The right bacterial mix could help frogs take the heat

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bacteria-mix-frogs-heat-microbiome

Some of a green frog’s heat tolerance might come from its microbiome.

Put a wood frog tadpole and a green frog tadpole in water and turn up the heat. The two species live in similar environments, but green frog tadpoles just keep swimming in water that’s up to 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer.

But when scientists transferred the gut microbiome of a green frog (Lithobates clamitans) to the eggs of a wood frog (L. sylvaticus), the wood frog larvae could handle short stints at higher water temperatures, Jason Dallas and colleagues report September 7 on bioRxiv.org. The study reveals one reason some species might be more, or less, sensitive to climate change.

https://www.sciencenews.org/archive/scientists-study-brainwashing-immunity

scientists to study brainwashing immunity

from sciencenews.org archive August 29, 1959

https://www.sharecare.com/health/human-emotions/why-people-end-brainwashed

Personality traits of brainwashing targets can determine how effective the process is. People who have a weak sense of identity and tend to experience guilt, great self doubt and black-and-white thinking are more likely to be successfully brainwashed. Targets with a strong sense of identity and self-confidence are sometimes more resistant to brainwashing.

Faith in a higher power has been shown to help a target mentally detach from the process. Mental detachment is a POW-survival technique in which the target psychologically removes himself from his actual surroundings through visualization, repetition of a mantra and other meditative techniques. Military training now includes instruction on both mental detachment and brainwashing methods, because a target's knowledge of the process tends to make it less effective.

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