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Today we discuss what causes a sense of social media fatigue, how scientists are tuning into our brainwaves to make us learn new tasks faster, and how a researcher invented a self-cooling tent that only needs sunshine and water to work.\xa0

Social Media Fatigue\xa0

• \u201cToo much overload and concerns: Antecedents of social media fatigue and the mediating role of emotional exhaustion\u201d by Nan Sheng et al.
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S074756322200320X
• \u201cNew research sheds light on the underlying psychological mechanisms linked to social media fatigue\u201d by Emily Manis
  • https://www.psypost.org/2023/02/new-research-sheds-light-on-the-underlying-psychological-mechanisms-linked-to-social-media-fatigue-67670

Brainwave Tuning

• \u201cTuning into brainwave rhythms speeds up learning in adults\u201d by Fred Lewsey
  • https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/brainwavelearning
• \u201cLearning at your brain\u2019s rhythm: individualized entrainment boosts learning for perceptual decisions\u201d by Elizabeth Michael et al.
  • https://academic.oup.com/cercor/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cercor/bhac426/6814397?login=false

Self-Cooling Tent\xa0\xa0\xa0

• \u201cA Self-Cooling Tent that Runs on Just Water and Sunshine\u201d by Mac Murray
  • https://today.uconn.edu/2023/01/a-self-cooling-tent-that-runs-on-just-water-and-sunshine/
• \u201cTent with a solar-powered cooling system and antimicrobial properties\u201d researched by Alei Ahmadi Kasani
  • https://uconn.flintbox.com/technologies/adf221a3-8ce8-471e-8707-18e35656301b
• \u201cEvaluation of titanium alloy as heat absorber for solar-based water treatment system\u201d by Nattadon Pannucharoenwong et al.
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484721005473
• \u201cUConn researcher invents a self-cooling tent to fight rising temperatures for campers, disaster victims\u201d by Amy Coval
  • https://www.ctinsider.com/living/article/uconn-researcher-self-cooling-tent-17741837.php
• \u201cWater-cooled tent would drop camping temperatures by up to 20 \xb0F\u201d By C.C. Weiss
  • https://newatlas.com/outdoors/water-cooled-camping-tent/

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