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I wanted to pick up a new hobby this summer to keep me busy. I automatically think people who can roller-skate are cool so I came across this video on YouTube, I am now learning to roller skate. I know it looks easy but it is not. This video is helping me through my process and hopefully in a few months I will be able to roller-skate in the streets. This video is amazing because it shows her process as well and she gives some tips for beginners like me how are just learning how to roller skate. This everyone should find something to learn and put commitment towards that.

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This here is Brielle. This is one of the many videos that just blow my mind. This baby here is a young genius to be honest I think she's smarter than myself, lol. When I came across one of her videos, she absolutely blew my mind and I searched for more of her videos. I recommend watching if you're feening for a cuteness overload.

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This is my beautiful 16 year, 24 toed Maine Coon mix Zeb, that I have had since he was 5 weeks old. He is very opinionated about many things in his life. In this video I barely touched him with a hairbrush, and he is letting me know he wasn't having it today.

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Just finished visiting some family in Texas and made the 20 hour drive to LA! I've done the drive a couple of times but this one was a little nicer because I took a different route. It wasn't the best time to do it though just because I left later in the evening so most of my trip was driving in the dark but it was also very nice to get to LA and have a whole day ahead of me.

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Yesterday my friends and I drove up to Solvang and we fed ostriches at ostrich land. I really had fun and I thought it was such a cool experience and wanted to share it. I also really recommend you visit ostrich land if you haven't already.
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Less than 1% of the Amazon Rainforest has been discovered! 

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Less than 1% of the Amazon Rainforest has been discovered! 

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The Amazon River Basin is home to the largest rainforest on Earth. The basin -- roughly the size of the forty-eight contiguous United States -- covers some 40 percent of the South American continent and includes parts of eight South American countries: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname, as well as French Guiana, a department of France.

Reflecting environmental conditions as well as past human influence, the Amazon is made up of a mosaic of ecosystems and vegetation types including rainforests, seasonal forests, deciduous forests, flooded forests, and savannas.

The basin is drained by the Amazon River, the world's largest river in terms of discharge, and the second longest river in the world after the Nile. The river is made up of over 1,100 tributaries, 17 of which are longer than 1000 miles, and two of which (the Negro and the Madeira) are larger, in terms of volume, than the Congo river.

The river system is the lifeline of the forest and its history plays an important part in the development of its rainforests.

WHERE THE AMAZON RANKS AMONG GLOBAL RAINFORESTS

The Amazon is the world's biggest rainforest, larger than the next two largest rainforests - in the Congo Basin and Indonesia - combined.

As of 2020, the Amazon has 526 million hectares of primary forest, which accounts for nearly 84% of the region's 629 million hectares of total tree cover. By comparison, the Congo Basin has around 168 million hectares of primary forest and 288 million hectares of tree cover, while the combined tropical areas of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, and Australia have 120 million hectares of primary forest and 216 million hectares of tree cover.

THE HISTORY OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST

At one time Amazon River flowed westward, perhaps as part of a proto-Congo river system from the interior of present day Africa when the continents were joined as part of Gondwana. Fifteen million years ago, the Andes were formed by the collision of the South American plate with the Nazca plate. The rise of the Andes and the linkage of the Brazilian and Guyana bedrock shields, blocked the river and caused the Amazon to become a vast inland sea. Gradually this inland sea became a massive swampy, freshwater lake and the marine inhabitants adapted to life in freshwater. For example, over 20 species of stingray, most closely related to those found in the Pacific Ocean, can be found today in the freshwaters of the Amazon.

About ten million years ago, waters worked through the sandstone to the west and the Amazon began to flow eastward. At this time the Amazon rainforest was born. During the Ice Age, sea levels dropped and the great Amazon lake rapidly drained and became a river. Three million years later, the ocean level receded enough to expose the Central American isthmus and allow mass migration of mammal species between the Americas.

The Ice Ages caused tropical rainforest around the world to retreat. Although debated, it is believed that much of the Amazon reverted to savanna and montane forest (see Ice Ages and Glaciation). Savanna divided patches of rainforest into "islands" and separated existing species for periods long enough to allow genetic differentiation (a similar rainforest retreat took place in Africa. Delta core samples suggest that even the mighty Congo watershed was void of rainforest at this time). When the ice ages ended, the forest was again joined and the species that were once one had diverged significantly enough to be constitute designation as separate species, adding to the tremendous diversity of the region. About 6000 years ago, sea levels rose about 130 meters, once again causing the river to be inundated like a long, giant freshwater lake.
Note: Human populations have shaped the biodiversity of the Amazon. See Amazon people for more.
THE AMAZON RIVER TODAY

Today the Amazon River is the most voluminous river on Earth, carrying more than five times the volume of the Congo or twelve times that of the Mississippi, draining an area nearly the size of the forty-eight contiguous United States. During the high water season, the river's mouth may be 300 miles wide and every day up to 18 billion cubic meters (635 billion cubic feet) of water flow into the Atlantic. That discharge, equivalent to 209,000 cubic meters of water per second (7.3 million cubic feet/sec), could fill over 7.2 million Olympic swimming pools per day or supply New York City's freshwater needs for nine years.

The force of the current -- from sheer water volume alone -- causes Amazon River water to continue flowing 125 miles out to sea before mixing with Atlantic salt water. Early sailors could drink freshwater out of the ocean before sighting the South American continent.

The river current carries tons of suspended sediment all the way from the Andes and gives the river a characteristic muddy whitewater appearance. It is calculated that 106 million cubic feet of suspended sediment are swept into the ocean each day. The result from the silt deposited at the mouth of the Amazon is Majaro island, a river island about the size of Switzerland.

The Amazon's influence on the movement of moisture extends beyond the water that flows down the Amazon river. The trees of the Amazon rainforest pump vast quantities of water vapor into the atmosphere every day via transpiration. While much of this water falls locally as rain, some of this moisture is carried by airflows across other parts of the continent, including the agricultural heartland of South America to the south. This movement has been likened to "flying rivers". By one estimate, 70% of Brazil's gross national product comes from areas that receive rainfall generated by the Amazon rainforest.

THE AMAZON RAINFOREST

While the Amazon Basin is home to the world's largest tropical rainforest, the region consists of myriad other ecosystems ranging from natural savanna to swamps. Even the rainforest itself is highly variable, tree diversity and structure varying depending on soil type, history, drainage, elevation, and other factors. This is discussed at greater length in the Amazon rainforest ecology section.

AMAZON BIODIVERSITY

The Amazon is home to more species of plants and animals than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the planet -- perhaps 30 percent of the world's species are found there. The following numbers represent a sampling of its astounding levels of biodiversity:

40,000 plant species

16,000 tree species

3,000 fish species

1,300 birds

430+ mammals

1,000+ amphibians

400+ reptiles

THE CHANGING AMAZON RAINFOREST

The Amazon has a long history of human settlement, but in recent decades the pace of change has accelerated due to an increase in human population, the introduction of mechanized agriculture, and integration of the Amazon region into the global economy. Vast quantities of commodities produced in the Amazon - cattle beef and leather, timber, soy, oil and gas, and minerals, to name a few - are exported today to China, Europe, the U.S., Russia, and other countries. This shift has had substantial impacts on the Amazon.

This transition from a remote backwater to a cog in the global economy has resulted in large-scale deforestation and forest degradation in the Amazon - more than 1.4 million hectares of forest have been cleared since the 1970s. An even larger area has been affected by selective logging and forest fires.

