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Today, you\u2019ll learn about a breakthrough in our understanding of how the brain creates long-term memories, the effect of chronic childhood ear infections on the development of language, and how salt may have helped shape the planet Mercury.  

Long-Term Memories 

• \u201cNeurons aren\u2019t the only cells that make memories in the brain, rodent study reveals.\u201d by Emily Cooke. 2023.  
• \u201cBrain Microvascular Pericytes in Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia.\u201d by Maiko T. Uemura, et al. 2020.  
• \u201cAll you need to know about neurons.\u201d by Tim Newman. 2023.  

Ear Infections 

• \u201cChronic childhood ear infections delay language development.\u201d by Eric Hamilton. 2024.  
• \u201cEar Infections in Children.\u201d NIH. 2022.  
• \u201cEarly otitis media puts children at risk for later auditory and language deficits.\u201d by Susan Nittrouer & Joanna H. Lowenstein. 2024. 

Mercury Salt 

• \u201cSalt may have carved out Mercury\u2019s terrains, including glacierlike features.\u201d by Shi En Kim. 2024.  
• \u201cThe Chaotic Terrains of Mercury Reveal a History of Planetary Volatile Retention and Loss in the Innermost Solar System.\u201d by J. Alexis P. Rodrigues, et al. 2020.  
• \u201cMercury\u2019s stunning landscape mapped.\u201d by Christopher Crockett. 2016.  
• \u201cMercury Facts.\u201d NASA. n.d.  

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