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4 days ago
Solar Salads, Cursed Caffeine, Webb’s First Photo
Today, you’ll learn about the benefits of shading rooftop gardens with solar panels, caffeine’s dark secrets, and how the first image from the James Webb telescope promises a great run for Hubble’s successor.
The sun really can feed you.
* “Your Rooftop Garden Could Be a Solar-Powered Working Farm” by Matt Simon
* https://www.wired.com/story/your-rooftop-garden-could-be-a-solar-powered-working-farm/
* “Exploring The Potential of Rooftop Agrivoltaics” by Jennifer Bousselot and Thomas Hickey, Jr.
* https://livingarchitecturemonitor.com/articles/potential-rooftop-agrivoltaics-sp22
* “Volunteer State (Finally) Discovers Solar Power — With A Regenerative Twist” by Tina Casey
* https://cleantechnica.com/2022/04/04/volunteer-state-finally-discovers-solar-power-with-a-regenerative-twist/
Caffeine: the ultimate chicken or the egg dilemma.
“The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?” by Michael Pollan
* https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/jul/06/caffeine-coffee-tea-invisible-addiction-is-it-time-to-give-up
“Caffeine: How much is too much?” by Mayo Clinic Staff
* https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/caffeine/art-20045678#:~:text=Caffeine
“Caffeine - Uses, Side Effects, And More” from WebMD
* https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-979/caffeine#:~:text=Caffeine
“How and When Did Humans Start Consuming Alcohol?” by Sedeer el-Showk
* https://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/accumulating-glitches/how_and_when_did_humans/#:~:text=According
“Coffee and caffeine consumption and depression: A meta-analysis of observational studies” by Longfei Wang, Xiaoli Shen, Yili Wu, and Dongfeng Zhang
* https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26339067/
A picture might be worth more than a thousand words.
* “1st image snapped by iconic Webb telescope pushes limits of the 'laws of physics'” by Tom Metcalfe
* https://www.livescience.com/james-webb-telescope-image-limits-of-physics
* ““Better than our most optimistic prediction” – first images from James Webb exceed all expectations” by Jamie Priest
* https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/james-webb-telescope-first-images/
* “About Webb Orbit” By NASA
* https://webb.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html
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5 days ago
De-agin’ Sensation, Indiana Jones Needs A.I., Rapid-est Test
Today, you’ll learn about a new process that can make cells younger by up to thirty years, the incredible artificial intelligence that is helping piece together the puzzles of ancient texts, and how researchers have developed a rapid test for viruses like coronavirus that is just as accurate as PCR tests and takes only thirty minutes.
The fountain of youth may be closer than we think.
* “‘Time Jump’ by 30 Years: Old Skins Cells Reprogrammed To Regain Youthful Function” by Babraham Institute
* https://scitechdaily.com/time-jump-by-30-years-old-skins-cells-reprogrammed-to-regain-youthful-function/
* “Multi-Omic Rejuvenation of Human Cells by Maturation Phase Transient Reprogramming” by Diljeet Gill, et al.
* https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.71624
* “Aging Changes in Organs - Tissue - Cells” by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
* https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/special-topic/aging-changes-in-organs-tissue-cells
The overlap between artificial intelligence and the ancient world.
* “DeepMind’s new AI model helps decipher, date, and locate ancient inscriptions” By James Vincent
* https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/9/22968773/ai-machine-learning-ancient-inscriptions-texts-deepmind-ithaca-model
* “Radiocarbon Dating” by Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit
* https://c14.arch.ox.ac.uk/dating.html#:~:text=For%20radiocarbon%20dating%20to%20be,or%20left%20as%20a%20residue.
* “A New A.I. Can Help Historians Decipher Damaged Ancient Greek Texts” by Jane Recker
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-ai-can-help-historians-decipher-damaged-ancient-greek-texts-180979736/
* “AI could decipher gaps in ancient Greek texts, say researchers” by Nicola Davis
* https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/mar/09/ai-could-decipher-gaps-in-ancient-greek-texts-say-researchers
Turns out some things can actually be good, fast, _and_ cheap.
* “UT Dallas researchers develop accurate rapid test for viruses” By EurekaAlert
* https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950413
* “UT Dallas Researchers Create High-Accuracy Rapid Virus Test” by Marin Wolf
* https://www.govtech.com/education/higher-ed/ut-dallas-researchers-create-high-accuracy-rapid-virus-test
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6 days ago
Stoked Tech, We’ve Got Beef?, Success Against M.S.
Today, you’ll learn about some incredible new surfing technology that makes the sport possible even if you don’t live near the ocean, why the lab-grown meat industry needs to be beefed up to solve food system problems, and how the link between multiple sclerosis and the Epstein-Barr virus is leading to potential treatments for the illusive and damaging MS.
Turns out you don’t need an ocean to surf.
* “The innovative surfing tech making waves” by Richard Bainbridge
* https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60689501
* “Reports on How Things Work: Hydrofoils” by MIT
* https://web.mit.edu/2.972/www/reports/hydrofoil/hydrofoil.html
Fake meat. Yum.
* “Lab-grown meat is supposed to be inevitable. The science tells a different story” by Joe Fassler
* https://thecounter.org/lab-grown-cultivated-meat-cost-at-scale/
* “Want People to Eat Less Meat? Fake Burgers Probably Won’t Cut It.” by Charlie Mitchell
* https://www.motherjones.com/food/2021/08/want-people-to-eat-less-meat-fake-burgers-probably-wont-cut-it/
* “The Myth of Cultured Meat: A Review” by Sghaier Chriki and Jean-Francois Hocquette
* https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2020.00007/full
Sharing is caring. Especially when it comes to medical treatments.
* “MS Reversed by Transplanted Immune Cells That Fight Epstein-Barr Virus” by Michael Le Page
* https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315586-ms-reversed-by-transplanted-immune-cells-that-fight-epstein-barr-virus/
* “MS Symptoms Improved by Treatment That Attacks Glandular Fever Virus” by Alice Klein
* https://www.newscientist.com/article/2186387-ms-symptoms-improved-by-treatment-that-attacks-glandular-fever-virus/
* “Molecular Signature of Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in MS Brain Lesions” by Monica A. Moreno, et al.
* https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000466
* “Clonally Expanded B Cells in Multiple Sclerosis Bind EBV EBNA1 and GlialCAM” by Tobias V. Lanz, et al.
* https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04432-7
* “Types of MS” by National Multiple Sclerosis Society
* https://www.nationalmssociety.org/What-is-MS/Types-of-MS
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May 13, 2022
The True Cavity Culprit, Modular Meds, Enzymes vs Plastic
Today, you’ll learn about how your brushing routine may not be the biggest factor in whether or not you get cavities, how a new method of building pharmaceutical production facilities may bring medical access to previously underserved regions, and how the discovery of a plastic-eating bacteria could revolutionize the recycling industry.
Brush but STILL get cavities? You’re not alone (and brushing isn’t enough).
“Why People Who Brush Still Get Cavities” by Maggie Koerth
* https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-people-who-brush-still-get-cavities/
“How Can You Get Cavities If You Brush Your Teeth?” by davis & Beyer Dental Health Professionals
* https://www.venicedentist.com/how-can-you-get-cavities-if-you-brush-your-teeth
“History of Sugar” from Wikipedia
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sugar
BioNTech is now making vaccines on the go.
“BioNTech plans to make vaccines in shipping containers” by The Economist
* https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/biontech-plans-to-make-vaccines-in-shipping-containers/21807708
“BioNTech Covid vaccine plan to ship container labs to Africa” By Jenny Hill
* https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60400114
“____-Eating Bacteria” is now nothing to fear! It could be the future of recycling.
“The Future of Recycling May Be in Microbes” by Ula Chrobak
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/future-recycling-may-be-microbes-180979645/
“Scientists uncover the secrets of a plastic-destroying enzyme” by Abe Musselman
* https://www.inverse.com/innovation/enzyme-helps-bacteria-eat-plastic
“Plastic-eating bacteria: Genetic engineering and environmental impact” by Scott Dutfield
* https://www.livescience.com/plastic-eating-bacteria
"Endlessly recyclable materials could fix our plastic waste crisis" by Katharine Sanderson
* https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333763-000-endlessly-recyclable-materials-could-fix-our-plastic-waste-crisis/
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May 12, 2022
Fading into Memories, Music for the Mind, Air Diamonds
Today, you’ll learn about how doctors may have accidentally confirmed that our lives do flash before our eyes just before death, the scientists aiming to legitimize art and music therapy as treatment for mental trauma and how scientists are pulling diamonds out of thin air! ... Essentially.
Your life flashing before your eyes isn’t just a thing in movies. It’s real.
* “Life may actually flash before your eyes on death - new study” by Holly Honderich
* https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60495730
* "Brain Scans of Dying Man Suggest Life Flashes Before Our Eyes Upon Death" by Corryn Wetzel
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brain-scans-suggest-life-flashes-before-our-eyes-upon-death-180979647/
* “When are we really dead? New study sheds light” by Hannah Flynn
* https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/when-are-we-really-dead-new-study-sheds-light#Accidental-discovery
* “Louisville neurosurgeon marvels at the first-ever recording of a dying human brain” by WDRB Media
* https://www.wdrb.com/news/louisville-neurosurgeon-marvels-at-the-first-ever-recording-of-a-dying-human-brain/article_86c632c4-94f2-11ec-85ff-afaa97f1d9cf.html
* “What is an E-E-G?” by Johns Hopkins Medicine
* https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/electroencephalogram-E-E-G
* “The Debate over Severed Heads: Doctors, the Guillotine and the Anatomy of Consciousness in the Wake of the Terror” by Grégoire Chamayou
* https://www.cairn-int.info/article-E_RHS_612_0333--the-debate-over-severed-heads.htm
We don’t understand it yet, but art and music therapy work wonders.
NPR’s audio and written stories on the matter
* “Art and music therapy seem to help with brain disorders. Scientists want to know why”
* https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1081263873 (audio)
* https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/02/19/1081263873/mental-health-art-therapy (written)
Stop mining for diamonds! Just pull them out of thin air.
* "A startup is sucking CO2 from the sky and making diamonds. No more mining?” by Can Emir
* https://interestingengineering.com/co2-diamonds
* “THIS DIAMOND COMPANY WANTS TO HELP CARBON CAPTURE TAKE OFF” by Maddie Stone
* https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/2/22951332/aether-diamonds-carbon-capture-air-climate-change
* “Diamonds Created Out Of Thin Air Sounds Like Magic. Aether Is Doing It.” by Pamela N. Danziger
* https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2022/03/04/diamonds-created-out-of-thin-air-sounds-like-magic-aether-is-doing-it/?sh=35d41ce341b1
* “Made-from-CO2 concrete, lululemons and diamonds spark investor excitement” by Jane Lanhee Lee and Nia Williams
* https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/made-from-co2-concrete-lululemons-diamonds-spark-investor-excitement-2021-10-04/
* NRDC on human breath carbon emissions
* https://www.nrdc.org/onearth/waiting-exhale
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May 11, 2022
Zero G Romance, Our Sixth Sense, Oinking at A.I.
Today, you’ll learn about why studying human intimacy in space is necessary for humanity, the mysterious sixth sense human beings have, which is not seeing dead people, and how researchers used artificial intelligence to figure out a way to speak pig.
Scientists say: we really do need to talk about sex in space.
* “Inside the push to study sex in space” by Mark Hay
* https://www.mic.com/life/sex-in-space-research-space-sexology
* “Let’s talk about sex — in space” by Marie Sina
* https://www.dw.com/en/lets-talk-about-sex-in-space/a-59202194
* "Scientists say we really have to talk about boning in space” by Victor Tangermann
* https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-sex-space
* "Nasa probing people having sex in space" by Anugraha Sundaravelu
* https://metro.co.uk/2022/03/10/nasa-probing-people-having-sex-in-space-16250830/
Humans have a sixth sense, and it’s not seeing dead people.
* "The silent “sixth” sense” by Brian Resnick
* https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/11/22/20920762/proprioception-sixth-sense
* “What Is Proprioception?” on WebMD
* https://www.webmd.com/brain/what-is-proprioception
* "Proprioception: Making Sense of Body Position" by Leython Williams, PT, DPT
* https://www.sports-health.com/sports-injuries/general-injuries/proprioception-making-sense-body-position
* “Improve Balance, Control, and Coordination with These 10 Proprioception Exercises” by Katey Davidson, MScFN, RD, CPT
* https://www.healthline.com/health/fitness/proprioception-exercises#exercises
Do you speak pig? You could, soon.
* “When Pigs Cry: Tool Decodes the Emotional Lives of Swine” by Corinne Purtill
* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/science/pigs-oinks-grunts.html
* "Researchers Figure Out How to Interpret Pig Grunts as Pig Emotions” by Amanda Kooser
* https://www.cnet.com/science/biology/researchers-figure-out-how-to-interpret-pig-grunts-as-pig-emotions/
* “Pig sounds translated into emotions for first time in new study” by Newsround?
* https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/60652151
* “Pigs' grunts reveal how they're feeling, new analysis says” by Tom Metcalfe
* https://abcnews.go.com/US/pigs-grunts-reveal-feeling-analysis/story?id=83551570
* Britain’s proposed animal sentience law
* https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2021/june/lords-discuss-key-areas-of-animal-welfare-sentience-bill/
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May 6, 2022
A Pill Made from Poop, Universal Organs, Soothing Baby Pain
Today, you’ll learn about an interesting way pills made from poop could help millions of people with allergies, how researchers edited the contents of a pair of donor lungs to better match the recipient, and how pain can affect a baby’s development and what parents can do about it.
Peanut allergies are being treated in an…interesting new way.
* "Fecal transplant pills helped some peanut allergy sufferers in a small trial” by
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fecal-transplant-pills-peanut-allergy-clinical-trial-poop-bacteria
* “Good early results with fecal microbiota therapy for peanut-allergic patients” by Bethany Tripp / Boston Children’s Hospital
* https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944014
* “Fecal matter pills used to treat peanut allergies in Boston study” by Heather Hegedus
* https://www.boston25news.com/news/fecal-matter-pills-used-to-treat-peanut-allergies-in-boston-study/875577919/
* “Fecal Microbiota Transplant: We Know Its History, but Can We Predict Its Future?” by Todd H. Baron, MD (Mayo Clinic Proceedings)
* https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(13)00481-3/fulltext
* Peanut allergy facts - NIH
* https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10200001/
Lungs can now be edited for a better organ donor match.
* "Researchers Want to Create 'Universal Donor' Lungs” by Sara Harrison
* https://www.wired.com/story/researchers-want-to-create-universal-donor-lungs/
* “Creating 'universal' transplant organs: New study moves us one step closer.” by Nicoletta Lanese
* https://www.livescience.com/universal-blood-type-transplant-lungs-study
* "Scientists Say They've Found a Way to Create Universal Donor Lungs" by Ed Cara
* https://gizmodo.com/universal-donor-lungs-research-1848548951
* “Researchers Investigate How to Make Donated Organs Compatible With Any Blood Type” by Meagan Drillinger
* https://www.healthline.com/health-news/researchers-investigate-how-to-make-donated-organs-compatible-with-any-blood-type
* “In medical first, kidneys from gene-edited pig implanted into brain-dead patient” by Elizabeth Chuck
* https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/kidneys-gene-edited-pig-implanted-brain-dead-patient-rcna12928
Pain isn’t just physically bad for babies - it can stunt their development. Here’s how doctors are treating it.
* "Doctors learned how to save premature infants’ lives. They forgot about pain." by Brian Resnick
* https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/22949159/nicu-babies-pain-treatments-podcast-unexplainable
* “Skin-to-skin contact with a parent may reduce newborn babies’ brain response to pain” by Jason Goodyer
* https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/skin-to-skin-contact-with-a-parent-may-reduce-newborn-babies-brain-response-to-pain/
* "What parents need to know about pain in newborns" by Claire McCarthy, MD
* https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/what-parents-need-to-know-about-pain-in-newborns-201601269076
* “Miracle baby finally leaves NICU after 460 days” by Harper Robinson
* https://fox8.com/news/miracle-baby-finally-leaves-nicu-after-460-days/
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May 5, 2022
Burn Them Cals, Magic of Mushrooms, Flying at Mach 16
Today, you’ll learn about some new, emerging data that is giving us surprising insight into human metabolism, how magic mushrooms are on the forefront of mental health treatment and new jet technology that could get us anywhere in the world in under two hours.
True or False: your metabolism slows as you age. The answer isn’t what you think!
* “Burn, baby, burn: the new science of metabolism” by David Cox
* https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/30/burn-baby-burn-the-new-science-of-metabolism
* “Surprising findings about metabolism and age” by Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, FAAP, FACP, FTOS and Chika Anekwe, MD, MPH
* https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/surprising-findings-about-metabolism-and-age-202110082613
* “Middle-age spread isn't down to metabolism, but we know how to beat it” by Sara Novak
* https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333774-900-middle-age-spread-isnt-down-to-metabolism-but-we-know-how-to-beat-it/
* “3 lifestyle changes that can boost your metabolism and prevent weight gain” by Brianna Steinhilber
* https://www.today.com/health/diet-fitness/boost-metabolism-prevent-weight-gain-rcna19394
Mushrooms are more magical than fueling your next trip - they could help treat depression.
* “Psilocybin treatment for major depression effective for up to a year for most patients, study shows” by Marisol Martinez
* https://hub.jhu.edu/2022/02/16/psilocybin-relieves-depression-for-up-to-a-year/
* “Efficacy and safety of psilocybin-assisted treatment for major depressive disorder: Prospective 12-month follow-up” by Natalie Gukasyan, Alan K Davis, Frederick S Barrett, Mary P Cosimano, Nathan D Sepeda, Matthew W Johnson, and Roland R Griffiths
* https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02698811211073759
* “Psychoactive ingredient in 'magic' mushrooms may treat depression for much longer than traditional antidepressants when combined with therapy, study backed by Tim Ferriss finds” by Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
* https://www.businessinsider.com/magic-mushroom-depression-mental-health-treatment-psilocybin-therapy-tim-ferriss-2022-2
* “Can psychedelics meet their potential for treating mental health disorders?” by Laura Sanders
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/psychedelic-drugs-treatment-mental-health-disorders-depression
* “Decriminalizing 'magic mushrooms'? Rhode Island lawmakers are considering it. Here's why:” by Patrick Anderson
* https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/08/rhode-island-considering-decriminalizing-magic-psilocybin-mushrooms/9412817002/
Getting anywhere in the world in 2 hours may not be the stuff of science fiction for much longer!
* "The Experimental Engine That Could Get Us Anywhere in the World in 2 Hours" by Caroline Delbert
* https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a34840801/sodramjet-engine-hypersonic-flight-test/
* “Chinese team test jet engine ‘able to reach anywhere on Earth within 2 hours’” by Stephen Chen
* https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3111985/chinese-team-test-jet-engine-able-reach-anywhere-earth-within-2
* “China Tests Hypersonic Jet Engine That Can Go 16 Times the Speed of Sound” by Fabienne Lang
* https://interestingengineering.com/china-tests-hypersonic-jet-engine-that-can-go-16-times-the-speed-of-sound
* “Scientists Test Hypersonic Jet Engine Prototype That Could Travel Anywhere On Earth In 2 Hours” by Jack Dunhill
* https://www.iflscience.com/technology/scientists-test-hypersonic-jet-engine-prototype-that-could-travel-anywhere-on-earth-in-2-hours/
* “How Does a Jet Engine Work” by NASA
* https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/UEET/StudentSite/engines.html
* “Aircraft Propeller Basics” by Southern Wings
* https://www.southernwings.co.nz/aircraft-propeller-basics/
* “Keeping the SR-71 Blackbird (the World's First Stealth Plane) Secret Was Near Impossible” by Robert Beckhusen
* https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/keeping-the-sr-71-blackbird-the-worlds-first-stealth-plane-17936
* “SR-71 Blackbird: Stories, Tales, and Legends” by Richard H. Graham
* https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHkAJAq-2HQC&lpg=PA223&ots=9AS2-nsLCs&dq=limits%20on%20General%20staff%20on%20one%20flight&pg=PA223#v=snippet&q=record&f=false
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May 4, 2022
5 Seconds to Sick, Animal Spidey Sense, Upset Pterosaur Tummies
Today, you’ll learn about the real science behind the five second rule and why you may wanna reconsider eating that candy off the ground, why researchers are looking to our furry friends to build better early warning systems for natural disasters, and why the first animal to ever fly had a real issue keeping its lunch down.
