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Jan 2025
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Today, you’ll learn about mind-reading machines, the brightest object in the known universe, and the potential power punch of cinnamon. 


Mind-Reading 

•“Mind-reading devices are revealing the brain’s secrets.” by Miryam Naddaf. 2024.  

•“The brain-reading devices helping paralysed people to move, talk and touch.” by Liam Drew. 2022.  

•“The rise of brain-reading technology: what you need to know.” by Liam Drew. 2023.  

•“How our brains decode speech: special neurons process certain sounds.” by Saima Sidik. 2023.  

Universe’s Brightest Object 

•“Astronomers discover universe’s brightest object - a quasar powered by a black hole that eats a sun a day.” by Tory Shepherd. 2024.  

•“What is a quasar?” by Andy Briggs. 2021.  

•“Revealed: the oldest black hole ever observed, dating to dawn of universe.” by Hannah Devlin. 2023.  

Cinnamon 

•“Cinnamon supplements reduce blood glucose in people with prediabetes.” by Dani Mann. 2024.  

•“Cinnamon and Diabetes.” n.a. 2023. 

•“Prediabetes (Borderline Diabetes).” by Mike Watts. 2022. 


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