Transforming Plastic Waste and Primate Communication

Today, you’ll learn about the connection between chronic sinus infections and anxiety, a new way to recycle plastic by vaporizing it, and how marmosets call each other by name.   

Sinuses & Mental Health  

• “Chronic Rhinosinusitis and Mental Health.” by Najm S. Khan, et al. 2024.  
• “Chronic Sinusitis.” CDC. 2022.  

Vaporizing Plastic 

• “New process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles, yielding gases [sic] to make new, recycled plastics.” by Robert Sanders. 2024.  
• “Plastic Pollution.” by Hannah Ritchie, et al. 2022.  

Monkey Names 

• “These monkeys use names to communicate with each other, study finds.” by Lianne Kolirin. 2024.  
• “These Monkeys Call One Another by Name.” by Emily Anthes. 2024.  
• “Vocal labeling of others by nonhuman primates.” by Guy Oren, et al. 2024.  

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