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From hungry brains to hidden figures.

In the next 10 minutes, we'll get the lowdown on what's up in the world.

I'm Bethany Van Zelfth, and this is the 10 News.

This week, the CDC is expected to release new guidelines and how to safely reopen

schools as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

There's been some debate between teachers' organizations and scientists on whether or not

teachers need to be

and should be vaccinated before returning to classrooms. But everyone seems to agree that getting

kids and teachers back together for in-person instruction and doing it as safely as possible

is really important. President Biden has said that he wants schools to reopen and stay open

and that the guidelines for doing so will be based on science and not politics.

Excellent.

We'll be keeping a close eye on what the new guidelines say, and of course, we'll keep you posted.

Next up, it's a look inside our brains with Lane Farber from Nature Nerds podcast.

We all get hungry.

But did you know that we can get hungry for people?

Don't panic, y'all.

This is not a zombie story. That's an October exclusive. This is a much more wholesome craving. You. A new study proved that lonely people crave human interaction

the same way I crave cake after binging the Great British Baking Show for like eight hours straight.

Yeah, you heard that correctly. I watch way too much of the Great British Baking Show and lonely

brains are hungry for human connection. Now, before we learn how the study was conducted,

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