Conversion for cattle grazing is the biggest single direct driver of deforestation. In Brazil, more than 60 percent of cleared land ends up as pasture, most of which has low productivity, supporting less than one head per hectare. Across much of the Amazon, the primary objective for cattle ranching is to establish land claims, rather than produce beef or leather. But market-oriented cattle production has nonetheless expanded rapidly during the past decade.

Industrial agricultural production, especially soy farms, has also been an important driver of deforestation since the early 1990s. However since 2006 the Brazil soy industry has had a moratorium on new forest clearing for soy. The moratorium was a direct result of a Greenpeace campaign.

Mining, subsistence agriculture, dams, urban expansion, agricultural fires, and timber plantations also result in significant forest loss in the Amazon. Logging is the primary driver of forest disturbance and studies have shown that logged-over forests - even when selectively harvested - have a much higher likelihood of eventual deforestation. Logging roads grant access to farmers and ranchers to previous inaccessible forest areas.

Deforestation isn't the only reason the Amazon is changing. Global climate change is having major impacts on the Amazon rainforest. Higher temperatures in the tropical Atlantic reduce rainfall across large extents of the Amazon, causing drought and increasing the susceptibility of the rainforest to fire. Computer models suggest that if current rates of warming continue, much of the Amazon could transition from rainforest to savanna, especially in the southern parts of the region. Such a shift could have dramatic economic and ecological impacts, including affecting rainfall that currently feeds regions that generate 70 percent of South America's GDP and triggering enormous carbon emissions from forest die-off. These emissions could further worsen climate change.

PROTECTING THE AMAZON RAINFOREST

While destruction of the Amazon rainforest is ongoing, the overall rate of deforestation rate in the region dropped between the mid-2000s and mid-2010s, mostly due to to the sharp decline in forest clearing in Brazil. However deforestation has been steadily rising in the region in more recent years.

Brazil's decline in its deforestation rate between 2004 and 2012 was attributed to several factors, some of which it controls, some of which it doesn't. Between 2000 and 2010 Brazil established the world's largest network of protected areas, the majority of which are located in the Amazon region. In 2004, the government implemented a deforestation reduction program which included improved law enforcement, satellite monitoring, and the provision of financial incentives for respecting environmental laws. Independent public prosecutors offices played a particularly important role in pursing illegal activities in the Brazilian Amazon. The private sector also got involved, especially after 2006 when major crushers established a moratorium on new deforestation for soy. That soy moratorium was followed by the "Cattle Agreement", which major slaughterhouses and beef processors committed to source cattle only from areas where environmental laws were being respected.

However these conservation initiatives started to break down in the Brazilian Amazon in the mid-2010s. Major cattle producers circumvented the rules through livestock laundering, while financial incentives for conserving forests failed to materialize at the expected scale needed to change landowners' behavior. The Temer and Bolsonaro Administrations dismantled environmental regulations, reduced environmental law enforcement, stripped conservation areas and indigenous territories of protections, and encouraged a wide range of industries (mining, logging, agribusiness) to expand extraction and conversion in the Amazon. In 2019, deforestation in the Brazilian started accelerating rapidly.

THE LATEST AMAZON RAINFOREST NEWS

PICTURES OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST

Blackwater lake and whitewater river in the Amazon

Flowering tree in the Amazon rainforest canopy

Jaguar in the Colombian Amazon

Creek in the Colombian Amazon

Passion flower in the Colombian Amazon

Amazonian wax-tailed fulgorid

Amazon rainforest canopy in Brazil

Rivers in the Amazon rainforest

Squirrel monkey in the Amazon

Leaf-cutter ant in the Amazon

Amazon rainforest canopy in Peru

Orange planthopper in Peru

Indigenous man with bird eggs

Indigenous Tikuna man in the Amazon rainforest

Javari river in the Amazon

Where is the Amazon rainforest?

The Amazon rainforest is located in South America.
How big is the Amazon rainforest?
The Amazon basin is roughly the size of the forty-eight contiguous United States. The forest itself covered roughly 634 million hectares in 2020, of which about 529 million hectares was classified as primary forest.
Where does the Amazon forest rank in terms of size among rainforests?
The Amazon is Earth's largest rainforest. The Congo is the second largest rainforest.
What countries make up the Amazon rainforest?
The Amazon includes parts of eight South American countries: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname, as well as French Guiana, a department of France.
Who owns the Amazon rainforest?
The Amazon lies within several countries (see above). Within those countries, land may be privately owned, held by indigenous peoples in legally recognized territories, owned by collectives, or controlled by the government as national parks or public lands.
How does the Amazon Rainforest get its name?
The Amazon rainforest is named after the Amazon River, which is known as the Rio Amazonas in Spanish and Portuguese. "Amazonas" is derived from an ancient Greek myth about a tribe of mighty women warriors. It was bestowed on the river by Francisco de Orellana after a 16th-century attack on his expedition by long-haired native peoples. The attack was either led by women or men with long hair, prompting the name.
Who lives in the Amazon rainforest?
The Amazon has a long history of human settlement. Today, millions of people live in cities and towns across the Amazon. This urban population vastly outnumbers the people living in villages and remote communities. However there are still traditional indigenous peoples living deep in the rainforest in voluntary isolation. Learn more about people in the Amazon rainforest.
Is the Amazon rainforest really Earth's lungs?
The Amazon rainforests is often called the "lungs of the planet" for its role in absorbing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and releasing moisture into the atmosphere through the process of transpiration. Rainforests produce oxygen during the day via photosynthesis and absorb oxygen at night via respiration. Therefore they aren't a major net source of oxygen in the atmosphere.
What causes fires in the Amazon?
Fires in the Amazon typically result from either natural ignition sources like lightning or intentional setting by humans. Human activities are worsening conditions that allow fires to move from dry areas - like farms, pastures, and logged forests - into rainforests.
What animals live in the Amazon?
The Amazon is home to more species of plants and animals than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the planet -- perhaps 30 percent of the world's species are found there. These range from jaguars to tapirs to bats; parrots to hummingbirds; poison dart frogs to anacondas; leaf-cutter ants to blue morpho butterflies, and stingrays to piranha, to name but a small selection of well-known animals.
Why don't we just buy the Amazon?
The countries that control the Amazon are sovereign nations. While it may be possible to buy some land to set aside for conservation, attempting to buy the entire Amazon is impossible. In general, the most effective conservation strategies in the region involve recognizing the land rights of indigenous peoples and ensuring that local people benefit from conservation and sustainable development initiatives.
What can we do to stop the Amazon burning?
Fires in the Amazon are often a product of government policies governing land use, enforcement of environmental laws, and corporate guidelines for commodity sourcing. Encouraging landowners to carefully manage fires can greatly reduce the likelihood of agricultural fires burning into rainforests.
Why are forest fires getting worse?
Deforestation and forest degradation increase the vulnerability of rainforests to fire by drying out the forest interior. At the same time, climate change is increasing the incidence of drought in the Amazon basin. When farmers, ranchers, and land speculators start fires, they can easily spread into the rainforest.
What is the environmental impact of Amazon forest fires?
Rainforest fires threaten biodiversity through habitat destruction. Fires also release substantial amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, drive local and regional air pollution, and can even affect rainfall patterns.
Why is the Amazon rainforest important?
The Amazon rainforest helps stabilize the world's climate by sequestering carbon; provides a home for plant and animal species; helps maintain the water cycle, including generating rainfall at local, regional, and trans-continental scales; is a source for food, fiber, fuel, and medicine; supports forest-dependent people, including indigenous tribes living in voluntary isolation from the rest of humanity; and provides recreational, spiritual, and cultural value.
How much of the Amazon rainforest has been destroyed? Is the Amazon rainforest dangerous?
There are a number of animals that are potentially dangerous to humans, ranging from venomous snakes to electric eels to the jaguar, among vertebrates. However it's the small things that generally pose the greatest risks: disease-carrying mosquitos, viruses and bacteria, and biting ants. And don't forget humans: violence against environmental defenders and indigenous peoples is a major issue in the Amazon.
Why is the Amazon rainforest in danger?
Accelerating deforestation, forest degradation, and drought in the Amazon is of great concern to scientists who warn that the entire biome may be near a tipping point where large areas of wet rainforest could transition to dry tropical woodlands and savanna. Such a transition could have dramatic implications for regional rainfall, with the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone potentially shifting northward, leading to drier conditions across South America's breadbasket and major urban areas. The impact on regional economies could be substantial, while the impact on ecosystem function and biodiversity of the Amazon could be devastating, according to researchers.

