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As far as we know no actual physical damage to the brain occurs in Exploding Head Syndrome. The condition was first described in scientific literature by the American neurologist Silas Weir Mitchell in 1876. The name came much later, in an article in the Lancet in 1988. It was categorized as an actual sleep disorder in 2005.
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Exploding head syndrome (EHS) is a benign parasomnia characterized by the perception of a loud sound while asleep, which leads to abrupt awakening. These events occur during the wake-sleep/sleep-wake transition period and generally last less than a second.
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There’s no “cure” for it, but experts seem to think that it is harmless (unless it interferes with a good night’s sleep or causes panic attacks).
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DeepMind’s AI team has cracked a major biological problem unsolved for half a century— trying to deduce the structure of a protein from just its amino acid sequence. This is being heralded as the most major contribution of AI to science so far,.
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And a tree-island approach might work better than massive plantations with respect to forest restoration according to these authors.
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Fortunately, there are some some solutions to capturing carbon that might help. Planting trees won’t offset all our emissions, but will definitely be one of the needed strategies.