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  2. Pinniped - Wikipedia

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    Like other marine mammals, seals sleep in water with half of their brain awake so that they can detect and escape from predators, as well as surface for air without fully waking. When they are asleep on land, both sides of their brain go into sleep mode.

  3. Unihemispheric slow-wave sleep - Wikipedia

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    In most animals, slow-wave sleep is characterized by high amplitude, low frequency EEG readings. This is also known as the desynchronized state of the brain, or deep sleep. In USWS, only one hemisphere exhibits the deep sleep EEG while the other hemisphere exhibits an EEG typical of wakefulness with a low amplitude and high frequency.

  4. Physiology of underwater diving - Wikipedia

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    Unlike most animals, whales are conscious breathers. All mammals sleep, but whales cannot afford to become unconscious for long because they may drown. They are believed to exhibit unihemispheric slow-wave sleep, in which they sleep with half of the brain while the other half remains active. This behaviour was only documented in toothed whales ...

  5. A Navy SEAL was convinced exposure to blasts damaged his ...

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    Symptoms of traumatic brain injury include persistent headaches or neck pain, fatigue, memory issues, trouble sleeping, concentration problems, chronic depression, anxiety and apathy, researchers say.

  6. Oxford Dictionary picks slang phrase 'brain rot' as Word of ...

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    Here's an explainer on "brain rot," and a look at some of the other terms considered for Oxford's word of the year. 'Brain rot' follows 'rizz' and 'Goblin mode' as Oxford Dictionary's word of the year

  7. Seals - Wikipedia

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    Seals may refer to: Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly: Earless seal, or "true seal" Fur seal; Seal (emblem), a device to impress an emblem, used as a means of authentication, on paper, wax, clay or another medium (the impression is also called a seal)

  8. ‘Brain rot’ is Oxford’s Word of the Year for 2024 - AOL

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    Brain rot, a 170-year-old concept that has taken on new meaning in the social media age, is the Oxford Word of the Year for 2024. Oxford University Press, the publisher of the Oxford English ...

  9. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    The British meaning is based on the idea that the topic will be on the table for only a short time and is there for the purpose of being discussed and voted on; the American meaning is based on the idea of leaving the topic on the table indefinitely and thereby disposing of it, i.e. killing its discussion.

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