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Background information on the Amazon rainforest, including charts, pictures, and statistics.

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Discover the story of the one place we all call home - Our Planet, a groundbreaking Netflix original documentary series.

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On May 20th, Harry Styles released his 3rd solo album and although I love most of the songs on the album this one is for sure my favorite. I have been a fan of Harry Styles since 2012 when he was in One Direction. Although I am slightly nostalgic for One Direction (especially their album Four), I am loving Harry's solo career as he is finally able to release the type of music he wants and is in a much better place emotionally as stated in various interviews.

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I find it extremely interesting to learn that there are so many different forms of intelligence in other species than humans. As a kid I was always drawn towards animals and learning more about them. Learning about the similarities and differences is fascinating to me. Watching animals adapt to their new environments constantly as humans do, considering an exponential growth in technology and environment around us. It's a beautiful world we live in and I believe everyone deserves appreciation for their forms of intelligence. Can't wait to see more progress in this topic.

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Intelligence is one of the defining features of being human and it comes in various forms. For example, there's verbal-linguistic intelligence (communicative ability), spatial intelligence (the ability to observe the world with the mind's eye), logical-mathematical intelligence (the ability to solve mathematical problems) and emotional intelligence (the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others). There are also other types of intelligence which, in the process of understanding the workings of the human mind, we have tried to disentangle and define.

However, when we talk of animal intelligence, we talk in quite different terms. The study of animal intelligence has a long history. Ever since Darwin's On the Origin of Species was published, scientists have attempted to understand how animals think, comparing and contrasting this with human thought.

We can define animal intelligence as the combination of skills and abilities that allow animals to live in and adapt to their specific environments.

What does this actualy mean? Animals possess the ability to adapt to their surroundings by learning to change their habits and behaviours. Many species are also capable of forming social groups. All of these characteristics are based on the animal's capacity to process information and, by assessing this capacity, we can make a judgement regarding the relative intelligence of different species.

By far the world's smartest invertebrates, octopuses can carry out complex tasks, such as opening a jar to get to its contents. Not only do they have a good short and long term memory but also a remarkable ability to learn new skills from the moment they're born. For example, the mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) is able to impersonate other species in order to protect itself from predators.

Dolphins are extremely sociable creatures with a highly developed ability to adapt to their habitat. They help one another when injured or ill and, thanks to their individually distinct calls, they're able to pass on their knowledge to others. In fact, the list of high level cognitive abilities - including identification, differentiation and behavioural control - goes on and on.

Chimpanzees

These are mankind's closest relatives. Chimpanzees are sociable animals and form elaborate communities. They are skilled at using different types of tools to carry out complex tasks, such as thin sticks to extract termites and rocks to open fruits. Combined with a powerful memory, these abilities make the chimpanzee the most intelligent (non-human) animal on Earth.

Pigs are highly adaptable mammals with a keen ability to learn new skills. In fact, some studies suggest that an adult pig may have a level of intelligence comparable to that of a three year old child! This would make them far smarter than other domestic animals, such as dogs and cats.

These birds have an incredible ability to recognise different human faces and have a high aptitude for communication, as can seen by their knack for impersonating human voices. Besides this, parrots possess an excellent memory, which helps them solve complex problems.

Elephants boast the largest brain of all land animals. These animals are renowned for their sociability and can express a wide range of emotions, including happiness and compassion, as well as pain and grief. They display acts of altruism and self awareness. With a greater memory than even us humans, an elephant truly never forgets!

These remarkable birds are capable of constructing tools, usings them and saving them for future use. Their cognitive abilities include problem-solving, reasoning and even self-awareness. Despite their relatively small brain, they have a good memory. They can remember other members of their own species and even recognise humans when they pose a threat.

Rats dream in a similar way to that of humans. Thanks to their ability to process different sensorial cues, they can analyse situations and make their way out of complex mazes. Interestingly, they have been found to display high levels of empathy, making sacrifices for other members of their species. Rats can even make calculations in order to obtain food from a trap without being caught!

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Animal intelligence: the smartest animal species in the world

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Yesterday marks the anniversary of a great show that the Grateful Dead played at UCSB in 1974. This show featured the "wall of sound", a massive wall of amps that made for the largest, loudest, and most clear sound system ever built at the time. It has some great jams and it's so cool that it was right here at UCSB. The footage is amazing but sadly there is no sound in this video.

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I was reading this short article for another one of my classes and found the benefits of yoga to be very interesting. Overall it is beneficial for those experiencing high levels of stress and not only helps mentally, but also physically. It is a nice little escape that makes you feel better!

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Maintaining a regular yoga practice can provide physical and mental health benefits

Learn about the different types of yoga and how it can be used as a tool to help you stay healthy.

Like yoga, the osteopathic approach to wellness focuses on your body's natural tendency toward health and self-healing.

"The purpose of yoga is to build strength, awareness and harmony in both the mind and body," explains Natalie Nevins, DO, a board-certified osteopathic family physician and certified Kundalini Yoga instructor in Hollywood, California.

While there are more than 100 different types, or schools, of yoga, most sessions typically include breathing exercises, meditation, and assuming postures (sometimes called asana or poses) that stretch and flex various muscle groups.

"As an osteopathic physician, I focus a lot of my efforts on preventive medicine and practices, and in the body's ability to heal itself," says Dr. Nevins. "Yoga is a great tool for staying healthy because it's based on similar principles."

Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine​, or DOs, focus on prevention by examining how your lifestyle and environment impact your health, rather than just treating your symptoms.

Beginners welcome

Because there are so many different kinds of yoga practices, it is possible for anyone to start. "Whether you're a couch potato or a professional athlete, size and fitness levels do not matter because there are modifications for every yoga pose and beginner classes in every style," says Dr. Nevins. "The idea is to explore your limits, not strive for some pretzel-like perfection. It is a great way to get in tune with your body and your inner self."​

Physical benefits

"The relaxation techniques incorporated in yoga can lessen chronic pain, such as lower back pain, arthritis, headaches and carpal tunnel syndrome," explains Dr. Nevins. "Yoga can also lower blood pressure and reduce insomnia."

Other physical benefits of yoga include:

increased flexibility

increased muscle strength and tone

improved respiration, energy and vitality

maintaining a balanced metabolism

weight reduction

cardio and circulatory health

improved athletic performance

protection from injury

Mental benefits

Aside from the physical benefits, one of the best benefits of yoga is how it helps a person manage stress, which is known to have devastating effects on the body and mind. "Stress can reveal itself in many ways, including back or neck pain, sleeping problems, headaches, drug abuse, and an inability to concentrate," says Dr. Nevins. "Yoga can be very effective in developing coping skills and reaching a more positive outlook on life."

