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Today, you’ll learn about how a man with advanced ALS, who can’t move a muscle, was able to communicate with his family using his thoughts, about a sixty-year-old mystery involving the earth and why it pulsates every twenty-six seconds, and how cats can learn the names of their fellow cats under the right conditions.

A man with ALS can communicate with his thoughts.

• “Brain Implant Allows Fully Paralyzed Patient to Communicate” by Jonathan Moens
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/science/brain-computer-als-communication.html
• “Brain Implants Allow Paralyzed Man to Communicate Using His Thoughts” by Margaret Osborne
  • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brain-implants-allow-paralyzed-man-to-communicate-180979817/

The earth pulsates underneath your feet.

• “Earth Pulsates Every 26 Seconds. Know One Knows Why” by Caroline Delbert
  • https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a34531984/earth-pulsates-every-26-seconds/
• “Earth is Pulsating Every 26 Seconds and Seismologists Don’t Agree Why” by Anna Funk
  • https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/the-earth-is-pulsating-every-26-seconds-and-seismologists-dont-agree-why

Cats know the names of their friends.

• “Cats learn the names of their friend cats in their daily lives” By Saho Takagi, Et al.
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-10261-5
• “Cats know the names of other cats that are their friends, study says” by Matthew Rozsa
  • https://www.salon.com/2022/05/16/cats-know-the-names-of-other-cats-that-are-their-friends-study-says/
• “Cats can memorize their friends' names, new study suggests” By Brandon Specktor
  • https://www.livescience.com/cats-remember-names

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