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| Daily Edition • Wednesday, June 3 |
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Bad news for beer lovers: drinking a cold one may make you more attractive to mosquitoes. They’re drawn to the carbon dioxide we exhale, along with body heat and the natural odors our skin produces — and research also suggests beer consumption may increase how appealing we are to them.
To ward them off, many of us reach for repellents, but emerging research also raises the possibility that mosquitoes could evolve to associate DEET — a common ingredient in many repellents — with food, and may even become attracted to it.
If you’re a mosquito magnet, it may feel like you can’t catch a break. But more research is still needed to understand what really drives mosquito attraction and how best to reduce it. For now, stick with the insect repellent, and don’t feel like you have to skip a summer beverage because of the skeeters. |
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Better Mental Health, One Text at a Time
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JOHNNY CROWDER
Entrepreneur, Musician |
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| Courtesy: Johnny Crowder |
Johnny Crowder isn’t your typical tech entrepreneur. He's young, covered in tattoos, and plays in metal bands. But he’s faced significant trauma and mental health struggles, including a suicide attempt. This led him to start texting his friends words of encouragement, journal prompts, and interesting facts as a way to actually walk the talk of “checking in on your friends.” This practice grew in popularity and resulted in Crowder founding Cope Notes.
Cope Notes is a digital platform where subscribers receive daily educational, motivational texts to support their mental health. Each text is written by a real human with firsthand experience with mental illness or trauma, and they’re 100% anonymous.
The texts are rooted in real science. They’re randomly timed, so they don’t become routine — they’re actually supposed to disrupt. Each text serves as an ecological momentary intervention (EMI) — a type of treatment or support provided to people during their everyday lives in their own settings (not in a therapist’s office). “Each text is intended to interrupt negative thought patterns in real time, teaching the brain to default to healthier patterns instead,” Crowder told Forbes.
In one of his TEDx talks, Crowder described his recovery as a long series of microscopic steps. He’s proof that even small steps — or texts — can become transformative over time.
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Night Shift — These AI earbuds engineer a better night’s sleep. |
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Past Due — Pregnancy nutrition guidelines rely on data from 1941. This company wants that changed.* |
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Outbreak — Ebola may have spread beyond Africa. Here’s what to know. |
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*Indicates a brand partnership |
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Move, Then Scroll
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| Karolina Grabowska/Unsplash, Daria Nepriakhina/Unsplash |
This: A Few Push-Ups or Squats
Not That: Picking Up Your Phone Between Tasks
When your brain wants a distraction, movement works better than another dopamine hit from your feed. A quick burst of bodyweight exercise wakes up your system and resets your attention far more effectively than social media. |
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| Johannes Kopf/Unsplash |
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