Yoga's incorporation of meditation and breathing can help improve a person's mental well-being. "Regular yoga practice creates mental clarity and calmness; increases body awareness; relieves chronic stress patterns; relaxes the mind; centers attention; and sharpens concentration," says Dr. Nevins. Body- and self-awareness are particularly beneficial, she adds, "because they can help with early detection of physical problems and allow for early preventive action."

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Just when you thought the coronavirus had subsided, a new infection is discovered. Because of this pandemic, we have been forced to impose many restrictions. And new restrictions now threaten us.

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On May 18, 2022, a U.S. resident tested positive for monkeypox after returning to the U.S. from Canada. As of May 18, 2022, no additional monkeypox cases have been identified in the U.S.

Overview

Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are collaborating with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to investigate a situation in which a U.S. resident tested positive for monkeypox on May 18 after returning to the U.S. from Canada.

CDC is also tracking multiple clusters of monkeypox that have been reported in early- to mid-May in several countries that don't normally report monkeypox, including in Europe and North America.

It's not clear how people in those clusters were exposed to monkeypox but cases include people who self-identify as men who have sex with men. CDC is urging healthcare providers in the U.S. to be alert for patients who have rash illnesses consistent with monkeypox, regardless of whether they have travel or specific risk factors for monkeypox and regardless of gender or sexual orientation.

What people should do:

People who may have symptoms of monkeypox should contact their healthcare provider. This includes anyone who:

1. traveled to central or west African countries, parts of Europe where monkeypox cases have been reported, or other areas with confirmed cases of monkeypox during the month before their symptoms began,

2. reports contact with a person with confirmed or suspected monkeypox, or

3. is a man who regularly has close or intimate contact with other men, including through an online website, digital application ("app"), or at a bar or party.

If clinicians identify patients with a rash that could be consistent with monkeypox, especially those with a recent travel history to central or west African countries, parts of Europe where monkeypox has been reported, or other areas reporting monkeypox cases, monkeypox should be considered as a possible diagnosis.

The rash associated with monkeypox involves vesicles or pustules that are deep-seated, firm or hard, and well-circumscribed; the lesions may umbilicate or become confluent and progress over time to scabs.

Presenting symptoms typically include fever, chills, the distinctive rash, or new lymphadenopathy; however, onset of perianal or genital lesions in the absence of subjective fever has been reported.

The rash associated with monkeypox can be confused with other diseases that are encountered in clinical practice (e.g., secondary syphilis, herpes, chancroid, and varicella zoster). However, a high index of suspicion for monkeypox is warranted when evaluating people with a characteristic rash, particularly for men who report sexual contact with other men and who present with lesions in the genital/perianal area or for individuals reporting a significant travel history in the month before illness onset or contact with a suspected or confirmed case of monkeypox.

Information on infection prevention and control in healthcare settings is provided on the CDC website Infection Control: Hospital | Monkeypox | Poxvirus | CDC. CDC is currently reviewing this information to consider the need for updates.

Clinicians should first consult their state health department (State Contactsexternal icon ) or CDC through the CDC Emergency Operations Center (770-488-7100) as soon as monkeypox is suspected.

All specimens should be sent through the state/territorial public health department, unless authorized to send them directly to CDC.

If monkeypox is suspected, CDC should be consulted through the CDC Emergency Operations Center (770-488-7100).

Appropriately collected samples can be sent to CDC or an appropriate Laboratory Response Network (LRN) laboratory for testing by PCR.

Laboratory Response Network laboratories are able to provide orthopoxvirus testing on lesion specimens that clinicians obtain from suspected patients; confirmatory monkeypox virus-specific testing at CDC requires a dry lesion swab specimen.

1. Vigorously swab or brush lesion with two separate sterile dry polyester or Dacron swabs;Collect multiple specimens for preliminary and confirmatory testing as follows:

2. Break off end of applicator of each swab into a 1.5- or 2-mL screw-capped tube with O-ring or place each entire swab in a separate sterile container. Do not add or store in viral or universal transport media.

Case Definitions† For Use: Monkeypox 2022

Person Under Investigation

Persons under investigation (PUI) are individuals who are reported as suspicious but have not been tested in an LRN laboratory. This includes cases that health departments have been consulted on because of clinician concern.
Possible Case

Meets one of the epidemiologic criteria AND has fever or new rash AND at least one other sign or symptom with onset 21 days after last exposure meeting epidemiologic criteria
Probable Case

Meets one of the epidemiologic criteria AND has new rash with or without fever AND at least one other sign or symptom with onset 21 days after last exposure meeting epidemiologic criteria AND

Demonstration of detectable levels of anti-orthopoxvirus IgM antibody during the period of 4 to 56 days after rash onset

Confirmed Orthopoxvirus Case

Meets possible case definition AND

Demonstration of orthopoxvirus DNA by polymerase chain reaction testing of a clinical specimen OR demonstration of presence of orthopoxvirus using immunohistochemical or electron microscopy testing methods

Confirmed Monkeypox Case

Meets possible case definition AND

Demonstration of presence of monkeypox virus DNA by polymerase chain reaction testing or Next-Generation sequencing of a clinical specimen OR isolation of monkeypox virus in culture from a clinical specimen

Clinical Criteria

New rash (any of the following)

Macular

Papular

Vesicular

Pustular

Generalized or localized

Discrete or confluent

Fever (either of the following)

Subjective

Measured temperature of ≥100.4° F [>38° C]

Other signs and symptoms:

Chills and/or sweats

New lymphadenopathy (periauricular, axillary, cervical, or inguinal)

Epidemiologic Criteria
Within 21 days of illness onset:

Report having had contact with a person or people who have a similar appearing rash or received a diagnosis of confirmed or probable monkeypox OR

Is a man who regularly has close or intimate in-person contact with other men, including through an online website, digital application ("app"), or social event (e.g., a bar or party) OR

Traveled to a country with confirmed cases of monkeypox AND at least one of the above criteria OR

Traveled to country where MPXV is endemic OR

Contact with a dead or live wild animal or exotic pet that is an African endemic species or used a product derived such animals (e.g., game meat, creams, lotions, powders, etc.)

Exclusion Criteria
A case may be excluded as a possible, probable, or confirmed monkeypox case if:

An alternative diagnosis* can fully explain the illness OR

An individual with symptoms consistent with monkeypox but who does not develop a rash within 5 days of illness onset OR

A case where specimens do not demonstrate the presence of orthopoxvirus or monkeypox virus or antibodies to orthopoxvirus as describe in the laboratory criteria

†Categorization may change as the investigation continues (e.g., a patient may go from PUI to probable)

* The rash associated with monkeypox can be confused with other diseases that are more commonly encountered in clinical practice (e.g., secondary syphilis, herpes, chancroid, and varicella zoster). Historically, sporadic reports of patients co-infected with monkeypox virus and other infectious agents (e.g., varicella zoster, syphilis).

Orthopoxvirus Vaccine Guidance for Persons at Risk for Occupational Exposure

On November 3, 2021, the Advisory Committee and Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to recommend vaccination for select persons at risk for occupational exposure to orthopoxviruses. Such persons include:

Research laboratory personnel¹, clinical laboratory personnel performing diagnostic testing for orthopoxviruses², and for designated response team members at risk for occupational exposure to orthopoxviruses³.

Healthcare personnel who administer ACAM2000 or care for patients infected with replication competent orthopoxviruses based on shared clinical decision-making⁴.

