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Learn about the \u201csecond brain\u201d in your gut; what makes Jupiter\u2019s atmosphere so hot; and why placebo buttons are useful.

The 'second brain' in your gut might have evolved before the brain in your head by Cameron Duke

• Nield, D. (2021). The \u201cSecond Brain\u201d in Your Gut Might Have Evolved Before The Brain in Your Head. ScienceAlert. https://www.sciencealert.com/we-have-a-brain-like-system-in-our-guts-and-it-may-have-evolved-before-brains-did?utm_source=pocket_mylist
• Rao, M., & Gershon, M. D. (2016). The bowel and beyond: the enteric nervous system in neurological disorders. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 13(9), 517\u2013528. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2016.107
• Spencer, N. J., Travis, L., Wiklendt, L., Costa, M., Hibberd, T. J., Brookes, S. J., Dinning, P., Hu, H., Wattchow, D. A., & Sorensen, J. (2021). Long range synchronization within the enteric nervous system underlies propulsion along the large intestine in mice. Communications Biology, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02485-4
• Hadhazy, A. (2010, February 12). Think Twice: How the Gut\u2019s \u201cSecond Brain\u201d Influences Mood and Well-Being. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gut-second-brain/

Researchers have solved the decades-old mystery of Jupiter's hot atmosphere by Briana Brownell

• Hendricks, S. (2021, August 10). Solved: A 50-year mystery about Jupiter. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/jupiter-heat-aurora
• Berman, R. (2021, July 14). Every 27 minutes, there\u2019s an X-ray aurora on Jupiter. Here\u2019s why. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/jupiter-aurora
• Space scientists reveal secret behind Jupiter\u2019s \u201cenergy crisis.\u201d (2021, August 4). Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2021-08-space-scientists-reveal-secret-jupiter.html
• O\u2019Donoghue, J., Moore, L., Bhakyapaibul, T., Melin, H., Stallard, T., Connerney, J. E. P., & Tao, C. (2021). Global upper-atmospheric heating on Jupiter by the polar aurorae. Nature, 596(7870), 54\u201357. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03706-w
• Yao, Z., Dunn, W. R., Woodfield, E. E., Clark, G., Mauk, B. H., Ebert, R. W., Grodent, D., Bonfond, B., Pan, D., Rae, I. J., Ni, B., Guo, R., Branduardi-Raymont, G., Wibisono, A. D., Rodriguez, P., Kotsiaros, S., Ness, J.-U., Allegrini, F., Kurth, W. S., & Gladstone, G. R. (2021). Revealing the source of Jupiter\u2019s x-ray auroral flares. Science Advances, 7(28), eabf0851. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf0851

Placebo buttons give us the illusion of control that we crave by Cameron Duke

• Baraniuk, C. (2015). Press me! The buttons that lie to you. Bbc.com. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150415-the-buttons-that-do-nothing
• Jenkins, H. M., & Ward, W. C. (1965). Judgment of contingency between responses and outcomes. Psychological Monographs: General and Applied, 79(1), 1\u201317. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0093874
• Langer, E. J. (1975). The illusion of control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 32(2), 311\u2013328. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.32.2.311

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