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Today, you\u2019ll learn about how reading fiction could make you smarter, the first ever likely transmission of bird flu from a cow to a human, and how a beluga whale communicates with its squishy head. 

Fiction Readers   

• \u201cPeople who read a lot of fiction tend to have better cognitive skills, study finds.\u201d by Eric W. Dolan. 2024.  
• \u201cCognitive effects and correlates of reading fiction: Two preregistered multilevel meta-analyses.\u201d by Lena Wimmer, et al. 2024.  

Bird Flu Transmission 

• \u201cTexas dairy farm worker\u2019s case may be first where bird flu virus spread from mammal to human, scientists say.\u201d by Helen Branswell. 2024.  
• \u201cBird Flu Detections Reporting in Backyard and Commercial Birds.\u201d CDC. 2024.  
• \u201cAvian Influenza.\u201d World Organization For Animal Health. 2023. 
• \u201cHighly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection in a Dairy Farm Worker.\u201d by Timothy M. Uyeki, M.D., M.P.H., et al. 2024.  

Beluga Heads 

• \u201cBelugas may communicate by warping a blob of forehead fat.\u201d by Elizabeth Anne Brown. 2024.  
• \u201cBelugas (Delphinapterus leucas) create facial displays during social interactions by changing the shape of their melons.\u201d by Justin T. Richard, et al. 2024.  

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