Today, you’ll learn about the cause of static electricity, how a new headband could help you stop a stroke before it happens, and why the ground in Siberia is exploding.

Static Electricity

• “We Finally Know What Creates Static Electricity, After Thousands of Years.” by Michelle Starr. 2024.
• “Why petting your cat leads to static electricity.” Northwestern. 2024.

Stroke Headband

• “Laser headband non-invasively IDs stroke risk in real time.” by Bronwyn Thompson. 2024.
• “Correlating stroke risk with non-invasive cerebrovascular perfusion dynamics using a portable speckle contrast optical spectroscopy laser device.” by Yu Xi Huang, et al. 2024.

Exploding Craters

• “Chemists Finally Unravel the Mystery of Siberia’s Explosive Craters.” by Adam Kovac. 2024.
• “Everything Is Extremely Normal and Totally Fine.” by Brian Kahn. 2020.
• “Osmosis Drives Explosions and Methane Release in Siberian Permafrost.” by Ana M. O. Morgado, et al. 2024.
• “The Mystery of Siberia’s Exploding Craters, Explained.” YouTube, Distilled. 2023.

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