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Today, you\u2019ll learn about how carnivorous plants evolved from their more peaceful ancestors, how there\u2019s an apparent difference in the frequency and severity of head injuries between male and female athletes, and about a new theory regarding the cause of Alzheimer\u2019s.

Plants that eat flesh?

• \u201cHow Carnivorous Plants Evolved\u201d by Stephanie Pain
  • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-carnivorous-plants-evolved-180979697/
• \u201cAdapted to kill: How the pitcher plant traps its prey\u201d by Alun Salt
  • https://botany.one/2013/10/adapted-kill-pitcher-plant-traps-prey/

Male and female concussions are not the same.

• \u201cWhy Sports Concussions are Worse for Women\u201d by Katharine Sanderson
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02089-2
• \u201cSports-Related Concussions in Female Athletes: A Systematic Review\u201d by Neil McGroarty, Symone Brown, and Mary Mulcahey
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7366411/

Hope for Alzheimer's research.

• \u201cA New Hypothesis for Alzheimer\u2019s Disease: The Lipid Invasion Model\u201d by Jonathan D\u2019Arcy Rudge
  • https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease-reports/adr210299
• \u201cAlzheimer\u2019s brain barrier damage theory proposed\u201d By University of Reading
  • https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2022/Research-News/Alzheimers-Disease-lipid-invasion-theory
• \u201cNew hypothesis argues leaky blood-brain barrier triggers Alzheimer's\u201d By Rich Haridy
  • https://newatlas.com/science/new-hypothesis-alzheimers-disease-blood-brain-barrier-lipid-invasion/

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