Drop a french fry? Maybe just leave it there.
5-second rule: Science debunks food myth that stretches back to Gengis Khan by Sarah Wells
* https://www.inverse.com/science/five-second-rule-myth-debunk
The Science Behind The Five-Second Rule by Paul Dawson and Brian Sheldon
* https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/the-science-behind-the-five-second-rule/
Still Good? 5-Second Rule a Myth, Study Finds by Rachael Rettner
* https://www.livescience.com/56158-5-second-rule-myth.html
Double Dipping? 5-Second Rule? Scientists Separate Food Fact From Fiction In New Book by Robin Young
* https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/11/16/double-dipping-5-second-rule-food-safety
What are your pets trying to tell you? Maybe there’s an earthquake incoming.
The animals that detect disasters by Norman Miller
* https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220211-the-animals-that-predict-disasters
Can Birds Tip Us Off to Natural Disasters? by Jason Gregg
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/can-birds-tip-us-natural-disasters-180978571/
Can animals sense when an earthquake is about to happen? by Anne Quain
* https://phys.org/news/2021-09-animals-earthquake.html
Birds sensed severe storms and fled before tornado outbreak adapted from Cell Press publishing, article authored by Henry M Streby et al
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141218131413.htm
* Cell Press published article
* https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(14)01428-6
Earthquake Warning Systems by Wikipedia
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_warning_system
Nature of Pre-Earthquake Phenomena and their Effects on Living Organisms by Friedemann Freund and Viktor Stolc
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494396/
Predicting the unpredictable; evidence of pre-seismic anticipatory behaviour in the common toad by Rachel Grant
* https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227651706_Predicting_the_unpredictable_evidence_of_pre-seismic_anticipatory_behaviour_in_the_common_toad
Clues to how birds migrate using Earth's magnetic field by Helen Briggs
* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57582451
What do the first flying dinosaurs have in common with owls? Pellets.
Fossils reveal that pterosaurs puked pellets by Carolyn Gramling
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pterosaur-fossils-puke-pellet-regurgitation-food
You may have missed… by Imma Perfetto
* https://cosmosmagazine.com/health/you-may-have-missed-30/
Like Owls, Some Prehistoric Flying Reptiles May Have Regurgitated Pellets by Margaret Osborne
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/like-owls-some-pterosaurs-may-have-regurgitated-pellets-180979551/
What Is a Pterosaur? by American Museum of Natural History
* https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/pterosaurs-flight-in-the-age-of-dinosaurs/what-is-a-pterosaur
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Episode 14
Title: Burn Them Cals, Magic of Mushrooms, Flying at Mach 16
Description:
Today, you’ll learn about some new, emerging data that is giving us surprising insight into human metabolism, how magic mushrooms are on the forefront of mental health treatment and new jet technology that could get us anywhere in the world in under two hours.
True or False: your metabolism slows as you age. The answer isn’t what you think!
* “Burn, baby, burn: the new science of metabolism” by David Cox
* https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/30/burn-baby-burn-the-new-science-of-metabolism
* “Surprising findings about metabolism and age” by Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, FAAP, FACP, FTOS and Chika Anekwe, MD, MPH
* https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/surprising-findings-about-metabolism-and-age-202110082613
* “Middle-age spread isn't down to metabolism, but we know how to beat it” by Sara Novak
* https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333774-900-middle-age-spread-isnt-down-to-metabolism-but-we-know-how-to-beat-it/
* “3 lifestyle changes that can boost your metabolism and prevent weight gain” by Brianna Steinhilber
* https://www.today.com/health/diet-fitness/boost-metabolism-prevent-weight-gain-rcna19394
Mushrooms are more magical than fueling your next trip - they could help treat depression.
* “Psilocybin treatment for major depression effective for up to a year for most patients, study shows” by Marisol Martinez
* https://hub.jhu.edu/2022/02/16/psilocybin-relieves-depression-for-up-to-a-year/
* “Efficacy and safety of psilocybin-assisted treatment for major depressive disorder: Prospective 12-month follow-up” by Natalie Gukasyan, Alan K Davis, Frederick S Barrett, Mary P Cosimano, Nathan D Sepeda, Matthew W Johnson, and Roland R Griffiths
* https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02698811211073759
* “Psychoactive ingredient in 'magic' mushrooms may treat depression for much longer than traditional antidepressants when combined with therapy, study backed by Tim Ferriss finds” by Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
* https://www.businessinsider.com/magic-mushroom-depression-mental-health-treatment-psilocybin-therapy-tim-ferriss-2022-2
* “Can psychedelics meet their potential for treating mental health disorders?” by Laura Sanders
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/psychedelic-drugs-treatment-mental-health-disorders-depression
* “Decriminalizing 'magic mushrooms'? Rhode Island lawmakers are considering it. Here's why:” by Patrick Anderson
* https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/08/rhode-island-considering-decriminalizing-magic-psilocybin-mushrooms/9412817002/
Getting anywhere in the world in 2 hours may not be the stuff of science fiction for much longer!
* "The Experimental Engine That Could Get Us Anywhere in the World in 2 Hours" by Caroline Delbert
* https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a34840801/sodramjet-engine-hypersonic-flight-test/
* “Chinese team test jet engine ‘able to reach anywhere on Earth within 2 hours’” by Stephen Chen
* https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3111985/chinese-team-test-jet-engine-able-reach-anywhere-earth-within-2
* “China Tests Hypersonic Jet Engine That Can Go 16 Times the Speed of Sound” by Fabienne Lang
* https://interestingengineering.com/china-tests-hypersonic-jet-engine-that-can-go-16-times-the-speed-of-sound
* “Scientists Test Hypersonic Jet Engine Prototype That Could Travel Anywhere On Earth In 2 Hours” by Jack Dunhill
* https://www.iflscience.com/technology/scientists-test-hypersonic-jet-engine-prototype-that-could-travel-anywhere-on-earth-in-2-hours/
* “How Does a Jet Engine Work” by NASA
* https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/UEET/StudentSite/engines.html
* “Aircraft Propeller Basics” by Southern Wings
* https://www.southernwings.co.nz/aircraft-propeller-basics/
* “Keeping the SR-71 Blackbird (the World's First Stealth Plane) Secret Was Near Impossible” by Robert Beckhusen
* https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/keeping-the-sr-71-blackbird-the-worlds-first-stealth-plane-17936
* “SR-71 Blackbird: Stories, Tales, and Legends” by Richard H. Graham
* https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHkAJAq-2HQC&lpg=PA223&ots=9AS2-nsLCs&dq=limits%20on%20General%20staff%20on%20one%20flight&pg=PA223#v=snippet&…
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Apr 29, 2022
Fabric with Ears, Dreaming of E.T., Fast Evolution
Today, you’ll learn about how researchers at MIT created an incredible new type of fabric that can save thousands of lives, how sleep scientists are explaining alien abductions, and how evolution is being sped up by human beings, causing ripple effects all over the place.
We have clothing with speakers, clothing you can hear, but now there’s clothing that can hear _you_.
This fabric can hear your heartbeat by Carolyn Wilke
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fabric-hear-heartbeat-fiber-vibration-voltage-sound-material
A fabric that “hears” your heart's sounds by Jennifer Chu
* https://news.mit.edu/2022/fabric-acoustic-microphone-0316
Researchers Create a Fabric That Can ‘Hear’ Your Heartbeat by Margaret Osborne
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-create-a-fabric-that-can-hear-your-heartbeat-180979753/
Hear and There: Sounds from Everywhere! by Daniel Henning, Edin Sabic, and Michael C. Hout
* https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2018.00063
Heart Disease Facts by The CDC
* https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm
Electrical and Electromagnetic Fundamentals by Joseph J. Carr
* https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/static-electricity
Smart Fibers Could Turn Army Uniforms Into Wearable Computers by Kyle Mizokami
* https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a36732071/army-uniform-fibers-create-wearable-computers/
Alien abductions may actually have a scientific explanation - just not the UFO sighting kind you might think.
'Alien abduction' stories may come from lucid dreaming, study hints by Mindy Weisberger
* https://www.livescience.com/lucid-dreaming-ufo-alien-abductions.html
COULD SUSPECTED ALIEN ABDUCTIONS JUST BE … LUCID DREAMING? by Elizabeth Rayne
* https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/could-suspected-alien-abductions-be-lucid-dreaming
How Betty and Barney Hill's Alien Abduction Story Defined the Genre by Linda Lacina
* https://www.history.com/news/first-alien-abduction-account-barney-betty-hill
Is it normal to believe you have been abducted by aliens? by Dr. Ema Sullivan-Bissett
* https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/perspective/abducted-by-aliens.aspx
Sleep Paralysis Sources
* Sleep paralysis and folklore by Ann M. Cox
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5167075/
* Sleep Paralysis in Brazilian Folklore and Other Cultures: A Brief Review by José F. R. de Sá and Sérgio A. Mota-Rolim
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5013036/
Can we speed up evolution? Humans didn’t think so, but we inadvertently are.
A New Database Reveals How Much Humans Are Messing With Evolution by Amit Katwala
* https://www.wired.com/story/database-humans-messing-with-evolution/
Uncovering the underlying patterns in contemporary evolution by McGill University Newsroom
* https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/uncovering-underlying-patterns-contemporary-evolution-336562
Pollution Facts & Types of Pollution by Alina Bradford
* https://www.livescience.com/22728-pollution-facts.html
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Apr 28, 2022
Death to Skeeters, Swapping Saliva, Messing with Lightspeed
Today, you’ll learn about a brilliant biotechnology that is turning mosquitoes against themselves, how babies use a slimy indicator to figure out who can be trusted and the freaky things that would happen if we messed with the speed of light.
Hate mosquitos? These modified mosquitoes do, too.
Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes may soon be buzzing in Florida and California. Here's why. by Ryan W. Miller
* https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/03/08/genetically-modified-mosquitoes-florida-california/9424548002/
2 Billion Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Cleared for Release in California and Florida by Ed Cara
* https://gizmodo.com/2-billion-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-cleared-for-r-1848630797
California's first lab-grown mosquitoes may take flight—stirring controversy by Lisa M. Krieger
* https://phys.org/news/2022-03-california-lab-grown-mosquitoes-flightstirring-controversy.html
Malaria’s Impact Worldwide by The CDC
* https://www.cdc.gov/mal…
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Apr 27, 2022
Otterly Amazing, Let’s Go Bananas, Blingy Mayan Grills
Today, you’ll learn about the cutest warriors helping humans on the front lines in the fight against climate change, an important new study that reveals how you can add years to your life, yes… years, and an ancient Mayan dental practice that added some flashy bling to their teeth.
Otter’s holding hands? Adorable, AND these little cuties are on the front lines of climate change.
The Cutest Way to Fight Climate Change? Send in the Otters by Matt Simon
* https://www.wired.com/story/the-cutest-way-to-fight-climate-change-send-in-the-otters/
Sea otter by Monterey Bay Aquarium
* https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/sea-otter
How sea otters can fight climate change by Ula Chrobak
* https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210914-how-sea-otters-help-fight-climate-change
Why combatting climate change just got a whole lot cuter by Carley Gomez
* https://www.abc10.com/article/tech/science/climate-change/combatting-climate-change/103-80d00b4a-adc0-4781-837…
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Apr 22, 2022
To the Moon Artemis, Oh Snap!, The Skunky Funk of Cannabis
Today, you’ll learn about a super exciting space program, blasting off in a few months, that will take us back to the moon for the first time in 50 years, how the simple snap of your fingers actually involves some cool physics and the chemistry behind the skunky stank of cannabis.
We’re going back to the moon, for the first time in 50 years!
NASA
* Artemis-I: https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram
* Artemis: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/
* Artemis Program: https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram
* Around the Moon with NASA’s First Launch of SLS with Orion: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/around-the-moon-with-nasa-s-first-launch-of-sls-with-orion
* NASA Readies Rocket for Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-readies-rocket-for-artemis-i-wet-dress-rehearsal
* The Artemis Plan: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/artemis_plan-20200921.pdf
* Rocket Weight and Thrust: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/sls_…
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Apr 21, 2022
Dirty Disinfectant, Hot Iron Blobs, Infinite Versions of You
Today, you’ll learn about how some cleaning products in your kitchen may be terrible for the environment even though they’re labeled “green,” hot blobs of iron playing games with Earth’s magnetic field and how some far-out theories in physics predict there are infinite versions of you.Your green cleaning products may not actually be so clean OR green.
How do household cleaning products affect the environment? by Alexandra Franklin-Cheung
* https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/how-do-household-cleaning-products-affect-the-environment/
Household Cleaning Products Market by Precedence Research
* https://www.precedenceresearch.com/household-cleaning-products-market
Are your cleaning products really green? Here’s how to tell. by Shaena Montanari
* https://www.popsci.com/story/environment/sustainable-cleaning-products/
EPA.gov
* Identifying Greener Cleaning Products
* https://www.epa.gov/greenerproducts/identifying-greener-cleaning-products
* EPA Safer C…
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Apr 20, 2022
Sex! And COVID, The Biggest Comet Ever, Wave of The Future
Today, you’ll learn about the surprising sexual implications of the COVID pandemic, if the biggest comet ever discovered is going to end the world and how the natural power built into the ocean could, one day, power a bunch of stuff on land.
Even though we were all home during the pandemic, something else was on the rise.
Covid chaos fueled another public health crisis: STDs by Alice Miranda Ollstein
* https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/12/covid-std-crisis-00015717
Why sexual identities shifted during the pandemic by Jessica Klein
* https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220224-why-sexual-identities-shifted-during-the-pandemic
The pandemic offered a unique chance for many people to come out as queer by Anna Iovine
* https://mashable.com/article/covid-coming-out-queer-lgbtq-pandemic
Scientists discovered the biggest comet ever - will it end the world?
Largest comet ever observed bumps Hale-Bopp from pedestal by Stephanie Pappas
* https://www.livescience.com/bernar…
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Apr 18, 2022
Curiosity Daily Presents: Monsters Inside Me
If you like Curiosity Daily, you might like a new podcast from Animal Planet called Monsters Inside Me. For shocking, true stories about mysterious illnesses caused by parasites, check out Monsters Inside Me.
In this episode, you'll learn how a creature feeds on the brain tissue of a young boy after he ingests worm eggs, and how a killer works its way through the body of a Vietnam veteran, laying waste to his organs and lymph system.
Follow wherever you get your podcasts.
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Apr 15, 2022
Tripping to Run, Everest’s Warning, Investigating Planet 9
Today, you’ll learn about trippy psychedelic drugs that could alter everything we know about mental health, a glacier on Mount Everest that is literally blowing away and an object in the far reaches of our solar system that may or may not be there.
Psychedelic drugs are making a comeback, but not on the party scene. They could be the future of mental health.
The Future of Psychedelic Science by Ryan O’Hare
* https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/220873/the-future-psychedelic-science/
About Us by Imperial Centre for Psychedelic Research
* https://www.imperial.ac.uk/psychedelic-research-centre
Back to the future: Psychedelic drugs in psychiatry by Peter Grinspoon, MD
* https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/back-to-the-future-psychedelic-drugs-in-psychiatry-202106222508
The Future Of Psychedelic Medicine Might Skip The Trip by Will Yakowicz
* https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2021/06/23/the-future-of-psychedelic-medicine-might-skip-the-trip-rick-doblin-bryan-roth-mind…
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Apr 14, 2022
Pee Pee Concrete, Black Diamond from Space, Electric Plane
Today, you’ll learn about an unusual proposal to use human tinkle to make buildings on Mars, a billion-year-old black diamond with an interstellar history and what it’s going to take for airplanes to become totally electric.
A very unusual proposal to use human waste products could allow us to build on Mars.
Researchers propose making concrete with human bodily fluids by Hunter Dulay
* https://sciworthy.com/researchers-propose-making-concrete-with-human-bodily-fluids/
Mars explorers might make concrete-like materials from their own blood and urine by Amanda Kooser
* https://www.cnet.com/science/mars-explorers-might-make-concrete-like-materials-from-their-own-blood-and-urine/
Concrete on Mars Could Literally Be Made Out of Astronaut Blood, Sweat, And Tears by Michelle Starr
* https://www.sciencealert.com/mars-concrete-could-be-made-out-of-alien-dust-and-astronaut-blood
Blood, sweat, and tears: extraterrestrial regolith biocomposites with in vivo binders by A.D. Roberts…
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Apr 13, 2022
Arctic Alien-ish Life, A Nuclear Donut, Babies Curing HIV
Today, you’ll learn about how alien-like life figured out a bizarre way to survive at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, a donut-shaped machine that just set a bunch of records in the world of nuclear fusion and how babies are becoming superheroes in the fight against cancer and HIV.
Learn about how alien-like life figured out how to survive at the bottom of the Arctic ocean.
'Alien-like' life thrives on dead matter in Arctic deep by Helen Briggs
* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60308650
Fossil-eating sponges discovered in the Arctic by James Ashworth
* https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/february/fossil-eating-sponges-discovered-Arctic.html
Giant sponge gardens discovered on seamounts in the Arctic deep sea by Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220208113915.htm
890-Million-Year-Old Fossills Are Sponges, Oldest Animals: Study by Abby Olena
* https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/890-millio…
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Apr 8, 2022
Covid’s Bright Side, Frogs Out on a Limb, Fertilizing Fuel
Today, you’ll learn about how COVID-19 may have revamped cities for the better, astounding new technology that could one day regrow human limbs and how an agricultural fertilizer is going from feeding the world to potentially powering the world.
The pandemic changed more than just our home lives, it also changed the way we live in our cities.
The Pandemic Might Have Redesigned Cities Forever by Adam Rogers
* https://www.wired.com/story/the-pandemic-might-have-redesigned-cities-forever/
Pandemic-led decline of US cities may be reversing by Howard Schneider
* https://www.reuters.com/world/the-great-reboot/pandemic-led-decline-us-cities-may-be-reversing-2021-05-04/
Car-Free Transportation Gets Boost from U.S. Grant Program by Laura Bliss
* https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-29/bike-pedestrian-infrastructure-favored-in-raise-grants
Pandemic-era Street Spaces: Parklets, Patios, and the Future of the Public Realm by John Bela
* https://dirt.asla.org/2021/09/09…
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Apr 7, 2022
Volcanic Violence, a Salt & Battery, Crustacean Conspiracy
Today, you’ll learn about a massively mysterious volcanic explosion that literally sent shockwaves around the world, how salty batteries are set to sweeten the competition in the energy storage industry and how scientists have no idea why animals keep evolving into crabs.
A volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga affected the entire world.
Scientists are Racing to Understand the Fury of Tonga’s Volcano by Robin Andrews
* https://www.wired.com/story/tonga-volcano-eruption-science/
Tonga Shrouded by Ash and Mystery After Powerful Volcano Erupts By Natasha Frost, Mitra Taj and Eric Nagourney
* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/16/world/asia/tonga-tsunami-peru.html
Experts explain why Tonga eruption was so big by Nick Perry
* https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/experts-explain-why-tonga-eruption-was-so-big
Why the Tongan eruption will go in the history of volcanology by Alexandra Witze
* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00394-y
NASA scientists estimate Tonga…
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Apr 6, 2022
16 Psyche, Xenotransplantation, Ocean Waves Become a Rave
Today, you’ll learn about a metallic object in space that might be worth seven hundred quintillion dollars, how genetically engineered pig hearts could save tons of human lives and how bioluminescent waves are putting on trippy light shows in the world’s oceans.
