Melatonin Anxiety, Lightning Laser, Toddler’s Best Friend

Today you’ll learn about whether or not melatonin can be used to treat anxiety, the development of a laser that can change the path of lightning, and how a recent study shows that children are hard-wired to empathize with dogs!

Curiosity Weekly · Warner Bros. Discovery

February 22, 202318m 44s

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Melatonin Anxiety

“Melatonin as a Potential Approach to Anxiety Treatment” by Kristina Repova et al.
- https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/24/16187
“How Melatonin for Sleep May Help Your Anxiety Symptoms” by Atlanova
- https://atlanova.com/how-melatonin-for-sleep-may-help-your-anxiety-symptoms/
“Can You Use Melatonin to Help Ease Anxiety?” by Alan Carter
- https://www.healthline.com/health/anxiety/melatonin-for-anxiety
“Melatonin for anxiety: effectiveness, dosage, side effects” by Patricia Weiser
- https://ro.co/health-guide/melatonin-for-anxiety/
“Free radicals, antioxidants and functional foods: Impact on human health” by V. Lobo et al.
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249911/#:~:text=If%20free%20radicals%20overwhelm%20the,in%20coping%20this%20oxidative%20stress.
“Stress, Oxidative Injury and Disease” by Kaushal K. Srivastava and Ratan Kumar
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4310835/

Lightning Laser

“A powerful laser can redirect lightning strikes” by Maria Temming
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/laser-lightning-rod-electricity
“Laser-guided lightning” by Aurélien Houard et al.
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/laser-lightning-rod-electricity
“Superfast laser pulses could pave way for beam weapons” by Andrew Grant
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/superfast-laser-pulses-could-pave-way-beam-weapons

Toddler’s Best Friend

“Toddlers may be wired to help their dog friends” by Laura Baisas
- https://www.popsci.com/science/toddlers-help-dogs/
“Do children help dogs spontaneously?” by Rachna B. Reddy et al.
- https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/hai.2023.0001

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