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Healthy fat hidden in dirt may fend off anxiety disorders - Neuroscience News 10(Z)-hexadecenoic acid, a fatty acid found in the soil based bacterium Mycobacterium vaccae, interacts with immune cells to inhibit pathways that drive inflammation and increases resilience to stress. Researchers say the findings could bring us one step closer to developing a microbe-based "stress....

https://www.newsweek.com/female-dragon-flies-fake-death-avoid-s*x-evolution-591494

Female dragonflies fake their own deaths to avoid males harassing them for s*x Scientists observed female dragonflies stopping mid-air, falling to the ground and lying motionless until the male had gone.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/ocean-cleanup-project-could-destroy-neuston/580693/

How Plastic Cleanup Threatens the Ocean’s Living Islands Home to vibrantly colored, tiny creatures, the ecosystems floating on the ocean’s surface remain all but unknown.