16 Psyche may be worth $700 quintillion dollars, but it’ll take a probe visiting the planetesimal to find out.
16 Psyche: An Asteroid once thought to be worth $700 quintillion by Chris Young
* https://interestingengineering.com/asteroid-psyche-700-quintillion
Asteroid 16 Psyche Thought to Be Worth $10,000 Quadrillion Could Be a “Rubble Pile” by Aristos Georgiou
* https://www.newsweek.com/asteroid-16-psyche-worth-10000-quadrillion-rubble-pile-1599787
16 Psyche: The asteroid that could make every person on Earth a billionaire by Paul Ratner
* https://bigthink.com/hard-science/space-miners-race-to-an-asteroid-worth-quintillions/#rebelltitem2
NASA TO STUDY A $700 QUINTILLION ‘GOLDMINE’ ASTEROID by Matthe…
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Apr 2, 2022
Introducing: Curiosity Daily
The award-winning Curiosity Daily podcast from CuriosityDaily.com will help you get smarter about the world around you — every day. In less than 10 minutes, you’ll get a unique mix of research-based life hacks, the latest science and technology news, and more. Nate Bonham and Calli Gade will help you learn about your mind and body, outer space and the depths of the sea, and how history shaped the world into what it is today.
Head to discovery+ to stream even more science content, from Animal Planet to Science Channel. Go to discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial today. Terms Apply.
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Apr 1, 2022
From the Archives: Where Does Mold Come From?
This episode originally aired on 4/3/2020. New episodes coming soon.
Learn about the shocking prevalence of torture scenes in movies; why durian, the world’s smelliest fruit, smells so bad; and where mold comes from.
Torture is prevalent and effective in movies (but not in real life) by Kelsey Donk
* Torture Prevalent, Effective in Popular Movies, Study Finds – University of Alabama News | The University of Alabama. (2020). Ua.Edu. https://www.ua.edu/news/2020/01/torture-prevalent-effective-in-popular-movies-study-finds/
* Delehanty, C., & Kearns, E. (2019). Wait, There’s Torture in Zootopia?: Examining the Prevalence of Torture in Popular Movies. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3342908
Scientists discovered why durian is the world's smelliest fruit by Kelsey Donk
* A Love Letter to a Smelly Fruit. (2013, December 3). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/travel/a-love-letter-to-a-smelly-fruit.html
* Discovering what makes duria…
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Mar 31, 2022
From the Archives: The Academic Benefits of Emotional Intelligence
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Mar 30, 2022
From the Archives: Where Dogs Get Their Personalities
This episode originally aired on 10/4/2019. New episodes coming soon.
Learn about how dogs’ personalities are rooted in their DNA; one skill that doesn’t get worse as you get older; and how your sense of smell works.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
* Dogs' Personalities Are Rooted in Their DNA — https://curiosity.im/2OfDwvJ
* Scientists Have Identified One Skill that Doesn't Deteriorate with Age — https://curiosity.im/2LwW5tm
Additional resources discussed:
* How does the sense of smell work? | HowStuffWorks — https://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/human-nature/perception/question139.htm
* Human Nose Can Detect a Trillion Smells | Science — https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/03/human-nose-can-detect-trillion-smells
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Mar 25, 2022
From the Archives: Why You Yawn During Exercise
This episode originally aired on 2/28/2020. New episodes coming soon.
Learn about how quitting smoking may reawaken healthy cells; how researchers figured out how to tell the age of crime scene fingerprints to help investigators; and why you sometimes yawn while exercising or singing.
Quitting smoking doesn’t just slow lung damage, but can also reawaken undamaged cells by Grant Currin
* Gallagher, J. (2020, January 29). Lungs “magically” heal damage from smoking. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51279355
* Pfeifer, G. P. (2020, January 29). Smoke signals in the DNA of normal lung cells. Nature, 578(7794), 224–226. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00165-7
* Yoshida, K., Gowers, K. H. C., Lee-Six, H., Chandrasekharan, D. P., Coorens, T., Maughan, E. F., Beal, K., Menzies, A., Millar, F. R., Anderson, E., Clarke, S. E., Pennycuick, A., Thakrar, R. M., Butler, C. R., Kakiuchi, N., Hirano, T., Hynds, R. E., Stratton, M. R., Martincorena, I., … Campbell, P. J. (…
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Mar 24, 2022
From the Archives: A Brain-Training Task to Reduce Motion Sickness
This episode originally aired on 11/5/2020. New episodes coming soon.
Learn about a simple brain-training task that may reduce motion sickness, what parasites found in medieval human remains can tell us about eradicating them today, and the two main reasons why everything takes longer than you think it will.
A Simple Brain-Training Task May Reduce Motion Sickness by Kelsey Donk
* You can train your brain to reduce motion sickness. (2020). Warwick.Ac.Uk. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/you_can_train
* Smyth, J., Jennings, P., Bennett, P., & Birrell, S. (2021). A novel method for reducing motion sickness susceptibility through training visuospatial ability – A two-part study. Applied Ergonomics, 90, 103264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103264
Parasitic Worms Found in Medieval Human Remains May Hold the Secret for Eradicating Them Today by Cameron Duke
* Flammer, P. G., Ryan, H., Preston, S. G., Warren, S., Přichystalová, R., Weiss, R., Palmowski,…
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Mar 23, 2022
From the Archives: Do People Think in Words or Pictures?
This episode originally aired on 2/21/2020. New episodes coming soon.
Learn about whether people think in words or in pictures; why brussels sprouts really are tastier than they used to be; and why buying luxury items might make you feel like an impostor.
Whether People Think in Words or Pictures by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Alicia)
* (2020). Twitter. https://twitter.com/KylePlantEmoji/status/1221713792913965061
* Heavey, C. L., & Hurlburt, R. T. (2008). The phenomena of inner experience. Consciousness and Cognition, 17(3), 798–810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2007.12.006
* Pristine Inner Experience. (2020). Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pristine-inner-experience
* Amit, E., Hoeflin, C., Hamzah, N., & Fedorenko, E. (2017). An asymmetrical relationship between verbal and visual thinking: Converging evidence from behavior and fMRI. NeuroImage, 152, 619–627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.03.029
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Mar 18, 2022
From the Archives: The 13 Emotions Music Evokes
This episode originally aired on 2/4/2020. New episodes coming soon.
Learn about the 13 categories of emotions that music makes you feel; how scientists solved the mystery of two strangely small tyrannosaurus rex fossils; and surprising things that happen to a pregnant person’s body.
Research Suggests That Music Evokes 13 Key Emotions by Kelsey Donk
* Anwar, Y. (2020, January 6). Ooh là là! Music evokes at least 13 emotions. Scientists have mapped them. Berkeley News. https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/01/06/music-evokes-13-emotions/
* Noonan, D. (2020, January 6). Is a Sad Song Sad for Everyone? Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-a-sad-song-sad-for-everyone/
* Cowen, A. S., Fang, X., Sauter, D., & Keltner, D. (2020). What music makes us feel: At least 13 dimensions organize subjective experiences associated with music across different cultures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(4), 1924–1934. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.19…
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Mar 17, 2022
From the Archives: Earth Is Greener Than Before
This episode originally aired on 1/24/2020. New episodes coming soon.
Learn about how AI and Twitter could help you find the perfect job, and how the world is actually a greener place than it was 20 years ago. We’ll also answer a listener question about why we use the color “blue” to say we’re sad.
Job-Matching with Your Tweets by Kelsey Donk
Sources:
* Robot career advisor: AI may soon be able to analyse your tweets to match you to a job | The Conversation — https://theconversation.com/robot-career-advisor-ai-may-soon-be-able-to-analyse-your-tweets-to-match-you-to-a-job-128777
* The Vocation Map (interactive) | Marian-Andrei Rizoiu — http://www.rizoiu.eu/documents/research/resources/Vocation_Map_Interactive.html
* Social media-predicted personality traits and values can help match people to their ideal jobs | PNAS December 26, 2019 116 (52) 26459-26464; first published December 16, 2019 — https://www.pnas.org/content/116/52/26459
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Mar 16, 2022
From the Archives: Is Cell Phone Radiation Dangerous?
This episode originally aired on 11/22/2019. New episodes coming soon.
Learn about how human goals fall into 4 categories; why NASA’s Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPRIB) says we don’t need to be so careful about infecting other worlds; and whether cell phone radiation is actually dangerous.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about why a NASA panel says we don’t need to be so careful about infecting other worlds: https://curiosity.im/2K3gzJg
Additional sources discussed:
* Psychologists analyze language to categorize human goals | EurekaAlert! — https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/uow-pal102919.php
* Lexical Derivation of the PINT Taxonomy of Goals: Prominence, Inclusiveness, Negativity Prevention, and Tradition | The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College — https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1092&context=psyfac
* Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) for Cellula…
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Mar 11, 2022
From the Archives: Pi Almost Legally Changed to 3.2
This episode originally aired on 3/13/2020. New episodes coming soon.
Learn about how speed listening to podcasts (or "podfasting") affects our emotions; the health differences between white and brown rice; and the time pi was once almost legally changed to 3.2.
Speed listening’s effects on emotion by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from S.P.)
* Rousseau, S. (2020, January 24). I Tried Listening to Podcasts at 3x and Broke My Brain. Medium; OneZero. https://onezero.medium.com/i-tried-listening-to-podcasts-at-3x-and-broke-my-brain-d8823edecb7c
* Liebenthal, E., Silbersweig, D. A., & Stern, E. (2016). The Language, Tone and Prosody of Emotions: Neural Substrates and Dynamics of Spoken-Word Emotion Perception. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2016.00506
* Murray, I. R., & Arnott, J. L. (1993). Toward the simulation of emotion in synthetic speech: A review of the literature on human vocal emotion. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 93(2…
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Mar 10, 2022
From the Archives: Busting the "Only Child" Stereotype
This episode originally aired on 11/26/2019. New episodes coming soon.
Learn about a new study that busts the myth of the self-centered only child; why feeding birds in the park may be more destructive than you think; and why the canonical perspective makes everyone draw a coffee cup the same way.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
* A New Study Busts the Myth of the Self-Centered Only Child — https://curiosity.im/2NQMVt1
* Why Everyone Draws a Coffee Cup the Same Way — https://curiosity.im/2Xj0RyZ
Additional sources:
* Thoughts About Bread And Angel Wing Deformities | Corvid Isle — https://corvid-isle.co.uk/thoughts-bread-angel-wing-wild-birds
* Why Feeding White Bread to Wild Birds is Killing Them | One Green Planet — https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/feeding-white-bread-to-wild-birds-is-killing-them/
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Mar 9, 2022
From the Archives: Fart Humor History
This episode originally aired on 9/13/2019. New episodes coming soon.
Learn about why scientists measured how hard babies kick in the womb; the difference in brain scans between people when they were reading a book versus listening to a podcast; and how long humans have thought farts were funny.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
* Scientists Have Measured How Hard Babies Kick in the Womb — https://curiosity.im/34wHJRA
* Brain Scans of People Reading and Listening to Podcasts Look the Same — https://curiosity.im/2ZKeFCt
Want to learn even more? Head to discovery+ to stream from some of your favorite shows. Go to discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial today. Terms apply.
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Mar 4, 2022
Praising Competitors, Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe, Rock Paper Scissors History
Learn about praising competitors; star stuff and gravity assists with the hosts of Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe; and the strange history rock paper scissors.
Praising a competitor can lead to greater sales for brands by Steffie Drucker
* Praise that slays: How complimenting a competitor can drive a firm’s revenues. (2021, November 18). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/935291
* Zhou, L., Du, K. M., & Cutright, K. M. (2021). EXPRESS: Befriending the Enemy: The Effects of Observing Brand-to-Brand Praise on Consumer Evaluations and Choices. Journal of Marketing, 002224292110530. https://doi.org/10.1177/00222429211053002
* Allebach, N. (2019, June 24). Brand Twitter Grows Up. Vulture; Vulture. https://www.vulture.com/2019/06/brand-twitter-jokes-history.html
More from Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson, hosts of Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe (listener questions from Peter and Lohith):
* Pick up their new book “Frequently Asked Questions abo…
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Mar 3, 2022
“Like Riding a Bike,” Paradoxes, That Fresh Rain Smell
Learn about the special way riding a bike is stored in your memory; the crocodile paradox; and the smell of fresh rain.
The stories in this episode originally aired on these dates:
* December 21, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/the-most-influential-film-ever-your-memory-on-ridi
* December 23, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/christmas-music-psychology-rain-smell-science-croc
_Today is Ashley Hamer’s last episode. Follow her podcast at __https://www.tabooscience.show__. And if you’re still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to __https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity__ to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers._
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Mar 2, 2022
Glow-in-the-Dark Cities, Feeling Holes, Max Volume on Earth
Learn about glow-in-the-dark cities; why holes feel larger with a tongue than a finger; and the maximum volume on Earth.
Maybe we can save the planet by making our cities glow in the dark by Briana Brownell
* Kleiner, K. (2021, November). Will glow-in-the-dark materials someday light our cities? Knowable Magazine | Annual Reviews. https://knowablemagazine.org/article/technology/2021/will-glow-in-the-dark-materials-someday-light-our-cities
* Long Persistent Luminescence: A Road Map Toward Promising Future Developments in Energy and Environmental Science. (2021). Annual Review of Materials Research. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-matsci-091520-011838
Why holes feel larger with your tongue than with your finger by Grant Currin
* Why Do Holes Feel Larger With Your Tongue Than With Your Finger? (2017, November). Mentalfloss.com. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/512813/why-do-holes-feel-larger-your-tongue-your-finger
* Seriously Science. (2017, October 18).…
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Feb 25, 2022
Remembering Gifts, Animal Diets, Amazon-Sahara Connection
Learn why helping others feels like helping ourselves, how wild animals eat healthy, and how the Sahara feeds the Amazon.
We're less likely to remember the things we've given to friends than strangers by Kelsey Donk
* We’re Worse At Remembering Exactly What We’ve Given To Friends Than What We’ve Given To Strangers. (2021, April 12). Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/04/12/were-worse-at-remembering-exactly-what-weve-given-to-friends-than-what-weve-given-to-strangers/
* Uğurlar, P., Posten, A.-C., & Zürn, M. (2021). Interpersonal closeness impairs decision memory. Social Psychology, 52(2), 125–129. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000439
How do wild animals eat a healthy diet when humans struggle to? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Jason in Port Ewen, New York)
* Predators hunt for a balanced diet. (2012). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120110192942.htm
* Provenza, F. (2018, November 30). Animals Can Help Us Redis…
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Feb 24, 2022
The Medicinal Power of Plants, World Record Internet Speed
Learn about how plants could help us solve the superbug crisis; and how engineers set a world record for internet speed.
More from leading medical ethnobotanist Dr. Cassandra Quave:
* Pick up “The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines” by Dr. Cassandra Leah Quave: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/612171/the-plant-hunter-by-cassandra-leah-quave/
* Quave Research Group: https://etnobotanica.us/
* Follow @QuaveEthnobot on Twitter: https://twitter.com/QuaveEthnobot
* Dr. Cassandra Quave’s website: https://cassandraquave.com/
Japanese engineers achieved a world record internet speed of 319 terabits per second by Briana Brownell
* Houser, K. (2021, November 13). Japan breaks world record for fastest internet speed. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/the-present/japan-internet-speed/
* Demonstration of World Record: 319 Tb/s Transmission over 3,001 km with 4-core fiber. (2021, July 12). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/ne…
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Feb 23, 2022
Butterfly Effect, How to Cry at Work, Eggcorns in Language
Learn about the butterfly effect; why language mistakes called “eggcorns” still make sense; and tips for crying at work.
The stories in this episode originally aired August 8, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/the-butterfly-effect-is-why-we-can-t-predict-weath
_Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with__ Cody Gough__ and__ Ashley Hamer__ — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to __https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity__ to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers._
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Feb 18, 2022
How Science Works (w/ Bill Nye), Noise-Canceling Lungs, Stomach Growls
Bill Nye explains why science isn’t just a body of knowledge — it’s a process. Plus: frogs with noise-canceling lungs and why your stomach growls when you’re hungry.
Additional resources from Bill Nye:
* Official website https://billnye.com/
* Bill Nye’s podcast, Science Rules! https://www.askbillnye.com/
* Pick up “Bill Nye's Great Big World of Science” on Amazon https://amzn.to/3u8iKQi
* “Everything All at Once: How to Think Like a Science Guy, Solve Any Problem, and Make a Better World” on Amazon https://amzn.to/3whsk5j
* Follow @BillNye on Twitter https://twitter.com/BillNye
This frog has noise-canceling lungs by Cameron Duke
* Lee, N., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., White, L. A., Schrode, K. M., & Bee, M. A. (2021). Lung Mediated Auditory Contrast Enhancement Improves the Signal-to-Noise Ratio for Communication in Frogs. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.048
* This frog has lungs that act like noise-canceling headphones. (2021).…
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Feb 17, 2022
Tool Use and Language in the Brain, Why Black Holes Get Bigger
Learn how tool use and language work in the brain; and why black holes get bigger due to the expansion of the universe.
Tool use and language ability go hand in hand by Grant Currin
* Using mechanical tools improves our language skills. (2021, November 11). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/934004
* Thibault, S., Py, R., Gervasi, A. M., Salemme, R., Koun, E., Lövden, M., Boulenger, V., Roy, A. C., & Brozzoli, C. (2021). Tool use and language share syntactic processes and neural patterns in the basal ganglia. Science, 374(6569). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe0874
* Know Your Brain: Basal Ganglia. (2014). Neuroscientifically Challenged. https://neuroscientificallychallenged.com/posts/what-are-basal-ganglia
Black holes get bigger from the expansion of the universe itself by Briana Brownell
* New study proposes expansion of the universe directly impacts black hole growth. (2021, November 3). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/933693…
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Feb 16, 2022
Back Pain in Space, Cats’ Mental Maps, Diamond Davemaoite
Learn about back pain from space; how cats track their owners; and what davemaoite tells us about Earth’s lower mantle.
Space travel causes back pain, and doctors need to find a fix by Cameron Duke
* Back pain common among astronauts offers treatment insights for the earth-bound. (2021, October 21). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/932251
* Penchev, R., Scheuring, R. A., Soto, A. T., Miletich, D. M., Kerstman, E., & Cohen, S. P. (2021). Back Pain in Outer Space. Anesthesiology, 135(3), 384–395. https://doi.org/10.1097/aln.0000000000003812
Cats track their owners with mental maps by Cameron Duke
* Takagi, S., Chijiiwa, H., Arahori, M., Saito, A., Fujita, K., & Kuroshima, H. (2021). Socio-spatial cognition in cats: Mentally mapping owner’s location from voice. PLOS ONE, 16(11), e0257611. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257611
* Weisberger, M. (2021, November 11). You can’t hide from your cat, so don’t even try. Livescience.com; Live Science…
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Feb 11, 2022
Opposites Don’t Attract, Liking What’s Nearby, Last Name History
Learn about why opposites don’t really attract; the “propinquity effect”; and when and why we started using last names.
Opposites Don’t Attract by Kelsey Donk
* Johnson, M. D. (2018, February 12). No, opposites do not attract. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/no-opposites-do-not-attract-88839
* Montoya, R. M., & Horton, R. S. (2012). A meta-analytic investigation of the processes underlying the similarity-attraction effect. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 30(1), 64–94. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407512452989
* PDF: http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a682/269a59590349bc369e637d64ea2cae683b51.pdf
We Like What’s Physically Close to Us by Mae Rice
* New evidence for the “propinquity effect” – mere physical closeness increases our liking of desirable people and things. (2018, August). Research Digest; Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/08/01/new-evidence-for-the-propinquity-effect-mere-physical-closeness-increases-our-liki…
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Feb 10, 2022
Puppy Anxiety Fixes and Avoiding “Back Burner” Relationships
Dr. Courtney Campbell explains how to treat your puppy’s anxiety. Plus: why “back burner” relationships are unhealthy.
