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El Niño is set to take hold this summer, driving up global temperatures A potentially strong El Niño weather pattern will likely emerge this summer and persist through the rest of the year. The hottest years on record generally occur in years when El Niño is active.

A potentially strong El Niño weather pattern will likely emerge this summer and persist through the rest of the year. The hottest years on record generally occur in years when El Niño is active. n.pr/4upfr7p

“Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it” - 🌹

The 80/20 Guide to R You Wish You Read Years Ago Small habits that compound into dramatically better R workflows.

#rstats #tidyverse #rstudio #statistics borkar.substack.com/p/the-8020-g...

Doug Ford is full of shit. #Ontario #Canada

The Cells That Never Sleep: How Slumber Lets Neurons Clean Up and Stay Healthy | HHMI By probing the cellular and molecular processes that drive sleep, HHMI Investigator Amita Sehgal and her team are uncovering how snoozing helps ensure there’s a source of clean energy to power brain c...

The Cells That Never Sleep: How Slumber Lets Neurons Clean Up and Stay Healthy www.hhmi.org/news/sleep-s... by @hhmi-science.bsky.social

#Alzheimers #dementia #sleep #science #neuroscience

Lorraine Explains: Are Canadian car buyers smarter than their American counterparts? Cars are too expensive, and people increasingly can’t afford them

Resist the urge to roll an old car loan into a new one. Terrible, no good, very bad.

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Three ways Canada can navigate an increasingly erratic and belligerent United States Canada can draw lessons from its centuries-long coexistence with an often-erratic neighbour to successfully navigate the economic volatility of the present era.

Three ways Canada can navigate an increasingly erratic and belligerent United States

A Golden Retriever barks for two days beside earthquake rubble, refusing to leave an injured cat behind. That sound led rescuers to both of them alive. Every being has a soul & is worth saving.

Doug Ford #corrupt #politician #Ontario #Canada

Ontario is cutting back OSAP grants — and students have thoughts | CBC Accessibility Reaction is pouring in from incoming and current postsecondary students after the province announced major changes to its Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) grant structure.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... The consequences of not voting/voting for a corrupt politician who did not attend post-secondary school. D.Ford lacks critical thinking.

Americans arriving in Milan for the Olympics 😂😅🤣

Table from JAMA on smartphone use during school. "Table 1. Sociodemographic and Descriptive Characteristics of Study Sample (N = 640) (continued)" lists smartphone/screen use variables, number, mean, & median. "Problematic social media usee" is 636, 1.84, 1.50.

Problematic social media or phone use was associated with increased smartphone time in school, especially on social apps, among US adolescents; disparities in use were observed by age, race, and household income.

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👉 Positive autobiographical memories protect against depression across ages. Parental bonding matters (paternal in youth, maternal in older age), and rumination worsens symptoms.

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The Shifting Architecture of Cognition and Brain Function in Older Adulthood - PubMed Cognitive aging is often described in the context of loss or decline. Emerging research suggests that the story is more complex, with older adults showing both losses and gains in cognitive ability. With increasing age, declines in controlled, or fluid, cognition occur in the context of gains in cry …

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31013206/ “In this review we provide evidence that these changes in the functional architecture of the brain serve as a neural mechanism underlying the shifting cognitive architecture from younger to older adulthood.”

Parents and caregivers play a vital role in guiding and protecting adolescents as they navigate AI technologies. However, they often have limited time or capacity to learn about the age appropriateness, safety, prevalence, and potential risks and benefits www.apa.org/topics/artif...

'Daaa Yankees Lose' 😂 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. & Big Papi TROLL New York after ALDS elimination YouTube video by FOX Sports

m.youtube.com/watch?v=zm5F... #toronto #bluejays #baseball #newyork #yankees #mlb 🤣

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🍞🥛 While kids go hungry, Conservatives mocked a National School Food Program as “bureaucracy.” They didn’t just vote against it — they laughed.

This shows what’s at stake: other parties pledge more for schools, Ford’s PCs look backward.
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The Sad Case of The Youngest-Ever Alzheimer's Diagnosis In 2023, neurologists at a memory clinic in China diagnosed a 19-year-old with what they believed to be Alzheimer's disease – making him the youngest person ever to be diagnosed with the condition.

"Exploring the mysteries of young people with Alzheimer's disease may become one of the most challenging scientific questions of the future," Alzheimer's doesn't follow a single pathway, and is much more complex than we thought. www.sciencealert.com/the-sad-case...

Toronto hypocrisy at its finest! It’s a set-up!

Your kitchen is full of microplastics. Here's how to eat less of them Microplastics gush out of our taps and flake off cookware. They find their way into the yolks of eggs, and into meat and vegetables. But there are things we can do to eat less of them.

www.bbc.com/future/artic... "Plastic is a cheap, great material," says Vilde Snekkevik, a marine biologist and microplastics researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Water Research. "The problem is just that we're overusing it. It's everywhere."

Dr. Brenda Milner Advice to Young Scientists and Risk Taking YouTube video by FriendsofCIHR

Dr. Brenda Milner Advice to Young Scientists and Risk Taking. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD-W...

Who actually commits political violence in the United States? Here's what the data says Extensive federal and academic research indicates that right-wing extremists are responsible for most domestic terrorism deaths in the United States. Studies consistently find that violence linked to ...

www.psypost.org/who-actually... “right-wing extremist violence has been responsible for the overwhelming majority of fatalities, amounting to approximately 75% to 80% of U.S. domestic terrorism deaths since 2001.” - Data

Study says your reusable water bottle is dirtier than a toilet seat Your reusable water bottle might look harmless—just a trusty sidekick for RV road trips, workouts, and around the house. But according to a recent Purdue

www.rvtravel.com/study-reusab... Bottles can carry bacteria like staph and strep, and fecal-related #coliforms showed up in more than 20% of samples. That’s a red flag. For people with weaker #immune systems, the risks are even higher. Rinsing alone won’t evict bactaria—you’ve got to scrub

New study links cognitive style to health misinformation detection Why do some people fall for fake health advice while others see right through it? A new study offers clues, revealing how analytical thinking and political leanings shape our ability to separate fact ...

As public attention shifts to other health issues, the kinds of disinformation circulating online are likely to evolve. “People seem to do pretty well at detecting disinformation about health, but how well they do depends on the post they are evaluating and on their own personalities and beliefs.”

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Spotting Silent Scars: A New Way to Detect Childhood Abuse - Neuroscience News Childhood maltreatment leaves profound and often unseen scars, affecting mental health, physical well-being, and social development long into adulthood.

A widely used behavioral checklist, filled out by caregivers, can effectively identify maltreatment without directly questioning the child. This breakthrough offers a less intrusive, more accurate way to spot vulnerable children and tailor early interventions. neurosciencenews.com/child-abuse-...