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Today, you\u2019ll learn about how high blood pressure can reduce the gray matter in your brain, why scientists think the surface of Mercury is covered in diamonds, and how while we have gene pairs from both parents, our bodies will use one parent\u2019s gene over the other\u2019s depending on the circumstances.

50 Shades of Gray Matter

• \u201cStudy: An Early Spike in Blood Pressure Can Pummel Your Brain\u201d by Nick Keppler
  • https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/high-blood-pressure-brain-health
• \u201c10 Ways to Control High Blood Pressure Without Medication\u201d by Mayo Clinic Staff
  • https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-pressure/in-depth/high-blood-pressure/art-20046974

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Diamonds a Plenty

• \u201cDiamonds may stud Mercury\u2019s crust\u201d by Nikk Ogasa
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mercury-diamond-surface-crust-meteorite-impact-graphite
• \u201cMercury Could Be Littered With Diamonds\u201d by Ramin Skibba
  • https://www.wired.com/story/mercury-could-be-littered-with-diamonds/
• \u201cDiamonds Unearthed\u201d by Cate Lineberry
  • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/diamonds-unearthed-141629226/

Mom and dad genes aren\u2019t just at the mall.

• \u201cParental Control: How Genes From Mom Or Dad Shape Behavior\u201d by Jennifer Michalowski
  • https://healthcare.utah.edu/publicaffairs/news/2022/03/genes-behavior.php
• \u201cResearchers uncover how parent\u2019s genes shape behavior, parental controls\u201d
  • https://theprint.in/features/researchers-uncover-how-parents-genes-shape-behavior-parental-controls/941227/
• \u201cBrain Basics: Genes At Work In The Brain\u201d by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/patient-caregiver-education/brain-basics-genes-work-brain

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