Today, you’ll learn about how climbing on monkey bars and other risky play could be a gift from our ancestors, the dangers of mold in space, and new evidence on how cravings take root in our brains.  

Risky Play 

• “Risky Play Exercises an Ancestral Need to Push Limits.” by Morgan Kelly. 2024.  
• “Commemorating the monkey bars, catalyst of debate at the intersection of human evolutionary biology and public health.” by Luke D. Fannin, et al. 2024.  

Mold in Space  

• “Keeping mold out of future space stations.” by Tatyana Woodall. 2024.  
• “Predicting how varying moisture conditions impact the microbiome of dust collected from the International Space Station.” by Nicholas Nastasi, et al. 2024.  

Brain Cravings 

• “‘Sticky’ brain activity is linked to stronger feelings of craving.” by Mallory Locklear. 2024.  
• “Network state dynamics underpin basal craving in a transdiagnostic population.” by Jean Ye, et al. 2024.  

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