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Today, you\u2019ll learn about the state of the Amazon rainforest, the truth behind the mythical sugar rush, and how studies involving MRI scans may have been too small to produce significant results, but researchers may have found a solution.

The forest needs attention - not the company.

• \u201c75% of Amazon rainforest shows signs of loss, a 'tipping point' of dieback, study shows\u201d by Doyle Rice
  • ttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/03/07/amazon-rainforest-dieback-deforestation-climate-change-study/9380372002
• \u201cFires in the Amazon are out of Control. Again\u201d by Benji Jones
  • https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/2021/8/27/22639885/amazon-rainforest-fires-climate-change-2021
• \u201cHeaviest Object on Earth Weighs 116B Pounds\u201d by Jenn Gidman
  • https://www.newser.com/story/259238/the-10-heaviest-objects-on-earth.html
• \u201cA Framework for Quantifying Resilience to Forest Disturbance\u201d by Timothy Bryant, Kristen Waring, Andrew S\xe1nchez Meador, and John B. Bradford
  • https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00056/full
• \u201c7 Organizations You Can Support to Protect the Amazon Rainforest\u201d by Erica S\xe1nchez, Pia Gralki, and Joe McCarthy
  • https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/organizations-donate-amazon-rainforest/

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Maybe sugar isn\u2019t the problem.

• \u201cSugar rush or high on life? Dieticians explain why kids become hyperactive at parties\u201d by Kate Dorrell
  • https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/sugar-rush-dietician-does-sweet-food-make-kids-hyperactive/100839044
• \u201cThere\u2019s No Such Thing as a Sugar Rush, According to Science\u201d by Joshua A. Krisch
  • https://www.fatherly.com/health-science/theres-no-thing-sugar-rush-according-science/

Data sets need to grow to bolster studies.

• \u201cM.R.I.s Are Finding Connections Between Our Brain Activity and Psychology\u201d By Kim Tingley
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/19/magazine/mri-brain-activity-psychology.html
• \u201cReproducible brain-wide association studies require thousands of individuals\u201d By Scott marek et al
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04492-9
• \u201cBrain scans may reveal a lot about mental illness, but not until studies get bigger\u201d by Jon Hamilton
  • https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/04/26/1094319294/mri-brain-scan-mental-illness-brain-research

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