting—abstaining from eating for lengthy periods of time—spurs liver cells in laboratory mice to divide…
00:10:01  |   Fri 03 Feb 2023
Study Offers Neurological Explanation for How Brains Bias Partisans Against New Information [W[R]C]

Study Offers Neurological Explanation for How Brains Bias Partisans Against New Information [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/political-partisanship-brain-22424/

Summary: Researchers report that people who share political ideologies have similar neural fingerprints when it comes to political word…
00:15:31  |   Fri 03 Feb 2023
Scientists first in the world to regenerate diseased kidney cells [W[R]C]

Scientists first in the world to regenerate diseased kidney cells [W[R]C]

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-scientists-world-regenerate-diseased-kidney.html

In a world first, scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School, the National Heart Center Singapore (NHCS) and colleagu…
00:10:01  |   Fri 03 Feb 2023
Youth binge drinking linked to gut microbiome changes [W[R]C]

Youth binge drinking linked to gut microbiome changes [W[R]C]

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-youth-binge-linked-gut-microbiome.html

The study of young people, conducted by researchers at APC Microbiome Ireland, based at University College Cork (UCC), fou…
00:08:31  |   Fri 03 Feb 2023
Head trauma doesn't predict memory problems in NFL retirees, suggests new study [W[R]C]

Head trauma doesn't predict memory problems in NFL retirees, suggests new study [W[R]C]

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-trauma-doesnt-memory-problems-nfl.html

A study of retired professional football players by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center has found that their cog…
00:10:31  |   Fri 03 Feb 2023
Study links adoption of electric vehicles to less air pollution and improved health [W[R]C]

Study links adoption of electric vehicles to less air pollution and improved health [W[R]C]

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-links-electric-vehicles-air-pollution.html

Electric vehicles are widely hailed as a key way to mitigate climate change through reduced emissions, but research on…
00:10:31  |   Fri 03 Feb 2023
Possible New Way to Reduce Pain Inspired by Chickens [W[R]C]

Possible New Way to Reduce Pain Inspired by Chickens [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/chicken-pain-22430/

Summary: Natural resistance to capsaicin’s effect in birds drove researchers to investigate a specific genetic variant that appears to be associated wi…
00:16:31  |   Thu 02 Feb 2023
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