Persons who are at continued risk ⁵ for occupational exposure to more virulent orthopoxviruses like variola virus or monkeypox virus should receive booster doses of JYNNEOS every 2 years after the primary JYNNEOS series. Persons who are at continued risk ⁵ for occupational exposure to replication competent orthopoxviruses like vaccinia virus or cowpox virus should receive booster doses of JYNNEOS at least every 10 years after the primary JYNNEOS series. Persons who are at continued risk ⁵ for occupational exposure to orthopoxviruses, and who received an ACAM2000 primary vaccination, should receive a booster dose of JYNNEOS as an alternative to a booster dose of ACAM2000.

Additional ACIP recommendations are available here.

Two orthopoxvirus vaccines are available from CDC Drug Service for persons at risk for occupational exposure.

JYNNEOSexternal icon is a live, non-replicating vaccine licensed by the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) for prevention of smallpox and monkeypox disease in adults 18 years of age and older determined to be at high risk for smallpox or monkeypox infection.

ACAM2000external icon is a live vaccine for active immunization against smallpox disease licensed by the U.S. FDA for persons determined to be at high risk for smallpox infection.

Requests for vaccine, including the reason for the request, should be referred to the following: CDC Drug Service, Division of Scientific Resources, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Office of Infectious Diseases, Mailstop H23-6, Atlanta, GA 30329; telephone: 404-639-3670; fax: 404-639-3717; e-mail: drugservice@cdc.gov.

¹ Research laboratory personnel are those who directly handle 1) cultures or 2) animals contaminated or infected with replication-competent vaccinia virus, recombinant vaccinia viruses derived from replication-competent vaccinia strains (i.e., those that are capable of causing clinical infection and producing infectious virus in humans), or other orthopoxviruses that infect humans (e.g., monkeypox, cowpox, and variola).

² Clinical laboratory personnel who perform routine chemistry, hematology, and urinalysis testing, including for suspected or confirmed patients with orthopoxvirus infections, are not included in this recommendation as their risk for exposure is very low.

³ Public health authorities, at their own discretion, may approve a cohort of healthcare and/or public health personnel to receive primary vaccination against orthopoxviruses for preparedness purposes (e.g., first responders who might participate in a smallpox or monkeypox outbreak).

⁴ For example, those caring for patients enrolled in clinical trials for replication-competent orthopoxvirus vaccines and those caring for persons with suspected or confirmed orthopoxvirus infections (e.g., clinicians and environmental services personnel).

⁵ Continued risk refers to persistent risk due to occupational work performed. Designated public health and healthcare worker response teams approved by public health authorities are not at "continued risk" because they are vaccinated for the purposes of preparedness.

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I am a serial single chocolate chip cookie baker (which kind of defeats the purpose but anyways,) so I have tried many recipes, and this is by far my favorite one. It actually makes two cookies.
INGREDIENTS

3 Tablespoons unsalted butter

4 Tablespoons brown sugar, packed

1 Tablespoon granulated sugar

1 egg yolk

6 Tablespoons all purpose flour

1/8 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 Tablespoons chocolate chips

After this point, I just use my brain to make up the rest of the instructions.

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So you want a chocolate chip cookie, but don’t want to whip up a whooooole batch of chocolate chip cookies just for yourself? You’ve come to the right place. I present to you the best single serve chocolate chip cookie recipe you’ll ever.

Single Serve Chocolate Chip Cookie

Let me set the scene for you. It’s 9 pm. You’re home alone. An intense craving for a gooey, warm chocolate chip cookie hits and you just can’t shake it. But…you don’t want to make a whole batch of chocolate chip cookies. You just want one. Or two. THat’s where this ooey gooey, browned butter, gooey in the middle, crunchy on the outside individual chocolate chip cookie comes in.

What are single serve chocolate chip cookies?

This small batch chocolate chip cookie recipe makes two perfect chocolate chip cookies so you can satisfy your cravings without having a whole bunch of extra cookies laying around when you really want just one! Plus, they’re made in one bowl and come together in under a half hour so they’re the perfect midnight snack to whip up.

Ingredients for this individual chocolate chip cookie

We made this individual chocolate chip cookie recipe with all the same ingredients you’ll find in our favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe.

Unsalted Butter: Using unsalted butter means that you can fully control the amount of salt going into your cookies and also ensures that it browns evenly. You’ll brown the butter for a nutty, toasty deep flavor as the base for your cookies!

Sugar: Chocolate chip cookies should always be made with a mixture of brown and white sugar

Eggs: Eggs will bind your cookies together. A single egg yolk will gives these cookies their soft, chewy, not too cakey texture.

Vanilla Extract: Do NOT leave out the vanilla.

Flour: All purpose flour is our flour of choice for these chewy cookies. It creates a tender but hearty crumb. Make sure when you are measuring your flour you measure it carefully using a spoon to aerate the flour. We recommend adding the first cup in and then adding the remaining 3/4 cup a little at a time. Browned butter evaporates as it browns, meaning that the amount of butter can vary depending on how long you browned it for which can lead to less liquid in your cookie dough. See the directions for more guidance on this!

Chocolate Chips: When it comes to chocolate chip cookies, your chocolate can make or break your cookie. Splurge on a high quality semi sweet or dark chocolate. Milk chocolate is child’s play. So are the store brand chocolate chips. Go for a good bar, chocolate disks, or a high quality chunk. Whatever you choose, use 2 cups of it and load up your cookie dough for big, melty pools of chocolate throughout your cookie.

Salt: Baked goods NEED salt. Without it they’re just cloyingly sweet. Salt adds that perfectly nuanced salty-sweet flavor that pushes a baked good from good to great.

Tips for making singe serve chocolate chip cookies

Everyone has their own secrets to making the perfect chocolate chip cookies, but I swear by these. Get your notebooks out.

Make sure you measure your ingredients carefully: This single serve chocolate chip cookie majorly scales down your normal cookie recipe, so there is not much room for error. If you’re off by a teaspoon in a full recipe it’s not going to make that much of a difference, but in a

Only mix until just combined: Repeat after me, “overmixing ruins everything.” I know it can be fun to whisk away and overwork your dough as an excuse to eat more cookie dough, but do not do it.  You will get dry, tough, sad cookies.

Under bake them: When in doubt UNDER bake. The cookies will continue to bake as they cool. Plus, no one ever complained about a gooey center 🙂

Enjoy your chocolate chip cookie!

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So you want a chocolate chip cookie, but don’t want to whip up a whooooole batch of chocolate chip cookies just for yourself? You’ve come to the right place. I present to you the best single serve chocolate chip cookie recipe you’ll ever.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 11 minutes

Total Time: 21 minutes

Yield: 2 cookies 1x

Category: dessert

Method: oven

Cuisine: american

Author: Sofi | Broma Bakery

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 11 minutes

Total Time: 21 minutes

Yield: 2 cookies 1x

Category: dessert

Method: oven

Cuisine: american

Scale:

Author: Sofi | Broma Bakery

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 11 minutes

Total Time: 21 minutes

Yield: 2 cookies 1x

Category: dessert

Method: oven

Cuisine: american

Ingredients

3 Tablespoons unsalted butter

4 Tablespoons brown sugar, packed

1 Tablespoon granulated sugar

1 egg yolk

6 Tablespoons all purpose flour

1/8 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 Tablespoons chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.

2. Brown the butter over medium heat, stirring constantly until the butter begins to foam and turns a golden brown, emitting a nutty aroma. Take butter off the heat and allow to cool.

3. In a small mixing bowl combine the butter and the sugars and mix well. Add the egg yolk, and vanilla extract and mix until smooth and homogenous.

