Learn about why you have tiny rocks in your ears; why the self-congruity effect of music says you may prefer music by artists who have a similar personality to you; and how chemotherapy began as a chemical weapon.

There are tiny rocks in your ears that help you detect motion by Cameron Duke

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• Purves, D., Augustine, G. J., Fitzpatrick, D., Katz, L. C., Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, McNamara, J. O., & S Mark Williams. (2014). The Otolith Organs: The Utricle and Sacculus. Nih.Gov; Sinauer Associates. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK10792/
• Human ear - Inner ear | Britannica. (2020). In Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/science/ear/Inner-ear#ref65037

You may prefer music by musicians who have a similar personality to you by Kelsey Donk

• Fans love musicians’ personalities as much as their music. (2020). EurekAlert! flm070120.php">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/bu-flm070120.php
• Greenberg, D. M., Matz, S. C., Schwartz, H. A., & Fricke, K. R. (2020). The self-congruity effect of music. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000293
• Joseph, Barclay, A. C., & Bockorny, K. M. (2014). Self-Congruity: A Determinant of Brand Personality. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Self-Congruity%3A-A-Determinant-of-Brand-Personality-Klipfel-Barclay/02b9cbd55f0fef7fd688c35a801a338bca1a6ee2

Chemotherapy began as a chemical weapon by Cameron Duke

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• Goldacre, R. J., Loveless, A., & Ross, W. C. J. (1949). Mode of Production of Chromosome Abnormalities by the Nitrogen Mustards The Possible Role of Cross-Linking. Nature, 163(4148), 667–669. https://doi.org/10.1038/163667a0
• Hazell, S. (2014). Mustard gas – from the Great War to frontline chemotherapy. Cancer Research UK - Science Blog. https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2014/08/27/mustard-gas-from-the-great-war-to-frontline-chemotherapy/
• Immunotherapy for Cancer. (2019, September 24). National Cancer Institute; Cancer.gov. https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/immunotherapy
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• Mukherjee, S. (2011). The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer. Fourth Estate.
• Smith, J. (2016, January 14). The Grim and Marvelous Story of Chemotherapy. Proto Magazine. http://protomag.com/articles/the-grim-and-marvelous-story-of-chemotherapy
• Smith, S. L. (2017). War! What is it good for? Mustard gas medicine. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 189(8), E321–E322. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.161032
• Wilke, C. (2019, April). From Chemical Weapon to Chemotherapy, 1917–1946. The Scientist Magazine. scientist.com/foundations/from-chemical-weapon-to-chemotherapy--19171946-65655">https://www.the-scientist.com/foundations/from-chemical-weapon-to-chemotherapy--19171946-65655

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