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A new study says that caffeine can boost physical and mental performance, but it added it should be timed wisely to optimize benefits and avoid side effects. Also, new research says that exercise can boost your memory for a full day. Plus, on This Day in History, the first motel is opened.
Here's the best (and worst) time to drink your morning caffeine | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Short-term cognitive boost from exercise may last for 24 hours | ScienceDaily
The World’s First Motel Was a Luxury Establishment, Not a Dive | Smithsonian
Motel Inn in San Luis Obispo, the world's first 'mo-tel' | San Luis Obispo Tribune
Motel Inn in San Luis Obispo - SoCal Landmarks
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New drones inspired by birds that jump for take-off. It’s Weird Wednesday and Reggie has orcas that are wearing salmon for hats, the Merriam-Webster’s word of the year, and the winner of the Spanish Scrabble Championship who doesn’t speak Spanish. Plus, on This Day in History, Dr. Horace Wells and the first use of anesthetic in dentistry.
Bird-inspired drone can jump for take-off | ScienceDaily
For Orcas, Dead Salmon Hats Are Back in Fashion | Scientific American
There’s something fishy about a recent sighting of an orca in a salmon ‘hat’ | CNN
‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year | AP News
He won the Spanish Scrabble championships, yet he doesn’t speak Spanish | CNN
Horace Wells | Biography, Anesthesia, & Facts | Britannica
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How training your body to have good habits can change your life for the better and the revolutionary spray-on electronic tattoo that replaces traditional EEG setups, offering a more comfortable and reliable way to monitor brain activity while paving the way for advanced brain-computer interfaces. Plus, on This Day in History; Edmund Halley’s and Isaac Newton’s collaboration on the theory of gravity.
Good habits are life-changing: A psychologist's guide to hacking your brain's autopilot
Temporary scalp e-tattoos that scan brain could replace traditional EEGs forever
Sir Isaac Newton's Principia | American Physical Society
Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Edmond Halley and Newton’s Principia | Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London
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Researchers have developed a cost-effective solar-powered desalination method using clay minerals to enhance seawater evaporation, potentially providing clean water for billions worldwide and endangered wolves in Ethiopia may also be pollinators for one specific plant. Plus, on This Day in History, we look back at the Kecksburg UFO incident.
A wolf walks into a flower — and appears to pollinate it : NPR
Wolves may be pollinators as well as predators, study suggests | CNN
The Kecksburg UFO incident | History
Is case finally closed on 1965 UFO mystery? | NBC News
Kecksburg UFO Mystery: 8 Mind-Blowing Documentaries on Pennsylvania's Roswell
Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1965 | Enigma Labs
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The restoration of an icon - Notre Dame shows off the new interior after the devastating fire five years ago, and the human-dog bond may be older than we thought. Plus, on This Day in History, the court case and book that helped change obscenity laws.
Notre Dame Cathedral unveils its new interior 5 years after devastating fire | AP News
Scientists discover exactly when man and dog became friends | Science Focus
Ulysses | The First Amendment Encyclopedia
Obscenity Case Files: United States v. One Book Called “Ulysses” – Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
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Your body’s fat could predict Alzheimer's disease up to 20 years ahead of symptoms, plus a 74-year-old bird might be a mom again. And, on This Day in History, we look back at ARPANET and how it led us to the internet we know today.
Hidden fat predicts Alzheimer's 20 years ahead of symptoms | ScienceDaily
Wisdom, The World's Oldest Bird, Lays Egg At 74 Years Old After Finding New Mate | IFLScience
Wisdom: World's oldest known wild bird lays egg at '74' | BBC
Albatross - Description, Habitat, Image, Diet, and Interesting Facts | Animals Network
ARPANET - Packet Data, Networking, Internet | Britannica
A Brief History of the Internet | Stanford
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It’s Weird Wednesday and Reggie has the Oxford Word of the Year, fake Gibson guitars, a 'living underwater' record attempt, and a defective candy bar. Plus, on 'This Day in History', Henry Ford’s Peace Ship expedition fails miserably during WWI … or perhaps it did not? We've got the details of this peculiar story featuring the famous industrialist.
'Brain rot' is the Oxford University Press word of the year | AP News
Why ‘Brain Rot’ Is 2024’s Word of the Year | Scientific American
More than 3,000 fake Gibson guitars seized at Los Angeles port | AP News
Watch: German man attempts to break record for living underwater - UPI.com
Day 60: Halfway to History! - Ocean Builders
German tries to break world record living underwater | Video | 2news.com
Man compensated $2.53 after unwrapping smooth Mars bar - UPI.com
Smooth Mars bar wins Aylesbury man £2 compensation – and internet fame | UK news | The Guardian
TDIH: The Peculiar Case of Henry Ford
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The reason why some human brains don’t rot for thousands of years, and who’s the fool now? Pyrite, or fool’s gold, could fuel our future. Plus, on This Day in History, the first neon lights are displayed in public.
Why These Millennia-Old Brains Are So Well Preserved | Scientific American
We Used to Make Fun of Fool's Gold. Now, It Might Fuel Our Future | Popular Mechanics
December 1910: Neon lights debut at Paris Motor Show | American Physical Society
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What do you say when you get hurt? We dive into the research around the universal language of pain and how one company is making strides towards the first nuclear fusion reactor. Plus, on This Day in History, the announcement that helped shape the US using the philosophy of “Manifest Destiny”.
Expressions of Pain May Have a Common Origin | Scientific American
New Zealand powers half-ton doughnut-shaped Junior for fusion reactor
Manifest Destiny ‑ Definition, Facts & Significance | HISTORY
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We learn more about Earth’s short lived second moon and how it may relate to our actual moon, the police are called in to help with math homework, and a New Year’s demolition is approved for one town in Georgia. Plus, on This Day in History, we look back at the Berner's Street Hoax and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Earth's 'mini moon' may have been a chunk of our actual moon | AP News
Earth's 'second moon' is just visiting its cosmic parents for Thanksgiving | Space
Deputy answers boy’s call for homework; sheriff’s office releases 911 audio | WBAY
Wis. deputy responds to assist after 10-year-old calls 911 for help with math homework | Police1
The United Federation of Teachers number - (212) 777-3380
A Georgia city will blow up an old hotel to greet 2025 | AP News
Bibb leaders approve Ramada Inn demolition in downtown Macon | 13wmaz.com
TDIH: The Berners Street Hoax | History Today
TDIIH: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade History: Floats, Balloons & More
TDIH: Berners Street Hoax – True or False?
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