4. Add the flour, salt and baking soda. Mix until just combined and no streaks of flour remain. Last, fold in the chocolate. Do not over mix.

5. Shape into 2 huge cookies or 2 medium size cookies and place on your prepared cookie sheet.

6. Bake for 11 minutes*, or until the edges are just golden brown and the centers have puffed up but are still gooey.

7. Allow to cool before eating!

Keywords: single serve chocolate chip cookie, individual chocolate chip cookie

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Working out every day for a month can enable you to lose about 4.5 lbs., although the exact weight loss will depend on the type of workout and your weight. A well-rounded workout consists of aerobic activity, which you can do for one hour each day, and two days of strength training each week. You need to burn 3,500 calories to lose 1 lb., assuming that you do not reduce your caloric intake.

Aerobic Exercise

Aerobic workouts such as walking at 3 mph burn a low number of calories but running at 8 mph burns a high number. If you stick with an aerobic activity that falls into the middle, such as jogging at 5 mph, swimming laps or high-impact aerobics, the average calorie burn for a 160-lb. person is 511 calories per hour. Working out for 1 hour each day with such an activity would burn 3,577 calories each week and 14,308 calories each month. That computes to a monthly weight loss of 4 lbs.

Strength Training

Strength training improves your strength and muscle tone. A one-hour weightlifting session, with free weights or on a strength training machine, burns 218 calories for the 160-lb. person. Two strength-training sessions each week produces a weekly calorie burn of 436 and a monthly calorie burn of 1,744. Your monthly weight loss from strength training would be about 0.5 lbs.

You can lose even more weight if you reduce your caloric intake in addition to working out daily. Cutting out 500 calories each day leads to a weekly calorie reduction of 3,500 and a monthly calorie reduction of 14,000. Such a reduction would shave off another 4 lbs. each month. Incorporating a healthy diet into your routine can become lifelong habit that helps maintain your weight and improve your overall well-being.

Considerations

Working out with a daily aerobic session and a twice-weekly strength-training session would result in a weight loss of about 4.5 lbs. per month. Cutting back on calories can increase that monthly weight-loss total to 8.5 lbs. Opting for a higher-intensity aerobic activity can speed up the weight loss, although the safest weight loss is at a pace of no more than 2 lbs. per week. Exercise should be done in moderation.

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Understanding your mental health

There is an increased awareness of mental health in our daily lives - in the news, in schools, while at work. But what does mental health actually mean? And why is it important to focus on when we talk about improving our overall health and well-being?

To begin, you may also hear the phrase "behavioral health" come up in discussing mental health. There is a difference and a relationship between mental and behavioral health. We need to understand their definitions, differences and roles in what it means to be healthy.

The difference between mental health and behavioral health

Both mental and behavioral care recognize that health is more than physical wellness. It's also connected with our thoughts, habits and moods.

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological and social well-being. It affects the ways we handle stress, make choices and interact with others.

Behavioral health involves our actions and their effect on our physical and mental health.

It's common for a person to be struggling with both a mental health and a behavioral health challenge.

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The Titanic was an ocean-liner like no other and the food served was an insight into the social disparities of the time with first-class passengers enjoying a ten-course meal for dinner. Having departed Cobh, Co Cork, on route to New York, Titanic sank only four days into its maiden voyage after hit…

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If you have ever wondered why your cat behaves the way it does, wonder no more

