Today, you’ll learn about the new air conditioner that cools without conditioning the air, how understanding our false memories can be a window into our problem solving skills, and a study examining the grieving of cats.

AC Not Conditioned

• “Device provides air conditioning without conditioning air.” by Ellen Phiddian. 2024.
• “A pure radiant cooling device for ‘air conditioning’ without conditioning air.” by Xinyao Zheng, et al. 2024.
• “2023 was the warmest year in the modern temperature record.” by NOAA Centers for Environmental Information. 2024.

False Memories

• “False memories revealing mathematical reasoning.” University of Geneva. 2024.
• “Revealing mental representations of arithmetic word problems through false memories: New insights into semantic congruence.” by H. Gros, et al. 2024.

Cat Grief

• “Cats appear to grieve death of fellow pets - even dogs, study finds.” by Hannah Devlin. 2024.
• “A Brief History of House Cats.” by David Zax. 2007.
• “Is companion animal loss cat-astrophic? Responses of domestic cats to the loss of another companion animal.” by Brittany Greene & Jennifer Vonk. 2024.

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