Exploring the Brightness of a Supermassive Black Hole-Powered Quasar

Today, you’ll learn about mind-reading machines, the brightest object in the known universe, and the potential power punch of cinnamon. 

Mind-Reading 

• “Mind-reading devices are revealing the brain’s secrets.” by Miryam Naddaf. 2024.  
• “The brain-reading devices helping paralysed people to move, talk and touch.” by Liam Drew. 2022.  
• “The rise of brain-reading technology: what you need to know.” by Liam Drew. 2023.  
• “How our brains decode speech: special neurons process certain sounds.” by Saima Sidik. 2023.  

Universe’s Brightest Object 

• “Astronomers discover universe’s brightest object - a quasar powered by a black hole that eats a sun a day.” by Tory Shepherd. 2024.  
• “What is a quasar?” by Andy Briggs. 2021.  
• “Revealed: the oldest black hole ever observed, dating to dawn of universe.” by Hannah Devlin. 2023.  

Cinnamon 

• “Cinnamon supplements reduce blood glucose in people with prediabetes.” by Dani Mann. 2024.  
• “Cinnamon and Diabetes.” n.a. 2023. 
• “Prediabetes (Borderline Diabetes).” by Mike Watts. 2022. 

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