Ask me another
Interview by Kate Wong
As anyone who has spent time with cats knows, our feline companions are mysterious-much more so than those other furry family members. Here John Bradshaw, author of Cat Sense (Basic Books, 2013), fields a selection of questions submitted by Scientific American editors and Twitter followers about the cat's many quirks. Bradshaw is a visiting fellow at the University of Bristol School of Veterinary Sciences in England, where he studies the behavior and welfare of cats and dogs, as well as their interactions with people.
Are cats less domesticated than dogs? Are they becoming more domesticated over time?
Cats are far more similar to their wild ancestors than dogs are to wolves, so dogs are in that sense the more domesticated of the two species. As they adapted to living alongside humans, cats became more sociable with one another and much more accepting of people, but there is no evidence that they have changed much more than that over the past few thousand years.
Will cats, which require meat, eventually evolve to eat a broader array of foods as dogs do?
Cats and dogs belong to a group of mammals known as Carnivora, and the wild ancestors of both species dined primarily on meat. Recent DNA analyses indicate that over the course of their evolution, dogs have acquired more copies of the so-called amylase gene, which makes an enzyme that helps to break down starch. Having more copies of this gene has allowed dogs to eat a more omnivorous diet. In contrast, the cat family, known as Felidae, lost the genes that encode several key enzymes-including those that manufacture vitamin A, prostaglandins and the amino acid taurine-early in its evolution. Whereas dogs (and humans) can synthesize these substances from plant-based precursors, cats have to obtain them from meat. To expand their diet, cats would have to evolve physiological traits that allow them to synthesize these and other key nutrients from plant foods. This capacity has not emerged during the 10 million years of felid evolution, so it seems unlikely to arise spontaneously in our domestic cats.
Why do cats purr?
Cats purr because they have something to say, which roughly translated is "please keep still and pay attention to me." Kittens purr to persuade their mothers to keep on nursing them, and pet cats purr when they want to be stroked. The vibrations emanating from the purr certainly have a calming effect on people. Yet sick cats will also purr as a cry for help. So purring doesn't always mean "I'm happy." Some researchers have claimed that the vibrations from purring might help heal bone damage in an injured cat.
How do they purr?
The purr is an unusual vocalization, made by rattling the vocal cords together rather than vibrating them by pushing air past them, which is how cats-and humans-generate all their other vocal sounds. That's why cats can purr when they're breathing in and breathing out. Most species of wildcats can purr, including the cheetah. The exceptions are the big cats-lion, tiger, jaguar and leopard-whose voice boxes are modified so that they can roar.
Why do house cats have so many vocalizations compared with wildcats?
House cats are much noisier than feral cats, although they have fewer vocalizations than some other species. The jungle cat from Asia, for example, has a couple more that are not in the house cat's repertoire, namely the "ow" and the "gurgle." The house cat's characteristic sound, the meow, is hardly ever heard in feral cat colonies, except occasionally when mother cats are communicating with their kittens. Feral cats diligently monitor one another's comings and goings, so they don't need to announce their presence vocally. Cats that live with humans, however, learn that meowing is a good way of getting our attention: our pet felines often find that we have our noses buried in a book or a screen, so they meow to get us to acknowledge them. Some pets develop a "private language" of meows that only their owners understand, each signifying something different that the cat needs. Also, certain breeds are notoriously chatty, the Siamese in particular.
Do cats think of their owners as parents? Siblings? Friends?
By rubbing around our legs when they greet us, cats show that they regard us as friendly but at the same time slightly superior to them. When living in a family group, kittens rub on their mothers, females rub on males and smaller cats rub on bigger cats. The reverse rarely occurs-an indicator of the small imbalance of power in each of these relationships.
How can you get a cat to love you?
Cats naturally feel affection for those who feed, look after and play with them, although they don't always make that obvious. Trust can be harder to win because some cats are just nervous. One trick is to always allow the cat to approach you rather than forcing yourself on the cat when you feel like it. When the cat does approach, reward it with a few treats and let it leave as soon as it wants to. You should find that it comes to you a little sooner, and stays for a little longer, each time.
Why do cats sometimes suddenly bite or scratch the person who is petting them?
You have probably missed the warning signs that the cat has had enough. Some cats, even if they enjoy being petted, also tire of it very quickly. Flattened ears and a slight twitching of the tail can signal that they have had their fill. If you have such a cat, try breaking off from stroking it every few seconds and allow it to move away if it wants to.
Can cats get jealous?
Research has demonstrated that dogs can get jealous, so cats probably can, too. For both species jealousy is an in-the-moment emotion they experience when they see that another individual is getting the attention they are craving: they don't remember being jealous once the moment has passed. As with dogs, cats have a limited concept of time: they can learn to distinguish between different time intervals but only when these intervals are limited to a few seconds. Thinking back into the more distant past is probably beyond their abilities.
Do cats remember different people or just the people they see on a daily basis?
Scientists have not studied this specific trait directly, but cats do seem to forget other cats once they have been separated for a long time, so the same probably applies to people as well. Dogs, for whom humans are much more important, can remember people by their scent for months, probably years.
Do coat colors and patterns correspond to certain personality traits in cats?
Cat owners commonly believe that coat color can predict the personality of their pet, but there's no evidence that this is universally true. Locally, a very successful male can produce a lot of kittens that both look like him and behave like him because of their shared genes, which might explain how people have come to associate coat color with personality. Among pedigree cats, the major breed types do have characteristic personalities: the so-called oriental breeds tend to be particularly active, the exotics more laid-back. Cats that are hybrids of domesticated cats and wildcats exhibit even stronger breed-specific personality traits. For example, Bengals, which are a cross between domestic cats and the Asian leopard cat, tend to be extremely adventurous and sleep for only about half the time that a typical domestic cat does.
Why do cats bring their kills to their humans?
It is tempting to see these kills as presents from our feline companions, but they are not intended that way. Cats take their kills somewhere safe before they eat them. If this location happens to be in or near the kitchen, they are automatically reminded that commercial cat food is much tastier than mouse, and hence they abandon their catch then and there.
Why do they knock objects off tables and shelves?
Some cats are just clumsier than others, and material possessions mean nothing to them. Others will bat items over the edge simply to get their owner's attention. Sometimes they seem to do it for their own entertainment or because they have learned that this is a game that their owner seems to enjoy.
Do indoor cats suffer from not being able to go outside?
If a cat has lived indoors all its life, it probably doesn't "miss" what it has never experienced. Outdoor cats that are suddenly confined do get stressed, however. All indoor cats should be given plenty of stimulation-hunting games using preylike toys are ideal.
Why do cats sometimes suddenly decide to run around like crazy for no apparent reason?
Cats can get quite frustrated if they are bored or if they are stressed, perhaps because they have just seen a rival cat through the window. Under such circumstances, the slightest movement, perhaps just a speck of dust caught in a shaft of light, can set them off. Regular play sessions can help dissipate all that energy and relieve any stress.
Why do cats love to climb into boxes, including ones that seem too small?
Cats like to feel well protected, especially when they intend to sleep, and cardboard cartons can be ideal for a secure nap. Why some seem to prefer too small boxes over just right ones is a mystery, though.
Why do cats climb to heights that they are subsequently afraid to jump down from?
Because cats' claws face backward, they're much more useful for running up trees than for climbing down. (The margay, a tree-dwelling South American cat, has double-jointed ankles and wrists that allow it to descend as easily as it ascends.) Inexperienced or frightened cats may go higher than they should. But they usually succeed in descending eventually because they have a reflex that enables them to fall safely, even from quite considerable heights. They stretch all four legs out sideways, so that the loose skin on their belly forms a kind of parachute. Then, a split second before reaching the ground, they push their feet downward and arch their back to minimize the shock of landing.
Why do some cats go crazy for catnip and others show no response at all?
The catnip response is a bit of an enigma because it consists of seemingly random segments of play (pouncing, clutching with the claws), socializing (cheek rubbing) and female sexual behavior (rolling onto the back, for example). Many cat species have this reaction to the herb, including lion, tiger, leopard and lynx. Yet not all individuals in these species show the response because it is controlled by a single gene that only about two thirds of cats carry [see "Catnip's Magic," below]. There is no evidence to suggest that cats that ignore catnip are deficient where play, socializing and sex are concerned, however. The catnip response may simply be an evolutionary accident.
Why do cats lick and chew plastic bags, power cords and other nonfood items?
Veterinarians have noted an unhealthy taste for plastics in some cats but have never convincingly explained it. Cats may be trying to alleviate stress. Among oriental cat breeds, adults commonly suck, chew and eat fabrics, especially wool, in response to stress. Also, kittens of all kinds that are weaned too early may develop the habit of suckling on a blanket, usually purring and kneading with their front paws at the same time, as if the blanket were their mother.
Why do they chew their fur?
There are two possible reasons for this behavior. One is itchy skin, possibly caused by fleas or other parasites, or an allergy. But persistent overgrooming on one spot or pulling out clumps of fur can also be signs of chronic stress, perhaps because of conflict with another cat in the house or in the neighborhood.
Why do cat feet sometimes smell like tortilla chips?
A common minor fungal skin infection, similar to athlete's foot in humans, often produces this smell. Dogs may carry this fungus, too.
Why can't domestic cats go without food for long, like their big cat cousins can? They get fatty liver disease in a couple of days.
All cats, big and small, can suffer from fatty liver disease, in which fat released from other parts of the body accumulates in the liver, blocking its ability to carry out key functions such as recycling red blood cells. This condition can occur as a result of cancer, diabetes or kidney disease, but it can also be triggered by the cat not eating for some reason (stress is a common cause in pet cats). It comes on much more quickly in obese cats, so it's probably less common in big cat species simply because living in the wild they're unlikely to be overweight.
Why are cats so finicky about food and their litter boxes? Why are they so sensitive to any change in routine?
Cats have much more exacting nutritional requirements than dogs do, so they have to be careful about what they eat. Also, as solitary hunters, their ancestors could afford to eat in their own good time. Dogs, in contrast, are descended from pack-hunting wolves, which evolved to eat quickly so they could grab their share of the kill. Cats also prefer to hide their feces, which would otherwise betray their whereabouts to prey and predators alike, hence their reluctance to use a dirty litter box. Cats are much more sensitive than dogs are to any change in their environment because they are territorial animals that get their sense of security from the place where they live. That's why cats often try to get back to their owner's previous home in the first few weeks following a house move.
Will cats really consume their deceased owners in some situations?
If they are literally dying of hunger, cats (and dogs) will eat anything available. I'm sure that they don't mean to cause offense!
CATNIP'S MAGIC
Have you wondered why some cats exhibit strange behavior when exposed to catnip? They act much like a female cat in heat: They may rub their head and body on the herb or jump, roll around, vocalize and salivate. This response lasts for about 10 minutes, after which the cat becomes refractory to catnip's effects for roughly 30 minutes. Response to catnip is hereditary; about 70 percent of cats exhibit this behavior in the plant's presence, although it does not affect kittens until they are about six months old and begin to reach sexual maturity.

The genetically susceptible cats are responding to a volatile oil in the stems and leaves of the plant Nepeta cataria and other Nepeta species, which are members of the mint family. When the oil, named nepetalactone, enters the cat's nasal tissue, it apparently binds to proteins that stimulate sensory neurons. These nerve cells, in turn, provoke a response in neurons in the brain's olfactory bulb, which project to several regions of the brain, including the amygdala (two neuronal clusters deep in the temporal lobes that mediate emotional responses to stimuli) and the hypothalamus (the brain's "master gland"), which is known to play a role in regulating everything from hunger to emotions.

