Description

Congress fights to keep NASA fully fueled. Eating disorders show brain changes like OCD and autism. NASA's asteroid crash test sent boulders flying. And naps won’t actually wreck your kid’s bedtime sleep

SOURCES

• Congress moves to reject bulk of White House’s proposed NASA cuts | Ars Technica
• Brain changes with eating disorders similar to those in OCD and autism | New Scientist
• Neuroimaging insights into brain mechanisms of early-onset restrictive eating disorders | Nature Mental Health
• Giant space 'boulders' unleashed by NASA's DART mission aren't behaving as expected, revealing hidden risks of deflecting asteroids | Live Science
• NASA's asteroid-crash Earth defense tactic has a complication — DART ejected large boulders into space | Space.com
• Why you shouldn't worry a nap will stop your child sleeping at night | New Scientist
• The interplay between nap and nighttime sleep in preschool-aged children: an actigraphic study | Research Square (preprint)

Please SUBSCRIBE HERE to get the show delivered straight to you.

Special thanks to our supporters who help make this show possible.

Enjoy the show? You can support us too on Patreon. Help keep the show going. Thank you!

Send us email to dailysciencebrief@gmail.com

Host, Research, and Writing: Bobby Frankenberger

Cover Art: Scott Johnson

Outro Music: Stravyn

Brought to you by the DTNS Family of podcasts.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.