SCRAPINGS OF THE DAY – 06/18/24

This one gets me wondering how much of what is wrong with our politics might be partly caused by our national diet.

Junk Food Fuels Anxiety

What are antidepressants really doing in the brain? New studies give some clues.

Beyond Serotonin: Scientists Are Finally Unlocking the True Mechanism of Antidepressants

The “sunk cost fallacy” leads us to stick to plans that aren’t working. There’s a brain region for that.

The neuroscience behind the sunk cost fallacy: Key brain region identified

There are termites living in really old nests that hold clues to ancient climate changes.

“Astonishing” Discovery – 34,000-Year-Old Inhabited Termite Mounds Discovered in South Africa

Here’s a radical idea. Fix things instead of going digging for stuff the make new ones.

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