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We discuss how scientists have developed a cancer-detecting contact lens, the behaviors of inebriated dolphins, and how listening to birds singing can help our mental health!\xa0

Smart Contacts\xa0

• \u201cScientists Create Smart Contact Lenses That Diagnose Cancer\u201d by Ophthalmology Breaking News
  • https://ophthalmologybreakingnews.com/scientists-create-smart-contact-lenses-that-diagnose-cancer
• \u201cA Microchambers Containing Contact Lens for the Noninvasive Detection of Tear Exosomes\u201d by Shaopei Li, Yangzhi Zhu, Reihaneh Haghniaz, Satoru Kawakita, Shenghan Guan, Jianjun Chen, Zijie Li, Kalpana Mandal, Jamal Bahari, Shilp Shah, Juchen Guo, Heemin Kang, Wujin Sun, Han-Jun Kim, Vadim Jucaud, Mehmet R. Dokmeci, Pete Kollbaum, Chi Hwan Lee, and Ali Khademhosseini
  • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202206620?af=R

Stoned Dolphins\xa0

• \u201cDolphins 'Deliberately Get High' on Puffer Fish Nerve Toxins By Carefully Chewing and Passing Them Around\u201d by Adam Withnall
  • https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/dolphin-facts-puffer-fish-high-b1847115.html
• \u201cDolphins Getting High on Fish Toxin? Or Just a Load of Puff?\u201d by NBC News
  • https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/dolphins-getting-high-fish-toxin-or-just-load-puff-n3691

Birdsongs vs Traffic

• \u201cBirdsongs alleviate anxiety and paranoia in healthy participants\u201d by E. Stobbe, J. Sundermann, L. Ascone & S. K\xfchn
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-20841-0
• \u201cListen! Birdsong Is Good for Mental Health\u201d by Nicole Siller
  • https://neurosciencenews.com/birdsong-mental-health-21639/

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