More from The Happy Puppy on DOGTV and Dr. Courtney Campbell:
* The Happy Puppy on DOGTV: https://watch.dogtv.com/happy-puppy
* Use code PUPPIES22 to score a free month at https://www.dogtv.com/
* Follow @dogtv on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dogtv/
* Dr. Courtney Campbell’s website: https://www.drcourtneydvm.com/
* Follow @drcourtneydvm on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drcourtneydvm/
Mark your calendar for PUPPY BOWL XVIII on Sunday, February 13 at 2 PM ET on Animal Planet and streaming on discovery+
* Puppy Bowl XVIII: https://www.discovery.com/shows/puppy-bowl/see
* Ready, Set, Pup! Introducing Puppy Bowl XVIII: https://www.discovery.com/shows/puppy-bowl/see/puppy-bowl-announcement
* Start your 7-day free trial of discovery+ at https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.
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Feb 9, 2022
Mimetic Desires, Testing Witness Memories, Fermilab’s Ferret
Learn about why you want things just because others do too; a way to reduce wrongful convictions; and Fermilab’s ferret.
"Mimetic desires" are things you want because others want them — here's how to spot them by Steffie Drucker
* Reese, H. (2021, November 8). Mimetic desire: How to avoid chasing things you don’t truly want. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/mimetic-desire-luke-burgis/
* Caprino, K. (2021, June 4). How To Identify Your True Desires And Stop Imitating Everyone Else’s. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2021/06/04/how-to-identify-your-true-desires-and-stop-imitating-everyone-elses/?sh=15125424699e
* Girard, Rene | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (2015). Utm.edu. https://iep.utm.edu/girard/
* Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire by Luke Burgis - Summary & Quotes. (2021). Matthewvere.com. https://www.matthewvere.com/notes/wanting-the-power-of-mimetic-desire#toc-thick-desires
* Mimetic Theory | What It Is. (2…
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Feb 4, 2022
Your Romantic Relationships Are All Similar, Oldest Material on Earth, Why Cuttlefish Wore 3-D Glasses
Learn about why your romantic relationships are similar; the oldest material on Earth; and cuttlefish with 3-D glasses.
Why Your Next Relationship Will Probably Be Like Your Last by Kelsey Donk
* Changing partners doesn’t change relationship dynamics, study shows. (2019). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-08/uoa-cpd082719.php
* Johnson, M. D., & Neyer, F. J. (2019). (Eventual) stability and change across partnerships. Journal of Family Psychology, 33(6), 711–721. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000523
Scientist Discovered the Oldest Material on Earth by Grant Currin
* WMAP- Life and Death of Stars. (2010). Nasa.Gov. https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/rel_stars.html
* Meteorite contains the oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/fm-mct010820.php
* This ancient stardust is the oldest ever to be examined in a lab. (2020, January 13). Science News. https://www.sciencenew…
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Feb 3, 2022
Giant Cheese Race, “Morning You,” Consciousness-Altering Eye Contact
Learn about a race against a wheel of cheese; your personality throughout the day; and effects of extensive eye contact.
The stories in this episode originally aired July 6, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/you-re-a-different-person-in-the-morning-eye-conta
Every Year, People in this English Town Risk Life and Limb to Chase a Wheel of Cheese by Annie Hartman
* Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling 2021 on Coopers Hill in Gloucester. (2021). SoGlos. https://www.soglos.com/sport-outdoor/27837/Gloucestershire-Cheese-Rolling
* Phillips, J. (2020, May 25). Secret sunrise Cheese Rolling ceremony keeps tradition alive. GloucestershireLive. https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/secret-sunrise-cheese-rolling-ceremony-4162049
_Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with__ Cody Gough__ and__ Ashley Hamer__ — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go…
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Feb 2, 2022
Talking to Whales, Pedestrian Patterns, Women’s Competitiveness
Learn how AI may learn to talk to whales; why pedestrians don’t follow the shortest route; and competitiveness in women.
Researchers are using AI to understand whale clicks — and talk back to them by Briana Brownell
* Hakai Magazine. (2021). Are We on the Verge of Chatting with Whales? | Hakai Magazine. Hakai Magazine; Hakai Magazine. https://hakaimagazine.com/features/are-we-on-the-verge-of-chatting-with-whales/
* Scientists Are Working on an AI to Let Us Talk to Whales. (2021, October 27). Futurism; Futurism. https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-ai-whale-language
* PROJECT CETI. (2020). https://www.projectceti.org/
* Welch, C. (2021, April 19). Animals; National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/scientists-plan-to-use-ai-to-try-to-decode-the-language-of-whales
Pedestrians are wired to follow the "pointiest" route, not the shortest by Cameron Duke
* Bongiorno, C., Zhou, Y., Kryven, M., Theurel, D., Rizzo, A., Santi, P., Tenen…
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Jan 28, 2022
Virtual Gathering Tips, Bilingual Pain, Largest Waterfalls
Learn about tips for hosting fantastic virtual gatherings; how language affects pain; and the world’s largest waterfalls.
Additional resources from Priya Parker:
* Pick up "The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/38sYHUN
* Listen to Priya Parker's New York Times Podcast "Together Apart": https://www.nytimes.com/column/together-apart
* Website: https://www.priyaparker.com/
* Priya Parker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/priyaparker
* Priya Parker on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Priya-Parker-2108847152464229/
Bilinguals feel more pain in the language of their stronger cultural identity by Kelsey Donk
* Does your pain feel different in English and Spanish? (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/uom-dyp113020.php
* Gianola, M., Llabre, M. M., & Losin, E. A. R. (2020). Effects of Language Context and Cultural Identity on the Pain Experience of Spanish–English Bilinguals. Affective Science. https…
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Jan 27, 2022
A Lost Roman Sauce, Earlier Puberty, Elephants Getting Tusks Back
Learn about a mysterious ancient Roman sauce; puberty happening earlier; and how elephants are getting their tusks back.
Garum, an ancient Roman sauce, mysteriously vanished — and culinarians can't recreate it by Steffie Drucker
* Tonon, R. (2021, June 24). The Team Resurrecting Ancient Rome’s Favorite Condiment. Atlas Obscura; Atlas Obscura. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/garum-fish-sauce
* Grescoe, T. (2021, November). Culinary Detectives Try to Recover the Formula for a Deliciously Fishy Roman Condiment. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/recoving-the-recipe-for-garum-180978846/
* Fish Sauce: An Ancient Roman Condiment Rises Again. (2013, October 26). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/10/26/240237774/fish-sauce-an-ancient-roman-condiment-rises-again
* Garum, Pompeii Fish Sauce. (2021). Pompeii-Food-And-Drink.org. http://pompeii-food-and-drink.org/garum.htm
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Jan 26, 2022
Bombing Volcanoes, Gold from Neutron Stars, Mind Wandering
Learn why the US military bombed a volcano; where heavy elements in the universe come from; and why your mind wanders.
Why the U.S. Government Bombed Mauna Loa in 1935 by Cameron Duke
* 1935 Eruption of Mauna Loa - Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park (U.S. National Park Service). (2016). Nps.gov. https://www.nps.gov/havo/learn/nature/mauna-loa-1935.htm
* Martín, L. (2021, October 27). La Palma volcano “should be bombed” to divert lava flow. AS.com; AS En. https://en.as.com/en/2021/10/27/latest_news/1635330566_122546.html
* Robin George Andrews. (2021, October 27). Science; National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/why-the-us-once-bombed-an-erupting-volcano
* Turner, B. (2021, November). Politician suggests bombing erupting La Palma volcano to stop lava flow. Livescience.com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/la-palma-volcano-bomb-proposal
* Volcano Watch — Hilo had a close call from the 1881 Mauna Loa lava flow. (2019, November 21).…
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Jan 21, 2022
Brain Freeze, Neural Networks, Spaced Repetition for Memory
Learn about brain freeze fixes; neural networks beyond our understanding; and learning new skills with spaced repetition.
The stories in this episode originally aired August 29, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/neural-networks-why-you-get-brain-freeze-and-a-sci
Learn better with the Anki app that Ashley uses: https://apps.ankiweb.net/
Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.
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Jan 20, 2022
Turn Anxiety into Productivity and Grapefruit Juice vs. Meds
Dr. Wendy Suzuki explains how to use anxiety to your advantage. Plus: why grapefruit juice and some medicines don’t mix.
More from Dr. Wendy Suzuki:
* Pick up “Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion” https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Good-Anxiety/Wendy-Suzuki/9781982170738
* Dr. Suzuki’s official website: https://www.wendysuzuki.com/
* Follow @wasuzuki on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wasuzuki
Combat social anxiety on HiHo:
* Download on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hiho-video/id1535845974?itsct=apps_box&itscg=30200
* Curiosity on HiHo: https://hiho.link/g/curiosity
* Cody’s Curious Clan: https://hiho.link/g/codyclan
Why can’t I drink grapefruit juice when I take certain medicines? by Cameron Duke
* Bailey, D. G., Dresser, G., & Arnold, J. M. O. (2012). Grapefruit–medication interactions: Forbidden fruit or avoidable consequences? Canadian Medical Association Journal, 185(4), 309–316. https://doi.org/…
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Jan 19, 2022
Pre-Performance Routines, Panda Camouflage, Baby Sign Language
Learn about pre-performance routines; how panda fur works as camouflage; and how babies are enriched from sign language.
A pre-performance routine makes athletes like Michael Jordan and Rafael Nadal perform better, regardless of what it is by Steffie Drucker
* Athletes with a pre-performance routine perform better. (2021, November 11). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/934597
* The effectiveness of pre-performance routines in sports: a meta-analysis. (2021). International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1750984X.2021.1944271
* Grace Lisa Scott. (2017, July 10). Rafael Nadal’s Rituals Have a Psychological Benefit. Inverse; Inverse. https://www.inverse.com/article/33718-rafael-nadal-and-the-psychology-of-sports-rituals
* Khanna, V. (2020, March). Rafael Nadal’s Rituals: The Mechanism Behind the Rhythm. EssentiallySports. https://www.essentiallysports.com/rafael-nadals-rituals-the-mechanism-behind-the-…
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Jan 14, 2022
Why You Should Reveal Your Failures, WASP-12b, Tulip Mania
Learn about why successful people should reveal their failures; the death of planet WASP-12b; and Dutch “tulip mania.”
A Reason to Reveal Your Failures by Kelsey Donk
* HBS Working Knowledge. (2018, December 11). Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/hbsworkingknowledge/2018/12/11/why-managers-should-reveal-their-failures/#695e82c362e2
* Envy Can Be Good for You. (2019). Curiosity.com. https://curiosity.com/topics/envy-can-be-good-for-you-curiosity
* Brooks, A. W., Huang, K., Abi-Esber, N., Buell, R. W., Huang, L., & Hall, B. (2019). Mitigating malicious envy: Why successful individuals should reveal their failures. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148(4), 667–687. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000538
The Death of Planet WASP-12b by Grant Currin
* Planet WASP-12b is on a death spiral, say Princeton scientists. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/pu-pwi010820.php
* The Planet WASP-12b…
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Jan 13, 2022
Linguistic Laws in Nature and Fatherless Condor Chicks from Parthenogenesis
Learn about linguistic “laws” that also show up in nature; and how two California condors were born without fathers.
Linguistic "laws" like Zipf’s law of abbreviation and Menzerath’s law also show up in biology, geography, and more by Grant Currin
* Jonny Thomson. (2021, October 22). The unknown linguistic laws that apply to all life. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/life/linguistic-laws-biology/
* Semple, S., Ferrer-i-Cancho, R., & Gustison, M. L. (2021). Linguistic laws in biology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.08.012
Two condor chicks were born from parthenogenesis, something we've never seen before by Cameron Duke
* Harrison, S. (2021, October 28). California Condors Are Capable of Asexual Reproduction. Wired; WIRED. https://www.wired.com/story/california-condors-are-capable-of-asexual-reproduction/
* Ryder, O. A., Thomas, S., Judson, J. M., Romanov, M. N., Dandekar, S., Papp, J. C., Sidak-Loftis, L. C., Walker, K.,…
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Jan 12, 2022
Exercising for Body Image, Ideal Deadlines, Longer Days from Climate Change
Learn about how a 30-minute workout can boost your body image; the ideal deadline to avoid procrastination; and how climate change could make the day longer.
A 30-Minute Workout Is A Surefire Way To Boost Your Body Image by Anna Todd
* MacMillan, A. (2017, June 16). How to Feel Thinner in 30 Minutes. Time; Time. https://time.com/4821689/exercise-feel-thin-fast/?xid=newsletter-brief
* Salci, L. E., & Martin Ginis, K. A. (2017). Acute effects of exercise on women with pre-existing body image concerns: A test of potential mediators. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 31, 113–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2017.04.001
* E, C.-R., J, M.-J., W, S.-R., & G, A.-V. (2021). The acute effect of different intensity aerobic and resistance training exercise on the body image in adult women. International Journal of Physical Education, Fitness and Sports, 22–31. https://doi.org/10.34256/ijpefs2144
Study finds the ideal deadline length to avoid procrastination by Cameron Duke…
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Jan 7, 2022
Quitting Smoking, Over-Practicing, Bill Nye on Believing Science
Learn how quitting smoking helps mental health; how to avoid over-practicing; and how to get people to believe science.
Quitting smoking is good for your mental health, too by Steffie Drucker
* Cochrane Review finds stopping smoking is linked to improved mental health. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/w-crf030921.php
* Taylor, G. M., Lindson, N., Farley, A., Leinberger-Jabari, A., Sawyer, K., te Water Naudé, R., Theodoulou, A., King, N., Burke, C., & Aveyard, P. (2021). Smoking cessation for improving mental health. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd013522.pub2
* University of Birmingham. (2021, March 10). Quitting smoking is linked to improved mental health, research finds. University of Birmingham; University of Birmingham. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2021/03/quit-smoking-mental-health-vaping.aspx
* Alltucker, K. (2021, March 12). Cigarette sales increased during pandemic as fewer sm…
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Jan 6, 2022
David Copperfield’s Magic on the Moon, Fish and Whale Tails, a Giant Magnetic Tunnel
Learn about where to find David Copperfield’s secrets; a magnetic tunnel surrounding the Earth; and marine mammal tails.
More from David Copperfield:
* Pick up "David Copperfield's History of Magic": https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/David-Copperfields-History-of-Magic/David-Copperfield/9781982112912
* Website: https://www.davidcopperfield.com/
* Follow @D_Copperfield on Twitter: https://twitter.com/D_Copperfield
* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidcopperfield
Earth may be surrounded by a giant magnetic tunnel by Briana Brownell
* Starr, M. (2021). Wild New Paper Claims Earth May Be Surrounded by a Giant Magnetic Tunnel. ScienceAlert. https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-may-be-surrounded-by-a-giant-magnetic-tunnel
* Dunlap Astronomer discovers we may be surrounded by tunnel-like structure - Dunlap Institute. (2021). Dunlap Institute. http://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/astronomer-discovers-tunnel-like-structure-may-surround-earth/
* What — and Where — Is t…
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Jan 5, 2022
David Copperfield Talks Technology and Magic History
World-famous magician David Copperfield explains the surprising connection between magic and technology. Plus: learn about how ducklings get a speed boost when they swim in a line behind their mother.
More from David Copperfield:
* Pick up "David Copperfield's History of Magic": https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/David-Copperfields-History-of-Magic/David-Copperfield/9781982112912
* Website: https://www.davidcopperfield.com/
* Follow @D_Copperfield on Twitter: https://twitter.com/D_Copperfield
* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidcopperfield
Ducklings get a speed boost when they swim in a line behind their mother by Cameron Duke
* Conover, Emily. (2021, October 20). “Here’s the Physics of Why Ducklings Swim in a Row behind Their Mother.” Science News. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/physics-why-ducklings-swim-row-behind-mother-duck-waves-energy
* University of Strathclyde. (2021, October 7). Riding the waves keeps ducks in a row. Phys.org. https://phys…
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Dec 20, 2021
Christmas Music Psychology, Most Influential Films, Mistletoe Science
Learn about why Christmas music sounds like Christmas; the most influential films ever; and the truth behind mistletoe.
The stories in this episode originally aired on these dates:
* December 21, 2018: "Scientists Have Determined the Most Influential Film of All Time" and "Mistletoe Is a Poisonous Parasite ... of Love?" https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/the-most-influential-film-ever-your-memory-on-ridi
* December 23, 2018: "Here's Why Christmas Music Sounds Like Christmas" https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/christmas-music-psychology-rain-smell-science-croc
Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.
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Dec 17, 2021
Future GMO Foods, The Thought Gap, How Your Brain Knows You’re Uncomfortable
Learn about why researchers are developing new GMO foods like golden rice; why you underestimate how often others are thinking about you; and how your brain knows when you’re uncomfortable and you need to change your position.
FDA's Feed Your Mind website: https://www.fda.gov/food/consumers/agricultural-biotechnology
You regularly underestimate how often someone else is thinking about you by Steffie Drucker
* Liking gap episode: https://www.curiositydaily.com/road-to-the-8-hour-workday-the-liking-gap-shocking-tomatoes/
* Actually, Everyone Is Thinking About You. (2021, September 16). Vice.com. https://www.vice.com/en/article/epx43m/actually-everyone-is-thinking-about-you
* Cooney, G., Boothby, E. J., & Lee, M. (2021). The thought gap after conversation: Underestimating the frequency of others’ thoughts about us. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001134
* Cuncic, A. (2012). Spotlight Effect: Not Everyone i…
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Dec 17, 2021
Introducing: Dogs 101
From Animal Planet comes a new podcast, Dogs 101, where you'll get a rundown of all your favorite dog breeds. Check out the first episode, "Puppies" here.
Is there a biological reason why humans are drawn to puppies? How long does a canine pregnancy last, and what's the average litter size? When are puppies able to first see and hear? Find out the answers on this episode of Dogs 101 where we'll guide you step-by-step through everything you need to know about puppies.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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Dec 16, 2021
GMO Food Science 101 and How to Hear Someone in a Noisy Room
Learn about GMOs with help from Dr. Patrick Cournoyer of the FDA. Plus: a trick for hearing someone in a noisy room.
FDA's Feed Your Mind website: https://www.fda.gov/food/consumers/agricultural-biotechnology
To hear someone in a noisy room, look at their face by Grant Currin
* To better understand speech, focus on who is talking. (2021, October 26). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/932401
* Fleming, J. T., Maddox, R. K., & Shinn-Cunningham, B. G. (2021). Spatial alignment between faces and voices improves selective attention to audio-visual speech. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 150(4), 3085–3100. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0006415
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Dec 15, 2021
Why You Get Carsick, Climate-Saving Whales, Jupiter’s Rings
Learn about how saving the whales could help combat climate change; Jupiter’s rings; and why reading makes you carsick. Plus: a major announcement about the future of Curiosity Daily.
Saving the whales could help us capture more than a billion tons of CO2 every year by Briana Brownell
* Nature’s Solution to Climate Change – IMF F&D. (2019). Imf.org. https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2019/12/natures-solution-to-climate-change-chami.htm
* Blue Carbon in the Sanctuaries - Greater Farallones Association. (2021, October 4). Greater Farallones Association. https://farallones.org/climate/blue-carbon/
* The Great whales: All 13 species explained. (2020, February 12). Whale Watch Cabo Tours. http://whalewatchcabo.com/great-whales
Jupiter Has Rings by Ashley Hamer
* Does Jupiter have rings? (2021). Rmg.co.uk. https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/does-jupiter-have-rings
* NASA - Jupiter’s Ring Formation Theories Confirmed. (2021). Nasa.gov. https://www.nasa.gov/cen…
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Dec 10, 2021
Cartoony Robots, Naloxone Myths, Why Dishwashers Dull Knives
Learn why robots should look like cartoons; why more access to an opioid antidote doesn't make people think heroin is safe; and why dishwashers make knives less sharp.
