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Today we discuss how the pandemic has caused physical changes in the brains of teenagers, how geomagnetic disturbances can cause bird migration to go haywire, and why pregnancies in the US are a week and a half shorter on average than they are elsewhere.\xa0

Pandemic Brain

• \u201cBrain scans suggest the pandemic prematurely aged teens\u2019 brains\u201d by Freda Kreier
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-pandemic-prematurely-aged-teens-brains
• \u201cEffects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Brain Maturation in Adolescents: Implications for Analyzing Longitudinal Data\u201d by Ian H. Gotlib et al.
  • https://www.bpsgos.org/article/S2667-1743(22)00142-2/fulltext
• \u201cWhy Do Some Brains Look Old Prematurely?\u201d by Technology Networks
  • https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/why-do-some-brains-look-old-prematurely-355981#:~:text=Individuals%20can%20have%20brains%20that,bigger%20ventricles%20and%20thinner%20cortex.

Magnetic Migration\xa0

• \u201cWhen migrating birds go astray, disturbances in magnetic field may be partly to blame\u201d by Holly Ober
  • https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/birds-vagrancy-geomagnetic-field
• \u201cGeomagnetic disturbance associated with increased vagrancy in migratory landbirds\u201d by Benjamin A. Tonelli et al.
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-26586-0

Short Pregnancies\xa0\xa0

• Average Pregnancy Length Shorter in the US Than European Countries\u201d by Molly Campbell
  • https://www.technologynetworks.com/diagnostics/news/average-pregnancy-length-shorter-in-the-us-than-european-countries-369484
• \u201cThe natural pattern of birth timing and gestational age in the U.S. compared to England, and the Netherlands\u201d by Eugene Declercq et al.
  • https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278856
• \u201cAverage Pregnancy Length in the US Is Shorter than in European Countries\u201d by University of Oxford
  • https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/news/2359-average-pregnancy-length-in-the-us-is-shorter-than-in-european-countries

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