Learn about cat and dog “zoomies” and why pets sprint around the house; how to avoid the abstinence violation effect that makes you give up after a mistake; and why vision is surprisingly important for babies in the womb.

Sources:

• Viral Snow-Loving Pup Illustrates the Science of Dog "Zoomies" | Inverse — https://www.inverse.com/article/38913-dog-zoomies-science
• What Actually Are the Zoomies? | MEL — https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/what-actually-are-the-zoomies
• Forget Zombies. The Notification Apocalypse Is Here | Inc. — https://www.inc.com/magazine/201805/thomas-goetz/manipulation-gamification-scarcity.html?cid=hmside1
• Abstinence Violation Effect (AVE) | Encyclopedia.com — https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/abstinence-violation-effect-ave
• Why Falling Off the Wagon Isn't Fatal | TIME — http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1868965,00.html
• Babies in the womb may see more than we thought | EurekAlert! — https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/uoc--bit112219.php
• Gap Junction Coupling Shapes the Encoding of Light in the Developing Retina | Current Biology — https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)31365-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS096098221931365X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

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