More from Ruth Aylett, professor of computer science at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh:
* Pick up "Living with Robots: What Every Anxious Human Needs to Know": https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/living-robots
* Follow @ruthaylett on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthaylett
* University website: http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~ruth/
* Edinburgh Centre for Robotics: https://www.edinburgh-robotics.org/academics/ruth-aylett
Despite concerns, more access to naloxone doesn't make people think heroin is safe by Steffie Drucker
* Increasing access to an overdose rescue drug does not reduce perceived risk of opioid use. (2021, October 7). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/929778
* Naloxone access doesn’t make heroin seem less risky. (2021, October 7). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-rele…
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Dec 9, 2021
Irrational Fear of Robots; Mozart’s Epilepsy-Reducing Sonata
Robotics researcher Ruth Aylett explains why some people fear robots. Plus: how a sonata can reduce epilepsy seizures.
More from Ruth Aylett, professor of computer science at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh:
* Pick up "Living with Robots: What Every Anxious Human Needs to Know": https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/living-robots
* Follow @ruthaylett on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthaylett
* University website: http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~ruth/
* Edinburgh Centre for Robotics: https://www.edinburgh-robotics.org/academics/ruth-aylett
Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major may be able to treat refractory focal epilepsy by reducing seizures... somehow by Grant Currin
* Berezow, A. (2021, October 4). How Mozart’s music treats epilepsy. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/health/mozart-k448-effect-music-treats-epilepsy/
* Quon, R. J., Casey, M. A., Camp, E. J., Meisenhelter, S., Steimel, S. A., Song, Y., Testorf, M. E., Leslie, G. A., Bujarski, K. A., Ettinger, A.…
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Dec 8, 2021
Why Limits Make You Lash Out, Cash vs Cards, Odds of Dying
Learn why you act irrationally when your freedom is threatened; why you spend more with your credit card than you do when you use cash; and how statisticians calculate the probability of dying from something.
The stories in this episode originally aired July 29, 2018 “Odds of Dying (w/ Ken Kolosh), Reactance, Credit Card Psychology” https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/odds-of-dying-w-ken-kolosh-reactance-credit-card-p
* Injury Facts from the National Safety Council: https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/
* Odds of Dying - Injury Facts. (2021, March 4). Injury Facts. https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/all-injuries/preventable-death-overview/odds-of-dying/
* COVID-19 Cases in the United States - Injury Facts. (2021, July 16). Injury Facts. https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-community/safety-topics/covid-19-cases-in-the-united-states/
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Dec 7, 2021
Medical Value of Mystical Experiences and the Neutron’s Lifetime
Learn about why scientists study “mystical experiences” in psychedelics; and precisely measuring a neutron’s lifetime.
Mystical experiences might be key to the power of psychedelic therapy -- but they're really hard to study by Grant Currin
* Natan Ponieman. (2021, October 12). How Science Is Making Sense Of The Mystical Experience In Psychedelic Medicine. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/natanponieman/2021/10/01/how-is-science-making-sense-of-the-mystical-experience-in-psychedelic-medicine/?sh=6e0166623b7b
* Natan Ponieman. (2021, October 12). Is Mysticism Becoming A Problem For Psychedelic Medicine? Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/natanponieman/2021/10/12/is-mysticism-becoming-a-problem-for-psychedelic-medicine/?sh=6c502c6448a4
* Wighton, K. (2016, April 11). The brain on LSD revealed: first scans show how the drug affects the brain. Imperial College London. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/171699/the-brain-lsd-revealed-first-scans/
* Barrett, F. S., Johnson,…
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Dec 6, 2021
Heat Through Your Head, Red Blood Cell Immunity, Venus Oceans
Learn about whether you lose more heat through your head; red blood cells in immunity; and Venus’ non-existent oceans.
You Don’t Lose The Most Heat Through Your Head by Ashley Hamer
* Noreen. (2011, June). You Don’t Lose Heat Faster Through Your Head than Other Parts of Your Body. Today I Found Out. http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/06/you-dont-lose-heat-faster-through-your-head-than-other-parts-of-your-body/
* Sample, I. (2008, December 18). Scientists debunk the myth that you lose most heat through your head. The Guardian; The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/dec/17/medicalresearch-humanbehaviour
Red blood cells might play a big role in immunity by Cameron Duke
* Lam, L. K. M., Murphy, S., Kokkinaki, D., Venosa, A., Sherrill-Mix, S., Casu, C., Rivella, S., Weiner, A., Park, J., Shin, S., Vaughan, A. E., Hahn, B. H., Odom John, A. R., Meyer, N. J., Hunter, C. A., Worthen, G. S., & Mangalmurti, N. S. (2021). DNA binding to TLR9 expressed by…
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Dec 3, 2021
#NoMakeup Fail, Photosynthetic Frogs, Why Atoms Don’t Collapse
Learn why the #NoMakeup movement actually drove more makeup sales; photosynthetic frogs; and why atoms don’t collapse.
The #nomakeup movement is linked to a rise in makeup sales -- here's why by Steffie Drucker
* “Natural beauty” isn’t effortless (or free). (2021). Chicago Booth Review. https://review.chicagobooth.edu/marketing/2021/article/natural-beauty-isn-t-effortless-or-free
* Smith, R. K., Yazdani, E., Wang, P., Soleymani, S., & Ton, L. A. N. (2021). The cost of looking natural: Why the no-makeup movement may fail to discourage cosmetic use. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-021-00801-2
* Jewel, A. (2020, November 10). Alicia Keys Is GLAMOUR UK’s Autumn/Winter 2020 Cover Star. Glamour UK; Glamour UK. https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/alicia-keys-glamour-uk-cover-2020
* Shunatona, B. (2020, January 26). Why Doesn’t Alicia Keys Wear Makeup? Other Than, You Know, Because She CAN. Cosmopolitan; Cosmopolitan. http…
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Dec 2, 2021
Mars’ Jezero Crater Was a Lake and AR to Cure Fear of Spiders
Learn what the Perseverance Rover taught us about Mars’ Jezero Crater; and new exposure therapy using augmented reality.
The Perseverance Rover confirms that Mars's Jezero Crater used to be a huge lake by Briana Brownell
* Rover images confirm Jezero crater is an ancient Martian lake. (2021, October 7). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/930684
* Jezero Crater - Perseverance Landing Site. (2020). Nasa.gov. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/science/landing-site/
* Koren, M. (2021, October 7). The Atlantic. The Atlantic; theatlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/10/mars-perseverance-rover-jezero-crater/620332/
* NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Shining Clouds on Mars. (2019). NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-curiosity-rover-captures-shining-clouds-on-mars
Augmented Reality (AR) could help people cure their fear of spiders by Steffie Drucker
* Scared Of Spiders? There’s An App For That. (2021, October 13). Researc…
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Dec 1, 2021
Drinking to Cope, Human Brains Shrank, High Heels History
Learn about why having a “drink to cope” doesn’t work; why human brains shrunk 3,000 years ago; and high heel history.
Having a "drink to cope" doesn't actually work, and can even make you feel worse by Steffie Drucker
* One year on: Unhealthy weight gains, increased drinking reported by Americans coping with pandemic stress. (2021, March 11). One year on: Unhealthy weight gains, increased drinking reported by Americans coping with pandemic stress. Https://Www.apa.org. https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2021/03/one-year-pandemic-stress
* “Drinking To Cope” Doesn’t Work, Even When We Believe That It Does. (2021, October 20). Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/10/20/drinking-to-cope-doesnt-work-even-when-we-believe-that-it-does/
* Wycoff, A. M., Carpenter, R. W., Hepp, J., Piasecki, T. M., & Trull, T. J. (2021). Real-time reports of drinking to cope: Associations with subjective relief from alcohol and changes in negative affect. Journal of Abnormal…
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Nov 30, 2021
Does Truth Serum Really Work? and Geology from Indigenous Myth
Learn about an island “geomyth” that helped researchers solve an ancient mystery; and whether truth serum really works.
An indigenous "geomyth" helped scientists figure out where 3 huge boulders came from by Grant Currin
* Hakai Magazine. (2021). Rounding Out the Story of Three Legendary Boulders | Hakai Magazine. Hakai Magazine; Hakai Magazine. https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/rounding-out-the-story-of-three-legendary-boulders/
* Terry, J. P., Karoro, R., Gienko, G. A., Wieczorek, M., & Lau, A. Y. A. (2021). Giant palaeotsunami in Kiribati: Converging evidence from geology and oral history. Island Arc, 30(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/iar.12417
Does truth serum really work? by Cameron Duke
* Cottier, C. (2021). The Truth About Truth Serum. Discover Magazine; Discover Magazine. https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-truth-about-truth-serum
* Inglis-Arkell, E. (2012, April 19). What truths does “truth serum” sodium pentothal actually reveal? Gizmodo; Gizmo…
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Nov 29, 2021
Socializing Too Much, Rogue Planets, Ancient Persian AC
Learn about how socializing too much can be bad for your health; rogue planets without a home star; and ancient bâdgirs.
Socializing too much can be bad for your health by Steffie Drucker
* Research Shows Too Much Socializing Can Harm You. (2021). Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-new-home/202110/research-shows-too-much-socializing-can-harm-you
* Stavrova, O., & Ren, D. (2020). Is More Always Better? Examining the Nonlinear Association of Social Contact Frequency With Physical Health and Longevity. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 194855062096158. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620961589
Rogue Planets Wander The Galaxy Without A Star To Call Home by Ashley Hamer
* Drake, N. (2014, March 13). A Guide to Lonely Planets in the Galaxy. Science; National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/a-guide-to-lonely-planets-in-the-galaxy?loggedin=true
* Gough, E. (2021, October). Rogue Planets Could be Habitable -…
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Nov 26, 2021
Hostile Holiday Shopping, Why Cats Love Boxes, Beethoven’s 10th
Learn about psychological ownership; why cats love boxes; and how researchers—and AI—finished Beethoven’s 10th symphony.
"Psychological ownership" is why holiday shopping can get so hostile by Steffie Drucker
* Kirk, C. P. (2018, November 20). Why do Black Friday shoppers throw punches over bargains? A marketing expert explains “psychological ownership.” The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/why-do-black-friday-shoppers-throw-punches-over-bargains-a-marketing-expert-explains-psychological-ownership-106673
* Campbell Pickford, H., Joy, G., & Roll, K. (2016). Psychological Ownership: Effects and Applications. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2893092
* Kirk, C. P., Peck, J., & Swain, S. D. (2018). Property lines in the mind: Consumers’ psychological ownership and their territorial responses. Journal of Consumer Research, 45(1), 148–168. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucx111
Why Do Cats Love Boxes? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Ree…
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Nov 25, 2021
Sports Fans’ Brains, Hunger After Overeating, the IKEA Effect
Learn about how rival sports fans see games differently; waking up hungry after overeating; and “some assembly required.”
Today’s stories originally ran in the following episodes of Curiosity Daily:
* Rival Sports Fans Experience the Same Game Completely Differently by Reuben Westmaas originally published November 22, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/rival-sports-fans-experience-games-completely-diff
* Why do I wake up hungry after overeating? by Ashley Hamer originally published November 29, 2019 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/history-s-extravagant-gifts-w-justin-jampol-why-yo
* To Give a Gift They'll Treasure, Go With "Some Assembly Required" by Ashley Hamer originally published November 23, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/gifts-requiring-assembly-are-more-treasured-why-yo
Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature d…
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Nov 24, 2021
Family Meal Peacekeeping, Food Coma Science, Etiquette Tips
Learn about how to avoid conflict at family meals; what causes food comas; and how to be a great host or guest.
Today’s stories originally ran in the following episodes of Curiosity Daily:
* How to Avoid Conflict at Family Meals by Ashley Hamer originally published November 21, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/be-the-best-host-or-guest-w-jihan-murray-smith-avo
* Food Coma? Here's Why You Get Sleepy After You Eat by Ashley Hamer originally published November 28, 2019 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/food-coma-science-how-to-avoid-raising-materialist
* Be the Best Host or Guest (with Jihan Murray-Smith) originally published November 21, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/be-the-best-host-or-guest-w-jihan-murray-smith-avo
Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go t…
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Nov 23, 2021
A New Stonehenge Discovery and Why Females Feel Colder
Learn about a mysterious new archaeological discovery around Stonehenge; and why females feel colder in many species.
More from world-renowned Stonehenge archeologist Susan Greaney:
* STONEHENGE: LAND OF THE DEAD’ Premieres Sunday, November 28 at 8 PM ET/PT on Science Channel: https://press.discovery.com/us/sci/programs/stonehenge-land-dead/
* Start your free trial of discovery+ at https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity
* Follow @SueGreaney on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SueGreaney
* Academic page: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/research-students/view/122326-susan-greaney
Females feel colder in many species -- scientists say it was an adaptation to keep the sexes separate by Grant Currin
* A new study reveals the evolutionary reason why women feel colder than men. (2021, October 5). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/930578
* Magory Cohen, T., Kiat, Y., Sharon, H., Levin, E., & Algar, A. (2021). An alternative hypothesis for the evolution of sexual…
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Nov 22, 2021
Psychedelic Therapy History, Cold Showers, Only Child Myth
Learn about psychedelics research in the 1950s; cold shower benefits; and an inaccurate stereotype about the only child.
Thousands of patients were treated with psychedelics in the 1950s by Cameron Duke
* Fuentes, J. J., Fonseca, F., Elices, M., Farré, M., & Torrens, M. (2020). Therapeutic Use of LSD in Psychiatry: A Systematic Review of Randomized-Controlled Clinical Trials. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00943
* Lattin, D. (2017, January 3). How the War on Drugs Halted Research Into the Potential Benefits of Psychedelics. Slate Magazine; Slate. https://slate.com/technology/2017/01/the-war-on-drugs-halted-research-into-the-potential-benefits-of-psychedelics.html
* Rick, D. (2011). Dr. Leary’s Concord Prison Experiment: A 34-Year Follow-up Study. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02791072.1998.10399715
* The ’60s Are Gone, But Psychedelic Research Trip Continues. (2014, March 9). NPR.org. https://w…
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Nov 19, 2021
Birthday Effect, Psychological Richness, Star or Satellite?
Learn about the link between birthdays and COVID-19; “psychological richness” for a good life; and satellites vs. stars.
More from Dr. Bapu Jena:
* Listen to Freakonomics, M.D.: https://freakonomics.com/freakonomics-md/
* Covid and the “Birthday Effect” (Freakonomics, M.D. Ep. 1) - Freakonomics. (2021, August 4). Freakonomics. https://freakonomics.com/podcast/covid-and-the-birthday-effect-freakonomics-m-d-ep-1/
* Follow @AnupamBJena on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnupamBJena
* Follow @DrBapuPod on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBapuPod
* Harvard faculty page: https://hcp.hms.harvard.edu/people/anupam-b-jena
We’ve neglected the role of “psychological richness” when considering what makes a good life by Steffie Drucker
* We’ve Neglected The Role Of “Psychological Richness” When Considering What Makes A Good Life, Study Argues. (2021, September 14). Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/09/14/weve-neglected-the-role-of-psychological-richness-…
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Nov 18, 2021
Left Digit Bias w/ Dr. Bapu Jena and Bird-Catching Neanderthals
Learn about how “left digit bias” affects your decisions and why researchers caught birds in caves with their bare hands.
More from Dr. Bapu Jena:
* Listen to Freakonomics, M.D.: https://freakonomics.com/freakonomics-md/
* What Do Grocery Store Prices and Heart Surgery Have in Common? (Freakonomics, M.D. Ep. 4) - Freakonomics. (2021, August 27). Freakonomics. https://freakonomics.com/podcast/fmd-left-digit-bias/
* Follow @AnupamBJena on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnupamBJena
* Follow @DrBapuPod on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBapuPod
* Harvard faculty page: https://hcp.hms.harvard.edu/people/anupam-b-jena
Researchers studied Neanderthal hunting by catching thousands of birds w/ their bare hands by Briana Brownell
* Scientists Spent Years Pretending to Be Neanderthals Catching Birds by Hand. (2021). Vice.com. https://www.vice.com/en/article/akgmp4/scientists-spent-years-pretending-to-be-neanderthals-catching-birds-by-hand
* Smithsonian Magazine, & Gamillo, E. (…
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Nov 17, 2021
How to Clean Your Teeth, 52 Blue, Best Way to Argue with a Partner
Learn about research into how you should clean your teeth; the world’s loneliest whale; and how to argue with a partner.
When it comes to cleaning your teeth, here's what the evidence supports — and what it doesn't by Cameron Duke
* Dental care: The best, worst and unproven tools to care for your teeth, according to a UB study. (2021, September 29). Buffalo.edu. http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2021/09/038.html
* Volman, E., Stellrecht, E., & Scannapieco, F. (2021). Proven Primary Prevention Strategies for Plaque-Induced Periodontal Disease – An Umbrella Review. The Journal of International Academy of Periodontology, 23(4). https://www.perioiap.org/publications/57-october-2021/256-proven-primary-prevention-strategies-for-plaque-induced-periodontal-disease-an-umbrella-review
The "world's loneliest whale" is loved more than it will ever know by Cameron Duke
* Dahl, M. (2016, April 7). World’s Loneliest Whale May in Fact Be the World’s Horniest Whale. The Cut; The…
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Nov 16, 2021
Magic Mushroom Evolution and When Kids Gain Theory of Mind
Learn about why magic mushrooms evolved to be “magic” and new research into when children develop “theory of mind.”
Magic mushrooms evolved to scramble insect brains by Cameron Duke
* Hallucinogenic mushrooms drug profile. (2020). Europa.eu. https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/drug-profiles/hallucinogenic-mushrooms_en
* Lee, N., & Benji Jones. (2021, April 27). How psychoactive psilocybin in magic mushrooms changes your brain. Business Insider; Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/magic-mushrooms-psilocybin-psychoactive-drug-brain-denver-legal-2019-5
* Reynolds, H. T., Vijayakumar, V., Gluck-Thaler, E., Korotkin, H. B., Matheny, P. B., & Slot, J. C. (2018). Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity. Evolution Letters, 2(2), 88–101. https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.42
The classic experiment testing children's theory of mind is flawed by Grant Currin
* Children do not understand concept of others having false beliefs…
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Nov 15, 2021
Circumtriple Planets, Deep Convos with Strangers, Thomassons in Architecture
Learn about a planet orbiting three stars at once; useless architectural relics; and deep conversations with strangers.
We found a planet orbiting three stars at once by Briana Brownell
* This May Be the First Planet Found Orbiting 3 Stars at Once. (2021). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/science/triple-sun-planet.html
* Siegel, E. (2021, September 30). Planet found orbiting three stars all at once. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/planet-orbiting-3-stars/
* Scientists may have found the first known planet to orbit three stars. (2021). Science.org. https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-may-have-found-first-known-planet-orbit-three-stars
* Smallwood, J. L., Nealon, R., Chen, C., Martin, R. G., Bi, J., Dong, R., & Pinte, C. (2021). GW Ori: circumtriple rings and planets. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508(1), 392–407. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2624
Thomassons Are Functionally Useles…
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Nov 12, 2021
Changing Someone’s Identity, Mushballs on Uranus and Neptune, Curiosity Challenge
Learn about how someone can change their identity (and their mind); and “mushballs” on Uranus and Neptune. Plus: trivia!
More from Lee McIntyre:
* Pick up "How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason": https://www.amazon.com/How-Talk-Science-Denier-Conversations/dp/0262046105
* Website: https://leemcintyrebooks.com/
* Follow @leemcintyre on Twitter: https://twitter.com/leecmcintyre
* More on Jim Bridenstine changing his mind about climate change:
Pomeroy, R. (2018, June 12). Trump’s NASA Chief Changed His Mind on Climate Change. Space.com; Space. https://www.space.com/40857-trumps-nasa-chief-changed-his-mind-on-climate-change-he-is-a-scientific-hero.html
"Mushballs" may solve a mystery about the atmosphere on Uranus and Neptune by Briana Brownell
* Next-Generation NASA Instrument to Study Uranus & Neptune Atmospheres. (2019). NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/next-generation-nasa-instr…
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Nov 11, 2021
How to Talk to a Science Denier and Raining Sulfur in Sodom
Learn about how to talk to someone who denies a scientific reality; and “raining sulfur” in the Biblical city of Sodom.