The hypothalamus, acting through the pituitary gland, alters hormonal levels to spur the sexual-like response. In other words, the cat essentially responds to the oil as if it were a pheromone emitted by another cat. Catnip is considered to be nonaddictive and completely harmless to cats. - Ramona Turner

Ramona Turner is a veterinarian practicing in Fresno, Calif.
BE A CAT RESEARCHER
Cat lovers around the globe can help researchers better understand the feline mind while helping cats lead happier and healthier lives. Check out the following citizen science projects. In some cases, you do not need to live with a cat to participate.
Track Your Cat
NC State University, Movebank.org and North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Live with a cat that goes outside? Investigators know very little about where cats go when they leave the home and even less about why some travel the open road and others stay nearby. In this project, set up a GPS cat-tracking device and find out where your cat goes.
Cat Tracking Down Under
Cat Tracker Australia, a Discovery Circle project
www.discoverycircle.org.au/projects/cat-tracker
Do cats around the world show similar movement patterns? Does the local environment affect how cats roam? This cat-tracking project in several states in Australia-open to anyone in the region, not just cat owners-will provide a cross-continental comparison of cat behavior. It includes GPS cat tracking, a cat personality test and a general survey.
The Feline Biobank: Genetic and Genomic Resources for the Cat
Cornell Feline Health Center, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
https://www2.vet.cornell.edu
What role do genes play in common feline diseases? By comparing DNA from healthy cats with DNA from cats with one or more common diseases, scientists can better understand the role that genes may play in these conditions. This project could assist veterinarians in their ability to diagnose and treat common diseases. The project is looking for DNA samples from healthy cats older than 10 years old.
Investigating a New Class of Anticancer Drugs for Mammary Cancer in Cats
Cornell Feline Health Center, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

Is there a way to stop mammary cancer in its tracks? Help reveal how feline mammary cancer develops and lay the groundwork for new ways to treat it. Investigators are accepting both normal and cancerous feline mammary gland tissue samples from female cats.
Understanding Cat Pain
University of Lincoln School of Life Sciences, England

Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience that involves a physical response as well as behavioral change. This project explores the facial, postural and vocal expressions of pain in cats-information that gives owners and veterinarians a leg up on recognizing this emotion earlier so cats can be treated before their welfare is compromised. If you own a cat that you think is in pain, contribute a video or picture. You can also take a quick quiz and check your ability to detect pain in these animals. - Julie Hecht

Julie Hecht is a Ph.D. student studying dog behavior and author of the Dog Spies blog at ScientificAmerican.com

This article was originally published with the title "The Inner Life of Cats" in SA Special Editions Vol. 27 No. 4s (), p. 72
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Stefan Thomas is a smart guy. He's a cryptocurrency expert, and served as the chief technology officer at Ripple for five years. He was getting paid in crypto when you and I had never heard of crypto.

One time, he did some work where he was paid in Bitcoin . Specifically, Thomas was paid 7,002 bitcoins. At the time, a single bitcoin was worth a few dollars. Thomas put all his bitcoins in a digital wallet. And then he lost the password.

Thomas kept his password in three different places. The first two are completely lost. His last hope is an IronKey, an encrypted flash drive. Nobody can break into an IronKey. Even the company that makes the IronKey, Kingston Technology, can't break into an IronKey. That's the way it's designed. It's military-grade hardware, impervious to all attacks. You're only allowed 10 attempts to guess the password of an IronKey. After that, the encryption key is automatically erased and the information is lost forever.

Fast forward a decade. The value of Bitcoin has skyrocketed, from a few dollars to $38,000. And Thomas still owns his 7,002 bitcoins. At that price, his coins are worth around $265 million. The password to all that money is on the IronKey flash drive. The problem is that he can't remember what password he used for that drive.

You can get an IronKey flash drive for $128 on Amazon. And that little sucker is rugged. Thomas has made eight attempts to unlock the device. He's 0-for-8. Two more wrong attempts, and the IronKey wipes all the information on it. If that happens, the password to Thomas' digital wallet (and his money) are lost forever.

With $280 million at stake, it's possible that one day some brilliant hacker might be able to outwit that little device. So far, that $128 jump drive is holding strong.

He's not the only one

Back in 2013, the BBC reported that James Howells had thrown out a hard drive that he hadn't used in three years. All his information was on newer computers, so he tossed it in the trash can. Unfortunately the password to his virtual wallet was on that hard drive, and only that hard drive.

A couple of months after he realized what he had done, Howells ran to the landfill to try to recover his hard drive. He was hopeful that it had been sorted out into a technology pile and maybe he could find it. Unfortunately his computer was "compressed" and "buried" along with the rest of the trash.

He had the password to 7,500 bitcoins on that device, bought in 2010, when bitcoin was very cheap. Forget about trying to find sunken treasure. You might want to go digging in a landfill in Wales. The value of the drive if you can find it? $300 million.

How much Bitcoin is lost money?

20% of the Bitcoin supply hasn't moved in five years or more, according to cryptocurrency analysis company Chainalysis. The company refers to this horde of bitcoins -- 3.7 million coins, worth $148 billion -- as "lost."

While that's a shocking number, consider that a substantial amount of dollars are lost all the time. Several years ago, CNN reported that states, federal agencies, and private organizations are holding $58 billion in unclaimed cash and benefits.

So it stands to reason that a lot of Bitcoin assets acquired on the cheap many years ago might be abandoned, lost, or forgotten today. Indeed, as an internet currency that requires password protection, Bitcoin is far more complicated than holding cash in your wallet. Most of us would be stressed out at the idea of holding millions of dollars in our house, or on our person. And while cryptocurrency assets are held on the internet, your password access is held by you.

Protecting your cryptocurrency

One way the cryptocurrency industry has responded to this fear is by offering custodian services, like a bank. An institution wanting to trade Bitcoin, or some other form of cryptocurrency, might engage with a brokerage like Coinbase or Gemini to hold the coins. These 3rd party custodians provide solutions like "hot" wallets (online computers) or "cold" storage (offline computers). Here's how Gemini describes the process.

Online solutions are capable of greater speed and liquidity, as the use of a network connection enables automated access to the system. Being networked, however, means that they are more vulnerable to attacks delivered through the network, resulting in the creation of unauthorized transfers or the potential compromising of the signing keys. Possession of a signing key is the only requirement to move funds.

Offline solutions are generally slower to execute on customer instructions because their key-storage systems can only be accessed at their physical locations. However, this solution design significantly lowers the risk of unauthorized transfers...

The nice thing about 3rd party custody solutions is that it's not the end of the world if you forgot your password. Coinbase has a whole page for people who need a new password. So if you want to buy cryptocurrency, and you're bad with passwords, I would definitely suggest that you allow your broker to hold the cryptocurrency for you.

Cryptocurrency assets are not guaranteed by the government, of course, and so you might be out of luck if a brokerage is hacked or robbed. Part of the allure of cryptocurrency is that it is a lot safer than cash or credit card transactions. It's encrypted, which makes it a lot harder to hack. But it's not impossible.

When I think of a "bank," I think of money sitting in vaults. And "bank robbers" are masked men wearing guns. But theft -- like the rest of our society -- is moving online. It's estimated that cybercrime will do $6 trillion worth of damage in 2021. It may be that cryptocurrency -- and the blockchain -- will reduce that number.

Cryptocurrency has been concerned with security from the very beginning. After all, that's why Thomas and Howells lost access to their cryptocurrency. The security protocols kept them out. So it may be that one day cryptocurrency -- that currency maligned as dangerous -- will be a safer online currency than the dollar, the euro, or the yen.

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