Today, you’ll learn about a supervitamin you might already be taking some good news about the health of the world’s forests, and a new study that mapped ketamine’s effects on the brain.

B12

•“Vitamin B12 emerges as key player during cellular reprogramming.” by Alba Vilchez-Acosta. 2023.

•“Vitamin B12: A key player in cellular reprogramming and tissue regeneration.” ScienceDaily. 2023.

Healthy Forests

•“Twenty-year study confirms California forests are healthier when burned - or thinned.” by Kara Manke. 2023.

•“2023 North American Wildfires.” CDP. 2023.

•“Forest restoration and fuels reduction work: Different pathways for achieving success in the Sierra Nevada.” by Scott L. Stephens, et al. 2023.

Ketamine & the Brain

•“New Study Maps Ketamine’s Effects on Brain.” by Christopher D. Shea. 2023.

•“Ketamine.” reviewed by Melisa Puckey. 2023.

•“Whole-brain mapping reveals the divergent impact of ketamine on the dopamine system.” by Malika S. Datta, et al. 2023.

•“Understanding Ketamine Treatment for Depression.” n.a. 2023.

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Today, you’ll learn about the possible dangers of growing leafy greens in microgravity, a study that let AI tag along with a toddler to learn language the human way, and research on stabilizing elephant populations on the African savannah.

Microgravity Gardening

•“Simulated microgravity facilitates stomatal ingression by Salmonella in lettuce and suppresses a biocontrol agent.” by Noah Totsline, et al. 2024.

•“The Future.” NASA. N.D.

•“What will astronauts eat during long missions in space?” Leidos. 2023.

AI Learns Language

•“AI learns language through the experience of a single child in groundbreaking study.” by Eric W. Dolan. 2024.

•“Grounded language acquisition through the eyes and ears of a single child.” by Wai Keen Vong, et al. 2024.

Elephant Numbers

•“Protecting and connecting landscapes stabilizes populations of the Endangered savannah elephant.” by Ryan M. Huang, et al. 2024.

•“The African Savanna.” by Michael Swiderek. 2021.

•“Africa’s great savannahs may be more endangered than the world’s rainforests.” by Jeremy Hance. 2012.

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Today, you’ll learn about a bacteria that turns plastic into spider webs, a massive deep-sea discovery right in our own backyard, and how CRISPR could reshape agriculture for an entire continent.

Silk-Making Bacteria

•“Researchers Engineer Bacteria That Eat Plastic, Make Multipurpose Spider Silk.” Technology Networks. 2024.

•“Two-step conversion of polyethylene into recombinant proteins using a microbial platform.” by Alexander Connor, et al. 2023.

•“Our planet is choking on plastic.” UNEP. n.d.

•“In Images: Plastic is Forever.” UN. n.d.

Deep Coral

•“World’s largest deep-sea coral reef found lurking beneath the Gulf Stream ‘right on the doorstep’ of US coast.” by Harry Baker. 2024.

•“Status of Coral Reefs.” Reef Resilience Network. N.d.

•“Life Below Water.” UN. 2020.

CRISPR Agriculture

•“CRISPR-edited crops break new ground in Africa.” by Heidi Ledford. 2024.

•“Witchweed.” USDA. n.d.

•“Africa’s agricultural revolution: From self-sufficiency to global food powerhouse.” By Gareth Hodder & Brenda Migwalla. 2023.

•“GMOs or non-GMOs? The CRISPR Conundrum.” By Aftab Ahmad, et al. 2023.

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