More from author Lee McIntyre:
* Pick up "How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason": https://www.amazon.com/How-Talk-Science-Denier-Conversations/dp/0262046105
* Website: https://leemcintyrebooks.com/
* Follow @leemcintyre on Twitter: https://twitter.com/leecmcintyre
Scientists think an impact event explains "raining sulfur" in the biblical city of Sodom by Briana Brownell
* Smithsonian Magazine, & Gershon, L. (2021, September 22). Ancient City’s Destruction by Exploding Space Rock May Have Inspired Biblical Story of Sodom. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/destruction-of-city-by-space-rock-may-have-inspired-biblical-story-of-sodom-180978734/
* BBC - History - Ancient History in depth: The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. (2011). Bbc.co.uk. https:…
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Nov 10, 2021
Finding Dark Energy, Coelacanth Revival, Words of Persuasion
Learn about how we may have found dark energy; a prehistoric coelacanth return; and a trick for getting what you want.
A dark-matter hunting experiment may have just found dark energy by Briana Brownell
* Schultz, I. (2021, September 17). Dark Energy Could Be Responsible for Mysterious Experiment Signals, Researchers Say. Gizmodo; Gizmodo. https://gizmodo.com/dark-energy-could-be-responsible-for-mysterious-experim-1847691132
* Rincon, P. (2020, June 17). Dark matter hunt yields unexplained signal. BBC News; BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53085260
The time a prehistoric fish came back from the dead by Cameron Duke
* Coelacanth. (2018, December 20). Smithsonian Ocean. https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/fish/coelacanth
* Coelacanths | National Geographic. (2015). Animals. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/facts/coelacanths
* Smith, A. (2004, May 21). Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer. The Guardian; The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2…
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Nov 9, 2021
Why Asthma Gets Worse at Night, Earth’s Largest Living Thing
Learn about a heroic experiment that helps explain asthma getting worse at night; and the largest living thing on earth.
A heroic experiment has shed light on the centuries-old mystery of why asthma gets worse at night by Grant Currin
* Harrison, S. (2021, September 21). Why Does Asthma Get Worse at Night? Wired; WIRED. https://www.wired.com/story/why-does-asthma-get-worse-at-night/
* Study explores why asthma worsens at night. (2021). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210906151456.htm
* Scheer, F. A. J. L., Hilton, M. F., Evoniuk, H. L., Shiels, S. A., Malhotra, A., Sugarbaker, R., Ayers, R. T., Israel, E., Massaro, A. F., & Shea, S. A. (2021). The endogenous circadian system worsens asthma at night independent of sleep and other daily behavioral or environmental cycles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(37), e2018486118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018486118
The largest living thing on earth is not the blue whale by Cameron Duke…
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Nov 8, 2021
Smallest Flying Tech, Myers-Briggs Myth, Brazil Nut Effect
Learn about the smallest flying structure ever made; Myers-Briggs’ big problem; and why the biggest nuts end up on top.
Flying microstructure the size of a grain of sand is the smallest humans have ever made by Briana Brownell
* Neuman, S. (2021, September 23). Flying Microchips The Size Of A Sand Grain Could Be Used For Population Surveillance. NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/2021/09/23/1040035430/flying-microchip-sand-grain-northwestern-winged
* Winged microchip is smallest-ever human-made flying structure. (2021). Northwestern.edu. https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2021/september/microflier-winged-microchip-is-smallest-ever-human-made-flying-structure/
* Kim, B. H., Li, K., Kim, J.-T., Park, Y., Jang, H., Wang, X., Xie, Z., Won, S. M., Yoon, H.-J., Lee, G., Jang, W. J., Lee, K. H., Chung, T. S., Jung, Y. H., Heo, S. Y., Lee, Y., Kim, J., Cai, T., Kim, Y., & Prasopsukh, P. (2021). Three-dimensional electronic microfliers inspired by wind-dispersed seeds. Nature, 597(7877)…
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Nov 5, 2021
Adjusting to Time Changes, Saving Jungles, Spiky Ice Cubes
Learn about how quickly certain people adjust to time changes; how you can help slow jungle loss; and why ice cubes grow spikes.
Early birds adjust to time changes faster than night owls by Grant Currin
* “Springing forward” affects early birds less than night owls, study finds. (2021, July 20). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/472466
* Nield, D. (2021). Your Genes Could Affect How Well Your Body Adjusts to Daylight Saving Changes. ScienceAlert. https://www.sciencealert.com/how-well-we-adjust-to-daylight-saving-time-can-depend-on-our-genetics
* Tyler, J., Fang, Y., Goldstein, C., Forger, D., Sen, S., & Burmeister, M. (2021). Genomic heterogeneity affects the response to Daylight Saving Time. Scientific Reports, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94459-z
More from archaeologist Patrick Roberts:
* Pick up "Jungle: How Tropical Forests Shaped the World — and Us": https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/patrick-roberts/jungle/9781541600096/
* We…
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Nov 4, 2021
Jungles’ Impact on Climate Change and a Music-Epidemic Link
Learn about the link between music download trends and epidemics; and how losing jungles contributes to climate change.
Music download patterns found to resemble infectious disease epidemic curves by Cameron Duke
* Rosati, D., Woolhouse, M., Bolker, B., & Earn, D. (2021). Modelling song popularity as a contagious process | Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.2021.0457
* Smith, D., & Moore, L. (2020). The SIR Model for Spread of Disease - The Differential Equation Model | Mathematical Association of America. Maa.org. https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/loci/joma/the-sir-model-for-spread-of-disease-the-differential-equation-model
* Yirka, B. (2021, September 22). Music download patterns found to resemble infectious disease epidemic curves. Phys.org; Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2021-09-music-download-patterns-resemble-infectious.html
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Nov 3, 2021
Specialness Spirals and How Much You Will (and Have) Changed (1000th Episode!)
Learn about saving something for an occasion that never comes; and how much you’ve changed in the past vs. the future. Plus: Cody and Ashley celebrate Curiosity Daily’s 1,000th episode!
Join Cody and Ashley for a special live stream celebrating Curiosity Daily’s 1,000th episode on Wednesday, November 3! Register for free here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/curiosity-dailys-1000th-episode-celebration-tickets-191163133077
"Specialness spirals" could explain why we save some items for a special occasion that never comes by Steffie Drucker
* Rifkin, J. (2021, September 22). Psychological “specialness spirals” can make ordinary items feel like treasures – and may explain how clutter accumulates. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/psychological-specialness-spirals-can-make-ordinary-items-feel-like-treasures-and-may-explain-how-clutter-accumulates-165863
* How Nonconsumption Can Turn Ordinary Items into Perceived Treasures | Journal of the Association for Consumer…
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Nov 2, 2021
mRNA Vaccines Are Decades Old and Why White Animal Bellies?
Learn about why mRNA vaccines are older than you think; and the scientific theories about why animals have white bellies.
mRNA vaccines are older than you think by Grant Currin
* Dolgin, E. (2021). The tangled history of mRNA vaccines. Nature, 597(7876), 318–324. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02483-w
* Lewis, T. (2021, September 15). An mRNA Pioneer Discusses How Her Work Led to the COVID Vaccines. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-mrna-pioneer-discusses-how-her-work-led-to-the-COVID-vaccines/
* Harvard University. (2021). How mRNA vaccines work [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbaCxIJ_VP4
Why do so many animals have white bellies? Here are the theories by Cameron Duke
* Exhibit Galleries Blog. (2016). Neaq.org. http://galleries.neaq.org/2014/09/countershading-camouflage.html
* Harris, J., & Olivier Penacchio. (2015, October 7). Sunscreen or camouflage? Why so many animals have dark backs and pale belli…
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Nov 1, 2021
Crowds Fix Fake News, Choking Under Pressure, Punching Robot Shrimp
Learn about crowdsourced fact checking; why humans and monkeys choke under pressure; and a mantis shrimp punching robot.
Join Cody and Ashley for a special live stream celebrating Curiosity Daily’s 1,000th episode! Leave us a voicemail at 312-596-5208 or email a voice recording to curiosity@discovery.com and share your favorite fact you've learned from the podcast, and you may hear your message on the stream! Register for free here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/curiosity-dailys-1000th-episode-celebration-tickets-191163133077
Crowdsourced fact checking might actually work on social media by Steffie Drucker
* Study: Crowds can wise up to fake news. (2021, September). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/926824
* Allen, J., Arechar, A. A., Pennycook, G., & Rand, D. G. (2021). Scaling up fact-checking using the wisdom of crowds. Science Advances, 7(36). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf4393
* Edelman, G. (2021, September 9). Can the Wisdom of Crowds Help Fix Soc…
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Oct 29, 2021
New Twist on Merlin, Giraffe Hearts, What Carbon Neutral Means
Learn about “carbon neutral” policies; a new twist on the legend of Merlin; and the giraffe’s bizarre circulatory system.
You’re invited to join Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer for a special live stream celebration to commemorate the release of Curiosity Daily’s 1,000th episode next week! Register for free here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/curiosity-dailys-1000th-episode-celebration-tickets-191163133077
What does it mean for a company to be carbon neutral? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Jeff in Saint Paul)
* Bernoville, T. (2021, June 8). What is the difference between carbon-neutral, net-zero and climate positive? - Plan A Academy. https://plana.earth/academy/what-is-difference-between-carbon-neutral-net-zero-climate-positive/
* Nguyen, T. (2020, March 5). Starbucks, Microsoft, JetBlue, and other companies want to be carbon-neutral. What does that mean? Vox; Vox. https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/3/5/21155020/companies-carbon-neutral-climate-positive
* Umair…
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Oct 28, 2021
Leeches in Medicine, Potty Training Cows, the Math of Eggs
Learn about the medical history of using leeches; potty training cows to help the environment; and the math behind eggs.
More from zoologist Bill Schutt:
* Pick up "Pump: A Natural History of the Heart" https://www.workman.com/products/pump
* Website: https://billschutt.com/
* Follow @BillSchuttBooks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillSchuttBooks
* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BillSchutt1/
Potty training cows can help the environment by Steffie Drucker
* BORENSTEIN, S. (2021, September 13). No bull: Scientists potty train cows to use “MooLoo.” ABC News; ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/bull-scientists-potty-train-cows-mooloo-79991165
* Dirksen, N., Langbein, J., Schrader, L., Puppe, B., Elliffe, D., Siebert, K., Röttgen, V., & Matthews, L. (2021). Learned control of urinary reflexes in cattle to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Current Biology, 31(17), R1033–R1034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.011
* Researchers are toilet-tr…
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Oct 27, 2021
Fidget-Hating Misokinesia, Blood Fainting, Infrasound Ghosts
Learn about misokinesia, an intense hatred of movements; why fear of blood makes you faint; and why your “ghost problem” might be caused by infrasound.
A third of people may have misokinesia, an intense hatred of certain movements like fidgeting by Steffie Drucker
* Do you hate seeing people fidget? New UBC research says you’re not alone. (2021, August 31). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/927047
* If You Can’t Stand People Fidgeting, You May Have Misokinesia. (2020, February 3). Vice.com. https://www.vice.com/en/article/epnwgm/if-you-cant-stand-people-fidgeting-you-may-hav e-misokinesia
* Dockrill, P. (2021). First In-Depth Study of “Misokinesia” Phenomenon Shows It May Affect 1 in 3 People. ScienceAlert. https://www.sciencealert.com/first-in-depth-study-of-misokinesia-phenomenon-shows-it may-affect-1-in-3-people
* Sumeet Jaswal, & Handy, T. (2021, September 7). If you’re annoyed by other people’s fidgeting or finger-tapping, you’re not…
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Oct 26, 2021
Synced Heartbeats During Stories, Vampire Bats’ Social Meals
Learn about how people synchronize their heart rates when listening to a story; and vampire bats meeting up for meals.
You’re invited to join Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer for a special live stream celebration to commemorate the release of Curiosity Daily’s 1,000th episode next week! Register for free here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/curiosity-dailys-1000th-episode-celebration-tickets-191163133077
People synchronize their heart rates when listening to a story, even when they're in different places by Grant Currin
* When Choirs Sing, Many Hearts Beat As One. (2013, July 10). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/07/09/200390454/when-choirs-sing-many-hearts-beat-as-one
* UCL. (2017, November 17). Audience members’ hearts beat together at the theatre. UCL Psychology and Language Sciences. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/news/2017/nov/audience-members-hearts-beat-together-theatre
* Pérez, P., Madsen, J., Banellis, L., Türker, B., Raimondo, F., Perlbarg, V., V…
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Oct 25, 2021
Early Warning Birds, Ancient Fairy Tales, Breaks vs. Sprains
Learn about how birds could help us predict natural disasters; fairy tales’ old origins; and how breaks and sprains heal.
Kivi Kuaka: how birds could be the key to an early warning system for natural disasters by Briana Brownell
* Hakai Magazine. (2021). Can Birds Help Us Avoid Natural Disasters? | Hakai Magazine. Hakai Magazine; Hakai Magazine. https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/can-birds-help-us-avoid-natural-disasters/
* The project - Kivi Kuaka. (2021, May 3). Kivi Kuaka. https://kivikuaka.fr/theproject/?lang=en
Your Favorite Fairy Tales Are Way Older Than You Think by Ashley Hamer
* Folk tales are older than you think - Durham University. (2021). Dur.ac.uk. https://www.dur.ac.uk/news/research/?itemno=27041
* Comparative phylogenetic analyses uncover the ancient roots of Indo-European folktales | Royal Society Open Science. (2016). Royal Society Open Science. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.150645
* No fairy tale: Origins of some famous sto…
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Oct 22, 2021
Art in Space, Screen Time in Lockdown, Mold vs. Chemicals
Learn about the Space for Art Foundation; how screen time helped kids in lockdown; and mold vs. cleaning product safety.
More from NASA astronaut Nicole Stott:
* Pick up "Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet — and Our Mission to Protect It" https://www.sealpress.com/titles/nicole-stott/back-to-earth/9781541675049/
* Website: https://www.npsdiscovery.com/
* Follow @Astro_Nicole on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Astro_Nicole
* Space for Art Foundation: https://www.spaceforartfoundation.org/
"Screen time" can be a social lifesaver for teens in lockdown — as long as it's the right kind by Cameron Duke
* Anwar, Y. (2021, September 2). Teenagers aren’t as lonely in lockdown if interacting positively online. Berkeley News. https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/09/02/teenagers-arent-as-lonely-in-lockdown-if-interacting-positively-online/
* Magis‐Weinberg, L., Gys, C. L., Berger, E. L., Domoff, S. E., & Dahl, R. E. (2021). Positive and Negative Online…
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Oct 21, 2021
How Space Changed NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott’s Perspective; Plus, Whistled Languages
Learn what NASA astronaut Nicole Stott learned from her time in outer space. Plus: whistled languages around the world.
More from retired NASA astronaut Nicole Stott:
* Pick up "Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet — and Our Mission to Protect It" https://www.sealpress.com/titles/nicole-stott/back-to-earth/9781541675049/
* Website: https://www.npsdiscovery.com/
* Follow @Astro_Nicole on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Astro_Nicole
* Space for Art Foundation: https://www.spaceforartfoundation.org/
At least 80 cultures have developed whistled versions of their languages for long-distance communication by Grant Currin
* Holmes, B. (2021, August). Speaking in whistles. Knowable Magazine | Annual Reviews. https://knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2021/whistled-languages
* Robson, D. (2017). The beautiful languages of the people who talk like birds. Bbc.com. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170525-the-people-who-speak-in-whistles
* Environme…
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Oct 20, 2021
A Historic Friendship, Pumpkin Care, Declaring Sovereignty
Learn about Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle’s amity; how to keep a jack-o’-lantern fresh; and declaring sovereignty.
The stories in this episode originally aired October 21, 2018 “Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini’s Friendship, How to Read Food Labels, Jack-O’-Lantern Maintenance, and Declaring Sovereignty” https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/arthur-conan-doyle-and-harry-houdini-s-friendship
Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.
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Oct 19, 2021
Animals Shapeshifting to Stay Cool, Albert Einstein’s Brain
Learn about how animals are “shapeshifting” in response to a warming climate; and the story of Albert Einstein’s brain.
Animals are "shapeshifting" in response to a warming climate by Grant Currin
* Zeldovich, L. (2021, September 7). Animals Are Changing Shape to Cope With Rising Temperatures. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/animals-are-changing-shape-cope-rising-temperatures-180978595/
* Ryding, S., Klaassen, M., Tattersall, G. J., Gardner, J. L., & Symonds, M. R. E. (2021). Shape-shifting: changing animal morphologies as a response to climatic warming. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.07.006
The strange afterlife of Albert Einstein’s brain by Cameron Duke
* Blitz, M. (2015, April 17). How Einstein’s Brain Ended Up at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. Smithsonian Magazine; Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-einsteins-brain-ended-mutter-museum-philadelphia-180954987…
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Oct 18, 2021
Your Extra Artery, Emotional Hangovers, LEDs Are Bad for Bugs
Learn why more humans are growing an extra artery; emotional hangovers; and the drawbacks of energy-efficient LED streetlamps.
More humans are growing an extra artery, which shows we're still evolving by Cameron Duke
* Lucas, T., Kumaratilake, J., & Henneberg, M. (2020). Recently increased prevalence of the human median artery of the forearm: A microevolutionary change. Journal of Anatomy, 237(4), 623–631. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13224
* McRae, M. (2021). More And More Humans Are Growing an Extra Artery, Showing We’re Still Evolving. ScienceAlert. https://www.sciencealert.com/more-humans-are-growing-an-extra-artery-in-our-arms-because-we-re-still-evolving
Emotional Hangovers Are Real, And They're Not What You Think by Sam Suarez
* Waude, A. (2016, February 23). Emotion And Memory: How Do Your Emotions Affect Your Ability To Remember Information And Recall Past Memories? Psychologistworld.com; Psychologist World. https://www.psychologistworld.com/emotion/emotion-memory…
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Oct 15, 2021
Overfeeding Dogs, Suffrajitsu, and Does Wind Affect Sound?
Learn how to avoid overfeeding your dog; whether wind affects sound; and how Suffrajitsu helped women win the right to vote.
Please vote for Curiosity Daily in the 2021 Discover Pods Awards! We're a finalist for Best Technology & Science Podcast. Voting closes today, and it only takes a few seconds. Thank you! https://awards.discoverpods.com/vote/
More from Rodney Habib and Dr. Karen Shaw Becker:
* Pick up "The Forever Dog: Surprising New Science to Help Your Canine Companion Live Younger, Healthier, and Longer": https://foreverdog.com/about/
* Dr. Karen Becker on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doctor.karen.becker
* Rodney Habib on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodneyhabib
* Follow @drkarenbecker on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkarenbecker/
* Follow @RODNEYHABIB on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RODNEYHABIB/
* Follow @drkarenbecker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drkarenbecker
* Follow @rodneyhabib on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rodneyhabib…
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Oct 14, 2021
Protecting Pets from Home Chemicals and How Resilience Works
Learn how to protect your pets from the chemicals in your home; and why resilience is a process, not a fixed trait.
More from Rodney Habib and Dr. Karen Shaw Becker:
* Pick up "The Forever Dog: Surprising New Science to Help Your Canine Companion Live Younger, Healthier, and Longer": https://foreverdog.com/about/
* Dr. Karen Becker on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doctor.karen.becker
* Rodney Habib on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodneyhabib
* Follow @drkarenbecker on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkarenbecker/
* Follow @RODNEYHABIB on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RODNEYHABIB/
* Follow @drkarenbecker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drkarenbecker
* Follow @rodneyhabib on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rodneyhabib
* Rodney Habib on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXVR-WWoQ6J4kZNmPwdZkNQ/videos
Resilience is a process that fluctuates over time, not a fixed trait by Cameron Duke
* Flynn, P. J., Bliese, P. D., Korsgaard, M. A., & Cann…
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Oct 13, 2021
Bacterial Electric Grid, Females Fight Back, Why Tea Leaves Sink
Learn about a bacterial electric grid; traits females have evolved to avoid harassment; and why tea leaves sink.
