Today, you’ll learn about the possible link between asthma, ADHD, and income in children, how whale communication is much more complex than we thought, and the secret lithium hidden away for millions of years under Pennsylvania.

Asthma & ADHD

• “ADHD, asthma, and economic hardship: New research suggests a causal pathway.” by Eric W. Dolan. 2024.
• “Associations between symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, socioeconomic status and asthma in children.” by Makiko Omura, et al. 2024.

Whale Codas

• “Contextual and combinatorial structure in sperm whale vocalizations.” by Pratyusha Sharma, et al. 2024.
• “Behaviors: Communicating.” Sperm Whales: Dominica. 2018.

Hidden Lithium

• “Estimates of lithium mass yields from produced water sourced from the Devonian-aged Marcellus Shale.” by Justin Mackey. 2024.
• “The Middle Devonian.” Palaeos. 2000.

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