Generational Brain Changes and Coral Reef Restoration

Today, you’ll learn about why our brains are getting bigger and why that’s a good thing, how the sweet songs of the reef could help save it, and an AI device that gives a voice to the voiceless.  

Bigger Brains  

• “Human brains are getting larger. That may be good news for dementia risk.” UC David Health. 2024.  
• “Trends in Intracranial and Cerebral Volumes of Framingham Heart Study Participants Born 1930 to 1970.” by Charles DeCarli, MD, et al. 2024.  
• “Framingham Heart Study.” Framingham Heart Study. N.d.  
• “Study examines factors behind decline in dementia incidence.” NIH. 2016.  

Reef Songs 

• “Sounds appealing - reef recordings entice coral larvae to start building.” by Ben Coxworth. 2024.  
• “Life Below Water.” UN. n.d.  
• “Status of Coral Reefs.” Reef Resilience Network. N.d.  
• “Soundscape enrichment increases larval settlement rates for the brooding coral Porites astreoides.” by Nadege Aoki, et al. 2024.  

AI Speech 

• “Speaking without vocal cords, thanks to a new AI-assisted wearable device.” by Christine Wei-li Lee. 2024.  
• “Speaking without vocal folds using a machine-learning-assisted wearable sensing-actuation system.” by Ziyuan Che, et al. 2024.  

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