There's a bacterial electric grid beneath our feet by Grant Currin
* Hidden bacterial hairs power nature’s “electric grid.” (2021, September). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/927031
* Gu, Y., Srikanth, V., Salazar-Morales, A. I., Jain, R., O’Brien, J. P., Yi, S. M., Soni, R. K., Samatey, F. A., Yalcin, S. E., & Malvankar, N. S. (2021). Structure of Geobacter pili reveals secretory rather than nanowire behaviour. Nature, 597(7876), 430–434. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03857-w
* Specktor, B. (2020, September 18). Scientists find “secret molecule” that allows bacteria to exhale electricity. Livescience.com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/electron-breathing-geobacter-microbes.html
* Basic Biology of Oral Microbes. (2015). Atlas of Oral Microbiology, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-802234-4.00001-x
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Oct 12, 2021
Muscles Remember Training and a Black Hole Made a Star Explode
Learn how quickly previously trained muscles bounce back after inactivity; and how a black hole made a star explode.
Previously trained muscles bounce back after inactivity by Grant Currin
* Seaborne, R. A., Strauss, J., Cocks, M., Shepherd, S., O’Brien, T. D., van Someren, K. A., Bell, P. G., Murgatroyd, C., Morton, J. P., Stewart, C. E., & Sharples, A. P. (2018). Human Skeletal Muscle Possesses an Epigenetic Memory of Hypertrophy. Scientific Reports, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20287-3
* Prior training can accelerate muscle growth even after extended idleness. (2021, August 18). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/925769
* Wen, Y., Dungan, C. M., Mobley, C. B., Valentino, T., von Walden, F., & Murach, K. A. (2021). Nucleus Type-Specific DNA Methylomics Reveals Epigenetic “Memory” of Prior Adaptation in Skeletal Muscle. Function, 2(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/function/zqab038
* Episode about previous research: https://www.curiositydaily.co…
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Oct 11, 2021
School Should Start Later, Daydreaming Perks, Hycean Planets
Learn about why high school starts too early; why daydreaming might be a good sign; and finding life on Hycean planets.
High school starts too early in all but 3 US states — but things are changing by Steffie Drucker
* Roy, S. (2014, August 26). AAP Recommends Delaying School Start Times to Combat Teen Sleep... Sleep Review. https://www.sleepreviewmag.com/sleep-health/demographics/age/aap-recommends-delaying-school-start-times-combat-teen-sleep-deprivation/
* CDC. (2020, May 29). Schools Start Too Early. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/features/schools-start-too-early.html
* National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS). (2017). Ed.gov; National Center for Education Statistics. https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps/tables/ntps1718_table_05_s1s.asp
* Jacobs, F. (2021, August 27). Here’s how early school begins – and why it is bad for students. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/heres-how-early-school-begins-and-why-it-…
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Oct 8, 2021
Simple Wildlife Solutions, Sunlight’s Sexy Hormones, Trivia
Learn about simple solutions for resolving human-wildlife conflict; and how exposure to sunlight can increase romance. Plus: Trivia!
More from “America’s funniest science writer” Mary Roach:
* Pick up "Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law" at your local bookstore to learn more about the weird world of human-wildlife conflict: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781324001935
* Mary Roach’s official website: https://maryroach.net/
* Follow @mary_roach on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mary_roach
Exposure to sunlight releases sexy hormones, leading to more romantic passion by Grant Currin
* Exposure to sunlight enhances romantic passion in humans. (2021, August 25). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/926348
* Parikh, R., Sorek, E., Parikh, S., Michael, K., Bikovski, L., Tshori, S., Shefer, G., Mingelgreen, S., Zornitzki, T., Knobler, H., Chodick, G., Mardamshina, M., Boonman, A., Kronfeld-Schor, N., Bar-Joseph, H., Ben-Yosef, D., Amir, H., Pavlovsky, M., Mat…
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Oct 7, 2021
Human-Wildlife Conflict and Believing Leisure Is a Waste of Time
Learn about the science of human-wildlife conflicts; and what you risk by believing that leisure is a waste of time.
More from “America’s funniest science writer” Mary Roach:
* Pick up "Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law" at your local bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781324001935
* Mary Roach’s official website: https://maryroach.net/
* Follow @mary_roach on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mary_roach
Believing leisure is a waste of time makes you less happy by Steffie Drucker
* Believing leisure is wasteful reduces happiness. (2021, August 24). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/926261
* Selin Malkoc. (2021, August 25). I studied people who think leisure is a waste of time – here’s what I found. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/i-studied-people-who-think-leisure-is-a-waste-of-time-heres-what-i-found-165929
* Tonietto, G. N., Malkoc, S. A., Reczek, R. W., & Norton, M. I. (2021). Viewing leisure as wasteful undermines enjo…
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Oct 6, 2021
Pills Can Detect Radiation, Metabolism Myth, Waking Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed
Learn about how our metabolism changes; waking up on the wrong side of the bed; and painkillers as radiation dosimeters.
The metabolism changes much more gradually as we get older than we thought by Grant Currin
* Metabolism changes with age, just not when you might think. (2021, August 12). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/925132
* Pontzer, H., et. al. (2021). Daily energy expenditure through the human life course. Science, 373(6556), 808–812. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe5017
* Mazhukhina, K. (2021). When does metabolism start to drop? It’s much later than you might think, study shows. The Sacramento Bee; The Sacramento Bee. https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article253549369.html
Waking Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed Is Totally Real by Reuben Westmaas originally aired July 23, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/nasa-s-sun-probe-waking-up-on-the-wrong-side-of-th
If you're exposed to radiation, pop some painkillers into y…
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Oct 5, 2021
“Mini Brains” That Grew Eyes and How the FDA Saved Babies
Learn about stem cell “mini brains” that grew eyes and how the FDA prevented an epidemic of birth defects in the 1960s.
Scientists grew stem cell 'mini brains' that developed mini-eyes on their own by Cameron Duke
* Gabriel, E., Albanna, W., Pasquini, G., Ramani, A., Josipovic, N., Mariappan, A., Schinzel, F., Karch, C. M., Bao, G., Gottardo, M., Suren, A. A., Hescheler, J., Nagel-Wolfrum, K., Persico, V., Rizzoli, S. O., Altmüller, J., Riparbelli, M. G., Callaini, G., Goureau, O., & Papantonis, A. (2021). Human brain organoids assemble functionally integrated bilateral optic vesicles. Cell Stem Cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2021.07.010
* Starr, M. (2021). Scientists Grew Stem Cell “Mini Brains”. Then, The Brains Sort-of Developed Eyes. ScienceAlert. https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-used-stem-cells-to-make-mini-brains-they-grew-rudimentary-eyes
The FDA never approved thalidomide, and that saved American babies by Briana Brownell
* James, A. J. (2021, Au…
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Oct 4, 2021
Psychology of Online Trolls, Rattlesnake Illusions, Blazars
Learn about what online trolls are like in real life; an auditory illusion rattlesnakes use to trick humans; and blazars.
Online trolling might be due to personality rather than the anonymity of the internet by Steffie Drucker
* New research: The internet does not turn people into trolls – it just makes real-life trolls more visible. (2021, August 26). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/926582
* BOR, A., & PETERSEN, M. B. (2021). The Psychology of Online Political Hostility: A Comprehensive, Cross-National Test of the Mismatch Hypothesis. American Political Science Review, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003055421000885
Rattlesnake rattles use auditory illusion to trick human brains by Cameron Duke
* Forsthofer, M., Schutte, M., Luksch, H., Kohl, T., Wiegrebe, L., & Chagnaud, B. P. (2021). Frequency modulation of rattlesnake acoustic display affects acoustic distance perception in humans. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.018
* Tu…
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Oct 1, 2021
Blowhole Origins, Weather Manipulation, How to Slow Aging
Learn about how brushing your teeth can slow aging; how blowholes start as noses; and how humans manipulate the weather.
Additional resources from Andrew Steele:
* Pick up "Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old" at your local bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385544924
* Website: https://andrewsteele.co.uk/
* Follow @statto on Twitter https://twitter.com/statto
* YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrAndrewSteele
Whales and dolphins in the womb start with nostrils on the tip of their noses by Grant Currin
* Urton, J. (2021). Now how did that get up there? New study sheds light on development and evolution of dolphin, whale blowholes. UW News. https://www.washington.edu/news/2021/08/05/dolphin-whale-blowholes/
* Roston, R. A., & Roth, V. L. (2021). Different transformations underlie blowhole and nasal passage development in a toothed whale (Odontoceti: Stenella attenuata ) and a baleen whale (Mysticeti: Balaenoptera physalus ). Journal…
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Sep 30, 2021
Could Science Stop Aging? And the Milky Way’s “Broken Arm”
Learn about how research into senescent cells and senolytic drugs could change aging. Plus: the Milky Way’s broken arm.
Additional resources from Andrew Steele:
* Pick up "Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old" at your local bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385544924
* Website: https://andrewsteele.co.uk/
* Follow @statto on Twitter https://twitter.com/statto
* YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrAndrewSteele
The Milky Way has a 3,000-light-year-long "break" in its arm, and we don’t know why by Briana Brownell
* Specktor, B. (2021, August 19). Milky Way has a 3,000-light-year-long splinter in its arm, and astronomers don’t know why. Livescience.com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/milky-way-sagittarius-arm-break
* Astronomers Find a “Break” in One of the Milky Way’s Spiral Arms. (2018). NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/astronomers-find-a-break-in-one-of-the-milky-way-s-spiral-arms
* The Milky Way Galaxy…
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Sep 29, 2021
Future You Is a Stranger, Babylonian Trig, Reversed Organs
Learn about why it’s hard to save money for our future; how Babylonians knew the Pythagorean theorem; and situs inversus.
It's hard to save money because we see our future selves as strangers by Steffie Drucker
* Johnson, S. (2021, August 10). Brain hacks for saving money. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/personal-growth/how-to-save-money
* Qin, P., & Northoff, G. (2011). How is our self related to midline regions and the default-mode network? NeuroImage, 57(3), 1221–1233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.05.028
Did the ancient Babylonians discover the Pythagorean theorem before Pythagoras did? by Briana Brownell
* Calabretto, S. (2021, August 13). A new angle on ancient trigonometry. Cosmos Magazine. https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/mathematics/babylonian-tablet-trigonometry-pythagorean-triplets/
* Plimpton 322. (2021). Math.ubc.ca. https://personal.math.ubc.ca/~cass/courses/m446-03/pl322/pl322.html
* Mansfield, D. F., & Wildberger, N. J. (2017…
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Sep 28, 2021
Your Second Brain, Jupiter’s Hot Atmosphere, Placebo Buttons
Learn about the “second brain” in your gut; what makes Jupiter’s atmosphere so hot; and why placebo buttons are useful.
The 'second brain' in your gut might have evolved before the brain in your head by Cameron Duke
* Nield, D. (2021). The “Second Brain” in Your Gut Might Have Evolved Before The Brain in Your Head. ScienceAlert. https://www.sciencealert.com/we-have-a-brain-like-system-in-our-guts-and-it-may-have-evolved-before-brains-did?utm_source=pocket_mylist
* Rao, M., & Gershon, M. D. (2016). The bowel and beyond: the enteric nervous system in neurological disorders. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 13(9), 517–528. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2016.107
* Spencer, N. J., Travis, L., Wiklendt, L., Costa, M., Hibberd, T. J., Brookes, S. J., Dinning, P., Hu, H., Wattchow, D. A., & Sorensen, J. (2021). Long range synchronization within the enteric nervous system underlies propulsion along the large intestine in mice. Communications Biology, 4(1). ht…
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Sep 27, 2021
Moral Outrage Online, Cuttlefish Memory, Sounds Have Shapes
Learn about the dark side of likes and shares; how cuttlefish memory stays sharp in old age; and bouba and kiki shapes.
Likes and shares push people to express "moral outrage" by Steffie Drucker
* Brady, W. J., McLoughlin, K., Doan, T. N., & Crockett, M. J. (2021). How social learning amplifies moral outrage expression in online social networks. Science Advances, 7(33), eabe5641. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abe5641
* “Likes” and “shares” teach people to express more outrage online. (2021, August 13). YaleNews. https://news.yale.edu/2021/08/13/likes-and-shares-teach-people-express-more-outrage-online
* Diaz, J. (2021, May 6). Want To Send A Mean Tweet? Twitter’s New Feature Wants You To Think Again. NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/2021/05/06/994138707/want-to-send-a-mean-tweet-twitters-new-feature-wants-you-to-think-again
* Mosseri, A. (2019). Instagram’s Commitment to Lead Fight Against Online Bullying | Instagram Blog. Instagram.com; Instagram. https://about.in…
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Sep 24, 2021
Mass Hysteria, Why You Say “Like,” Beauty’s Moral Value
Learn about the harmful effects of the “mass hysteria” label; why you say “like”; and the link between beauty and moral worth.
Additional resources from neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan and further reading about the 2011 "mass hysteria" at LeRoy Junior-Senior High School:
* Pick up "The Sleeping Beauties And Other Stories of Mystery Illness" here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/606597/the-sleeping-beauties-by-suzanne-osullivan/
* NHS page: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/our-services/find-consultant/dr-suzanne-osullivan
* Follow @Suz_OSullivan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Suz_OSullivan
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Neale Gulley. (2012, June 23). School’s end clears up New York students’ mystery twitching. U.S. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-students-twitcnew-york-h/schools-end-clears-up-new-york-students-mystery-twitching-idUSBRE85M0DF20120623
Verbal tics and filler words by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Kitty in San Francisco)
* So, Um, How Do You, Like, Stop Using Filler…
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Sep 23, 2021
Psychosomatic Illnesses and Seeing Behind a Black Hole
Neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan demystifies psychosomatic illnesses. Then, learn how scientists saw behind a black hole.
Additional resources from neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan
* Pick up "The Sleeping Beauties And Other Stories of Mystery Illness" here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/606597/the-sleeping-beauties-by-suzanne-osullivan/
* NHS page: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/our-services/find-consultant/dr-suzanne-osullivan
* Follow @Suz_OSullivan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Suz_OSullivan
Scientists saw behind a black hole for the first time by Briana Brownell
* Wilkins, D. R., Gallo, L. C., Costantini, E., Brandt, W. N., & Blandford, R. D. (2021). Light bending and X-ray echoes from behind a supermassive black hole. Nature, 595(7869), 657–660. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03667-0
* XMM-Newton sees light echo from behind a black hole. (2021). Esa.int. https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/07/XMM-Newton_sees_light_echo_from_behind_a_black_hole…
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Sep 22, 2021
Time Crystals, Freeze-Dried Sperm, and Batching Tasks
Learn about time crystals; why researchers freeze-dried sperm on a postcard; and batching tasks instead of multitasking.
Two research teams say they've created time crystals by Briana Brownell
* Eternal Change for No Energy: A Time Crystal Finally Made Real | Quanta Magazine. (2021, July 30). Quanta Magazine. https://www.quantamagazine.org/first-time-crystal-built-using-googles-quantum-computer-20210730/
* Mi, X., Ippoliti, M., Quintana, C., Greene, A., Chen, Z., Gross, J., Arute, F., Arya, K., Atalaya, J., Babbush, R., Bardin, J. C., Basso, J., Bengtsson, A., Bilmes, A., Bourassa, A., Brill, L., Broughton, M., Buckley, B. B., Buell, D. A., & Burkett, B. (2021). Observation of Time-Crystalline Eigenstate Order on a Quantum Processor. ArXiv.org. https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.13571
* Randall, J., E, B. C., van, Galicia, A., H, A. M., Markham, M., J, T. D., Machado, F., Y, Y. N., & H, T. T. (2021). Observation of a many-body-localized discrete time crystal with a programmable spin-…
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Sep 21, 2021
Monks Meditating After Death and a Marathoning Woolly Mammoth
Learn about the mystery of how Tibetan monks seem to keep meditating after death; and a woolly mammoth that walked VERY far.
Thukdam Project scientists still stumped over how deceased Tibetan monks continue to meditate after death by Grant Currin
* Berman, R. (2021, August 5). The strange case of the dead-but-not-dead Tibetan monks. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/thukdam-study
* Burke, D. (2021, July 28). Inside the First-Ever Scientific Study of Post-Mortem Meditation. Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/thukdam-project/
* Lott, D. T., Yeshi, T., Norchung, N., Dolma, S., Tsering, N., Jinpa, N., Woser, T., Dorjee, K., Desel, T., Fitch, D., Finley, A. J., Goldman, R., Bernal, A. M. O., Ragazzi, R., Aroor, K., Koger, J., Francis, A., Perlman, D. M., Wielgosz, J., & Bachhuber, D. R. W. (2021). No Detectable Electroencephalographic Activity After Clinical Declaration of Death Among Tibetan Buddhist Meditators in Apparent T…
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Sep 20, 2021
Sleep Munchies, Ancient Greek Ship Found, Relationship Trick
Learn about why you eat more when you’re tired; a legendary submerged Egyptian city; and a trick for keeping the peace.
Lack Of Sleep Really Does Make You Eat More by Ashley Hamer
* Sleep Munchies: Why It’s Harder To Resist Snacks When We’re Tired. (2016, March 2). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/03/02/468933610/sleep-munchies-why-its-harder-to-resist-snacks-when-were-tired
* Circadian Surprise: How Our Body Clocks Help Shape Our Waistlines. (2015, March 10). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/03/10/389596946/circadian-surprise-how-our-body-clocks-help-shape-our-waistlines
* Brief Communication: Sleep Curtailment in Healthy Young Men Is Associated with Decreased Leptin Levels, Elevated Ghrelin Levels, and Increased Hunger and Appetite | Annals of Internal Medicine. (2021). Annals of Internal Medicine. https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/abs/10.7326/0003-4819-141-11-200412070-00008
* Hanlon, E. C., Tasali, E., Leproult, R., Stuhr, K. L., Do…
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Sep 17, 2021
Nudge Theory’s Dark Side (w/ Richard Thaler), Hybrid Fruit Science, Words for “Pirate”
Learn about how to avoid getting dragged down by “Sludge”; how hybrid fruit like plumcots are made; and pirate parlance.
Additional resources from Richard Thaler:
* Pick up "Nudge: The Final Edition" at your local bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143137009
* Faculty page: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/t/richard-h-thaler
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/r_thaler
* Nobel Prize page: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2017/thaler/facts/
How plumcots are made by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Carmelita in Newton, Massachusetts)
* Pollination and fertilisation. (2012). Science Learning Hub; Science Learning Hub. https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/77-pollination-and-fertilisation
* Siegel, E. (2015, July 12). Are Pluots GMOs? And Other Questions About Hybrid Stone Fruit. Bostonorganics.com; Boston Organics. http://blog.bostonorganics.com/are-pluots-gmos-and-other-questions-about-hybrid-stone-fruit
* Slate, S. (2…
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Sep 16, 2021
Nobel Prize Winner Richard Thaler on How Nudge Changed the World — Plus, Squirrel-Inspired Robots
Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Thaler explains how “Nudge” has changed the world. Plus: squirrel-inspired robots!
Additional resources from Richard Thaler:
* Pick up "Nudge: The Final Edition" at your local bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143137009
* Faculty page: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/t/richard-h-thaler
* Follow @R_Thaler on Twitter: https://twitter.com/r_thaler
* Nobel Prize page: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2017/thaler/facts/
Scientists are studying parkour-ing squirrels to make better robots by Cameron Duke
* Hunt, N. H., Jinn, J., Jacobs, L. F., & Full, R. J. (2021). Acrobatic squirrels learn to leap and land on tree branches without falling. Science, 373(6555), 697–700. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe5753
* Leaping squirrels! Parkour is one of their many feats of agility. (2021, August 5). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/923924
* Nicoletta Lanese. (2021, August…
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Sep 15, 2021
Apes Say Hello, Life on Snowball Earth, Learn Twice as Fast
Learn about non-human animals that say hello and goodbye; life on Snowball Earth; and how to learn skills twice as fast.
