Mysterious News Briefly — April 6, 2021 Researchers at the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center and Yale University analyzed brain scans of 3,279 healthy adults mostly from the Northeast United States and found that the average volumes of their brains changed depending upon the time of year. Is this why so many act dumber during Spring Break? Those ever-growing algae blooms that are so harmful to water and fish supplies just got more dangerous as a new study found traces of the toxin from them in the air near pond water in Massachusetts. Calling someone ‘pond scum’ just took on a whole new dimension. Apple CEO Tim Cook says his company’s upcoming augmented reality glasses are going to turn regular conversations into Powerpoint presentations with graphs and charts that will pop up while you’re talking to illustrate the point you’re trying to make. If your pickup lines suddenly become pickup Powerpoint presentations, get ready to get turned down even more than you are now.