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Earth’s forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last climate shock — this one is moving 10 times faster

Earth’s forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last climate shock — this one is moving 10 times fasterWorldPing

Tree fossils that are 56 million years old are trying to tell us something about how long forests take to bounce back from extreme heat.

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Researchers have uncovered a possible reason why the Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 can disrupt the brain long before memory problems begin. In mice, APOE4 increased a protein called Nell2, shrinking neurons and making memory circuits unusually active.

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