NATIONAL I LOVE MY FEET DAY

"National I LOVE My Feet Day! is observed annually on August 17. "

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-i-love-my-feet-day-august-17

Kitchen Sponge

"Are you ready to hear something extremely gross?"

https://www.ba-bamail.com/tips-life-hacks-and-diy/how-to-effectively-kill-germs-on-your-kitchen-sponge/

Avian Pathogenic E coli

"It has long been a challenge in agriculture to protect livestock from widespread pathogens like Salmonella and Avian Pathogenic E. coli (APEC) without relying heavily on antibiotics. "

https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2026/august/immune-reprogramming-could-protect-poultry-from-deadly-diseases.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Brain-resident immune cells

"Brain-resident immune cells that have reached an old-age state called “senescence” secrete a protein that causes dysfunction in other brain cells, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine."

https://news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2026/08/protein-secreted-by-immune-cells-may-help-drive-brain-aging?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Prefrontal Cortex

"The prefrontal cortex, a brain region long associated with learning more flexible behaviors, can sometimes block the ability to think outside the box, a new study in mice shows."https://news.emory.edu/stories/2026/08/how-mice-learn-think-out-box-neuroscience-surprise?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Smell

"Smell is a complicated thing for insects. Research has shown that, despite limited neural capabilities, insects depend on olfactory cues to locate food, find mates, and avoid predators. Typically, this is done through their antennae, but not always."

https://gizmodo.com/these-moths-smell-through-their-wings-study-finds-2000791478?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Cars and memory

"Decades after leaded gasoline vanished from American roads, the ghosts of its exhaust may still be haunting millions of aging minds—raising the question: Did the cars of our youth quietly set the stage for a widespread memory crisis?"https://thehealthytruth.com/decades-later-leads-brain-toll/?utm_source=tinyemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4th%20Newsletter%2010%2F30%2F2025