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Discover a new x-ray giving us incredible sight into ourselves, the future of weather prediction, and a surprising potential link between dementia and vitamin D.

Ultra visible insides.

• Human Organ Atlas
  • https://human-organ-atlas.esrf.eu/
• Brightest Ever X-ray Shows Lung Vessels Altered by COVID-19 by University College London
  • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211104100646.htm
• Drawing Up a ‘Google Earth’ of the Human Body by Jon Cartwright
  • https://physicsworld.com/a/the-body-exposed/
• Imaging Intact Human Organs with Local Resolution of Cellular Structures Using Hierarchical Phase-Contrast Tomography by C.L. Walsh, et al.
  • https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-021-01317-x

Hotter summers are coming.

• Skillful seasonal prediction of North American summertime heat extremes by Liwei Jia, et al.
  • https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0364.1
• GFDL’s New Modeling System for Seasonal Predictions by Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
  • https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/gfdls-new-modeling-system-for-seasonal-predictions/
• Butterflies, rounding errors, and the chaos of climate models by Emily Becker
  • https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso/butterflies-rounding-errors-and-chaos-climate-models
• SPEAR: The Next Generation GFDL Modeling System for Seasonal to Multidecadal Prediction and Projection by Thomas L. Delworth, et al.
  • https://doi.org/10.1029/2019MS001895

More vitamin D please.

• “Vitamin D Deficiency May Increase the Risk of Dementia” by Elizabeth Pratt
  • https://www.healthline.com/health-news/vitamin-d-deficiency-may-increase-the-risk-of-dementia#Dementia-and-vitamin-D
• “Vitamin D Deficiency Leads to Dementia” by University of South Australia
  • https://www.newswise.com/articles/vitamin-d-deficiency-leads-to-dementia?ta=home

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