Learn how tool use and language work in the brain; and why black holes get bigger due to the expansion of the universe.

Tool use and language ability go hand in hand by Grant Currin

Using mechanical tools improves our language skills. (2021, November 11). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/934004
Thibault, S., Py, R., Gervasi, A. M., Salemme, R., Koun, E., Lövden, M., Boulenger, V., Roy, A. C., & Brozzoli, C. (2021). Tool use and language share syntactic processes and neural patterns in the basal ganglia. Science, 374(6569). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe0874
Know Your Brain: Basal Ganglia. (2014). Neuroscientifically Challenged. https://neuroscientificallychallenged.com/posts/what-are-basal-ganglia

Black holes get bigger from the expansion of the universe itself by Briana Brownell

New study proposes expansion of the universe directly impacts black hole growth. (2021, November 3). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/933693
‌Croker, K. S., Zevin, M., Farrah, D., Nishimura, K. A., & Tarlé, G. (2021). Cosmologically Coupled Compact Objects: A Single-parameter Model for LIGO–Virgo Mass and Redshift Distributions. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 921(2), L22. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac2fad

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