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! 

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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