Apes use their own form of hello and goodbye, the first time we've seen that in non-human animals by Steffie Drucker
* Heesen, R., Bangerter, A., Zuberbühler, K., Iglesias, K., Neumann, C., Pajot, A., Perrenoud, L., Guéry, J.-P., Rossano, F., & Genty, E. (2021). Assessing joint commitment as a process in great apes. IScience, 102872. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102872
* Like humans, apes communicate to start and end social interactions. (2021, August 11). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/924594
* Schultz, I. (2021, August 11). Bonobos Appear to Say “Hello” and “Goodbye” to Each Other. Gizmodo; Gizmodo. https://gizmodo.com/bonobos-appear-to-say-hello-and-goodbye-to-each-other-1847464864
* Conor Feehly. (2021). Apes Have Been Observed Starting And Ending Interactions Just Like Humans Do. ScienceAlert. https://www.science…
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Sep 14, 2021
Earth’s Core Growing Lopsided and the Science of Gut Feelings
Learn how to tap into your “gut feeling,” which knows more than you think it does; and why Earth's core is growing lopsided.
You do have a "gut feeling" — and it knows more than you think by Cameron Duke
* Annie Murphy Paul. (2021, July 29). Interoception: how to improve your “gut feeling.” Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/personal-growth/interoception-how-to-improve-your-gut-feeling
* Armstrong, K. (2019). Interoception: How We Understand Our Body’s Inner Sensations. APS Observer, 32(8). https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/interoception-how-we-understand-our-bodys-inner-sensations
* Lewicki, P., Czyzewska, M., & Hoffman, H. (1987). Unconscious acquisition of complex procedural knowledge. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 13(4), 523–530. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.13.4.523
* Ceunen, E., Vlaeyen, J. W. S., & Van Diest, I. (2016). On the Origin of Interoception. Frontiers in Psychology, 7. https://doi.o…
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Sep 13, 2021
Backward Letters, Dogs Detect Lies, Neutron Star Mountains
Learn about why children write letters backward; how dogs know when you’re lying to them; and mountains on neutron stars.
Children write letters backward because they haven't unlearned the rules of reality by Steffie Drucker
* Sigman, M. (2017, August 8). The fascinating reason that children write letters backwards. Ideas.ted.com. https://ideas.ted.com/the-fascinating-reason-that-children-write-letters-backwards/
* Vox. (2020). Why kids write letters backward [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1iYSsFqVG4
* Why Do Young Children Write Letters Backward? (2016). Wonderopolis.org. https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/Why-Do-Young-Children-Write-Letters-Backward
Dogs know when you are lying to them by Cameron Duke
* Riddle, T. (2012, July 24). Liars: It Takes One to Know One. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/liars-it-takes-one-to-know-one/
* Lonardo, L., Völter, C. J., Lamm, C., & Huber, L. (2021). Dogs follow human misle…
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Sep 10, 2021
Learning to Read Right, Risks of Trusting Science, Trivia
Learn why phonics is the best way to teach kids to read; and how false science benefits from people who “trust science.” Plus: this month’s Curiosity Challenge trivia game!
Additional resources from Emily Oster:
* Pick up "The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early Years" at your local bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781984881755?aff=penguinrandom
* Website: https://emilyoster.net/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProfEmilyOster
"Trusting science" may make you more likely to share false science — but there's a fix by Grant Currin
* Misplaced trust: When trust in science fosters pseudoscience. (2021, July 26). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/923454
* O’Brien, T. C., Palmer, R., & Albarracin, D. (2021). Misplaced trust: When trust in science fosters belief in pseudoscience and the benefits of critical evaluation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 96, 104184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.202…
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Sep 9, 2021
Emily Oster on Parenting Decisions, A New Type of Supernova
Learn how parents can get smarter about making big decisions, with author Emily Oster; and electron-capture supernovas.
Additional resources from Emily Oster:
* Pick up "The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early Years" at your local bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781984881755?aff=penguinrandom
* Website: https://emilyoster.net/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProfEmilyOster
Observation of a new type of supernova sheds light on a famous supernova from 1054 AD by Briana Brownell
* Scientists spotted an electron-capture supernova for the first time. (2021, July). Science News. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/supernova-electron-capture-space-astronomy-physics
* A star in a distant galaxy blew up in a powerful explosion, solving an astronomical mystery. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/tu-asi071421.php
* Hiramatsu, D., Howell, D. A., Van Dyk, S. D., Goldberg, J. A., Maeda, K., Moriya, T. J…
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Sep 8, 2021
Why Facts Don’t Win Arguments, SETI 101, Self-Control Pitfalls
Learn why self-control isn’t always good for you; why you can’t win an argument using facts; and what SETI is looking for.
More from Dr. Steven Novella:
* The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe http://www.theskepticsguide.org/
* New England Skeptical Society http://www.theness.com/
* NeuroLogica blog http://theness.com/neurologicablog/
* Steven Novella faculty bio https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/steven_novella/
More from Seth Shostak:
* Seth Shostak’s Website http://sethshostak.com/
* Follow @SethShostak on Twitter https://twitter.com/SethShostak
* Big Picture Science: The radio show and podcast of the SETI Institute, with Seth Shostak http://bigpicturescience.org/
To learn more about motivated reasoning and how we think, read "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion" by Jonathan Haidt: https://www.amazon.com/Righteous-Mind-Divided-Politics-Religion/dp/0307455777
The stories in this episode originally aired July 8, 2018 “SETI…
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Sep 7, 2021
Mapping the Ocean, Soap-Making Cells, Crows Comprehend Zero
Learn how Seabed 2030 will map the ocean floor; how our cells make soap; and how crows understand the concept of zero.
More than half of Earth's surface is unmapped, but Seabed 2030 aims to map it by 2030 by Grant Currin
* Jacobs, F. (2021, July 19). More than half the world is still unmapped — but not for long. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/seabed-2030
* Amos, J. (2020, June 20). One-fifth of Earth’s ocean floor is now mapped. BBC News; BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53119686
* Berman, R. (2020, December 2). Stanford engineers develop new light and sound tech to finally map the ocean floor. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/underwater-stanford-engineering
* Frequently asked questions. (2017). The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project. https://seabed2030.org/faq
* GEBCO project history. (2016). GEBCO. https://www.gebco.net/about_us/project_history/
* Mayer, L., Jakobsson, M., Al…
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Sep 6, 2021
Road to the 8-Hour Workday, the Liking Gap, Shocking Tomatoes
Learn about how guaranteed 8-hour work days came to the US; the liking gap; and the shocking defense systems of tomato plants.
It took more than 70 years to guarantee 8-hour work days in the US by Steffie Drucker
* Lee, S. (2019, February 26). 40-hour work week: The history and evolution | Culture Amp. Culture Amp. https://www.cultureamp.com/blog/40-hour-work-week-the-history-and-evolution
* Ward, M., & Lebowitz, S. (2020, June 12). A history of how the 40-hour workweek became the norm in America. Business Insider; Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-the-40-hour-workweek-2015-10
* Hendricks, S. (2021, July 20). Thanks to Iceland, the four-day workweek is coming. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/four-day-week-
* Going Public: Iceland’s Journey to a Shorter Working Week. (2021). Autonomy. https://autonomy.work/portfolio/icelandsww/
* 80 Days That Changed the World - TIME. (2003, March 31). TIME.com. https://cont…
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Sep 3, 2021
Fossil Prep Mistakes, 1840s Electric Cars, Tip of Your Tongue
Learn how accurate fossil preparators must be; why electric cars are an old concept; and words on the tip of your tongue.
Additional information about fossil preparators and other resources from Caitlyn Wylie:
* Pick up the open-access book "Preparing Dinosaurs: The Work Behind the Scenes": https://direct.mit.edu/books/monograph/5180/Preparing-DinosaursThe-Work-behind-the-Scenes
* Faculty page https://engineering.virginia.edu/faculty/caitlin-donahue-wylie
* Follow @CaitlinDWylie on Twitter https://twitter.com/CaitlinDWylie
Electric cars are the future, but they are also the distant past by Cameron Duke
* Hanlon, M. (2012, June 27). Le Jamais Contente - the first purpose-built land speed record car. New Atlas. https://newatlas.com/le-jamais-contente-first-land-speed-record/23094/
* Kirsch, D. A. (2021). The electric car and the burden of history: Studies in automotive systems rivalry in America, 1890--1996 - ProQuest. Proquest.com. https://www.proquest.com/openview/2615595…
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Sep 2, 2021
Dino Fossil Preparation and Newborns “Dream” About the World
Learn how newborn mammals “dream” about the world before entering it; and what goes into prepping dinosaurs for research.
Newborn mammals "dream" about the world they're about to experience before they open their eyes by Grant Currin
* Eyes wide shut: How newborn mammals dream the world they’re entering. (2021, July 22). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/561171
* Ge, X., Zhang, K., Gribizis, A., Hamodi, A. S., Sabino, A. M., & Crair, M. C. (2021). Retinal waves prime visual motion detection by simulating future optic flow. Science, 373(6553), eabd0830. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd0830
* Hathaway-Yale, B. (2021, July 28). Mice “dream” about the world just before they’re born - Futurity. Futurity. https://www.futurity.org/newborn-mice-dream-2603692/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newborn-mice-dream-2603692
* Cassella, C. (2021). Mice Could Be “Dreaming” About Moving in The World Even Before They Open Their Eyes. ScienceAlert…
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Sep 1, 2021
Diderot Effect, Animated Cave Art, Running Benefits Your Knees
Learn about the Diderot Effect; how cave art becomes animated in firelight; and why running may be good for your knees.
The Diderot Effect is why buying one new thing makes you want to buy more new things by Steffie Drucker
* Clear, J. (2015, October 6). The Diderot Effect: Why We Want Things We Don’t Need. James Clear. https://jamesclear.com/diderot-effect
* Hendricks, S. (2018, July 16). How the Diderot Effect explains why you buy things you don’t need. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/scotty-hendricks/how-the-diderot-effect-explains-why-you-buy-things-you-dont-need
* Wiest, B. (2018, July 10). The “Diderot Effect” Explains Why It’s So Easy To Feel Like You Never Have, Or Do, Enough. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/briannawiest/2018/07/10/the-diderot-effect-explains-why-its-so-easy-to-feel-like-you-never-have-or-do-enough/?sh=14b863f555fd
* Diderot, D. (1769). Regrets for my Old Dressing Gown. Marxists.org. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archi…
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Aug 31, 2021
Infinity in a Used Prayer Book and Vampire-Like Sea Slugs
Learn about the earliest use of infinity we’ve found; and vampire-like sea slugs that absorb other organisms’ attributes.
The earliest mathematical use of infinity was found in a reused prayer book by Briana Brownell
* Reviel Netz. (2021). The Diagrams as Floating Bodies by Reviel Netz of Stanford University. Archimedespalimpsest.org. http://archimedespalimpsest.org/about/scholarship/method-infinity.php
* NOVA | Infinite Secrets | Working with Infinity | PBS. (2021). Pbs.org. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/archimedes/infinity.html
* Lloyd, R. (2009, February 17). Idea of Infinity Stretched Back to Third Century B.C. Livescience.com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/3336-idea-infinity-stretched-century.html
* The Archimedes Palimpsest Project. (2021). About the Archimedes Palimpsest. Archimedespalimpsest.org. http://archimedespalimpsest.org/about/
Some species of nudibranchs can absorb other organisms' attributes like vampires by Grant Currin
* Jonny Thomson.…
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Aug 30, 2021
Talkers Are Leaders, DNA Evidence Myth, Thinking Sans Brain
Learn about a key trait in group leaders; why DNA evidence is overrated; and a brainless slime mold that can “think.”
The "babble hypothesis" of leadership says people who talk more are seen as leaders by Steffie Drucker
* Dolan, E. W. (2021, July 17). New study finds people who speak more are more likely to be viewed as leaders. PsyPost; PsyPost. https://www.psypost.org/2021/07/new-study-finds-people-who-speak-more-are-more-likely-to-be-viewed-as-leaders-61540
* MacLaren, N. G., Yammarino, F. J., Dionne, S. D., Sayama, H., Mumford, M. D., Connelly, S., Martin, R. W., Mulhearn, T. J., Todd, E. M., Kulkarni, A., Cao, Y., & Ruark, G. A. (2020). Testing the babble hypothesis: Speaking time predicts leader emergence in small groups. The Leadership Quarterly, 31(5), 101409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2020.101409
Contrary To Popular Belief, DNA Evidence Is Far From Perfect by Ashley Hamer
* Shermer, M. (2015). Forensic Pseudoscience. Scientific American, 313(3), 95–95.…
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Aug 27, 2021
How COVID Tests Work, Making Decisions with Math, Dog Talent
Learn how COVID tests work; how math can help you with major life decisions; and how some dogs have natural talent.
How COVID PCR tests work by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Lydia)
* Tiner, S. (2020, March 27). The Science Behind the Test for the COVID-19 VirusDiscovery’s Edge. Https://Discoverysedge.mayo.edu/. https://discoverysedge.mayo.edu/2020/03/27/the-science-behind-the-test-for-the-covid-19-virus/
* Amoeba Sisters. (2020). PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5jmdh9AnS4
* PCR: Thirty-five years and counting. (2018, May 10). PCR: Thirty-five years and counting. Science | AAAS. https://www.sciencemag.org/features/2018/05/pcr-thirty-five-years-and-counting
* Ask A Scientist Staff. (2020, October 23). Why qPCR is the gold standard for COVID-19 testing. Ask a Scientist; Thermo Fisher Scientific. https://www.thermofisher.com/blog/ask-a-scientist/why-qpcr-is-the-gold-standard-for-covid-19-testing/
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Aug 26, 2021
Turning the Table on Addictive Apps, Black Hole Reflections
Learn how to turn the table on addictive apps; and how black holes can make us see multiple versions of the same thing.
Additional resources from David Sumpter:
* Pick up "The Ten Equations that Rule the World and How You Can Use Them Too" https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250246967
* Faculty page: https://katalog.uu.se/profile/?id=N7-525
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/soccermatics?lang=en
New mathematical model shows why black holes can make us see multiple versions of the same thing by Briana Brownell
* Danish Student solves how the Universe is reflected near black holes. (2021, July 26). Nbi.ku.dk; University of Copenhagen. https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/danish-student-solves-how-the-universe-is-reflected-near-black-holes/
* Snepppen, A. (2021). Divergent reflections around the photon sphere of a black hole. Scientific Reports, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93595-w
Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to learn something new every da…
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Aug 25, 2021
Alibi Memory, Denisova Cave History, Cleaning Fruit & Veggies
Learn how often people misremember alibis; new lessons from Denisova Cave; and how to remove pesticides from produce.
People often misremember where they were on a given date, which puts criminal alibis into question by Cameron Duke
* Faulty memories of our past whereabouts: The fallacy of an airtight alibi. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/afps-fmo070721.php
* Laliberte, E., Yim, H., Stone, B., & Dennis, S. J. (2021). The Fallacy of an Airtight Alibi: Understanding Human Memory for “Where” Using Experience Sampling. Psychological Science, 32(6), 944–951. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620980752
* Young, E. (2021, June 7). It’s Surprisingly Common To Misremember Where You Were On A Specific Time And Date. Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/06/07/its-surprisingly-common-to-misremember-where-you-were-on-a-specific-time-and-date/
Huge analysis of sediment DNA tells a deeper story of Denisova Cave by Cameron Duke
* Pleisto…
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Aug 24, 2021
Pirates Plundered the Metric System, What Marsquakes Teach Us
Learn about the time pirates stopped the US from switching to the metric system; and new learnings about Mars’ interior.
The US once tried switching to the metric system, but got stopped by pirates by Steffie Drucker
* How Pirates Of The Caribbean Hijacked America’s Metric System. (2017, December 28). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/28/574044232/how-pirates-of-the-caribbean-hijacked-americas-metric-system
* Kaplan, S. (2017). Pirates Are to Blame For Why The US Doesn’t Use The Metric System. ScienceAlert. https://www.sciencealert.com/pirates-are-to-blame-for-why-the-us-doesn-t-use-the-metric-system
* Esser, M. (2017, September 19). Pirates of the Caribbean (Metric Edition). NIST. https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/pirates-caribbean-metric-edition
* Materese, R. (2016, December 23). Busting Myths about the Metric System. NIST. https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/busting-myths-about-metric-system
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Aug 23, 2021
Romanesco Fractals, Dolphin Names & Evolution vs. Mating
Learn about evolutionary compromises; the fractals of Romanesco cauliflower; and dolphins that learn each other’s names.
Conflict traits: when evolution and mating conflict with each other by Cameron Duke
* Experiments show natural selection opposes sexual selection. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uoe-esn060721.php
* Mulder, M. B., & Rauch, K. L. (2009). Sexual conflict in humans: Variations and solutions. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 18(5), 201–214. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.20226
* Okada, K., Katsuki, M., Sharma, M. D., Kiyose, K., Seko, T., Okada, Y., Wilson, A. J., & Hosken, D. J. (2021). Natural selection increases female fitness by reversing the exaggeration of a male sexually selected trait. Nature Communications, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23804-7
Here's why Romanesco cauliflower grows in a fractal pattern by Briana Brownell
* Ouellette, J. (2021, July 8). What fractals, Fibonacci, a…
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Aug 20, 2021
Hamster Microwave, Are Humans Still Evolving?, Art Is Better in a Museum
Learn about a microwave to revive hamsters; whether humans are still evolving; and why art is more moving in a museum.
One of the earliest microwaves wasn’t for food… it was for reanimating frozen hamsters. by Cameron Duke
* Andjus, R. K., & Lovelock, J. E. (1955). Reanimation of rats from body temperatures between 0 and 1° C by microwave diathermy. The Journal of Physiology, 128(3), 541–546. https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1955.sp005323
* Felton, J. (2021, May 18). YouTuber Discovers The Bizarre Early Use Of Microwave Ovens. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/early-microwaves-hamsters/
* Scott, T. (2021). I promise this story about microwaves is interesting. [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tdiKTSdE9Y
Are humans still evolving? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Jonathan)
* Milk episode: https://www.curiositydaily.com/our-ability-to-drink-milk-evolved-way-faster-than-scientists-thought/
* An Evo…
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Aug 19, 2021
Easter Island Mythbusting and the Universe’s Expansion Rate
Learn why Easter Island never had a population collapse; and how scientists are measuring the expansion of our universe.
Easter Island never had a population collapse, as commonly believed by Grant Currin
* Resilience, not collapse: What the Easter Island myth gets wrong. (2021, July 13). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/793195
* Johnson, S. (2021, July 16). Busting the Easter Island myth: there was no civilization collapse. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/easter-island
* DiNapoli, R. J., Crema, E. R., Lipo, C. P., Rieth, T. M., & Hunt, T. L. (2021). Approximate Bayesian Computation of radiocarbon and paleoenvironmental record shows population resilience on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Nature Communications, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24252-z
Scientists can't decide how fast the universe is expanding, but this scientist says there's no conflict at all by Briana Brownell
* “There may not be a conflict after all…
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Aug 18, 2021
Volcano Perks, Club Soda vs. Seltzer, How to Procrastinate Correctly
Learn about the benefits of living near a volcano; different types of carbonated water; and how to procrastinate right.
The stories in this episode originally aired May 30, 2018 “Perks of Procrastination, Volcano Dwellers, Club Soda vs Sparkling Waters” https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/perks-of-procrastination-volcano-dwellers-and-the
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Aug 17, 2021
Hygiene Hypothesis, Ancient Coronavirus, Black Hole Eats Neutron Star
Learn about whether being too clean makes kids sick; an ancient coronavirus epidemic; and a black hole-neutron star merger.
Is being too hygienic making kids sick? These researchers say the public has it all wrong by Grant Currin
* Being clean and hygienic need not impair childhood immunity. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/ucl-bca070221.php
* Rook, G. A. W., & Bloomfield, S. F. (2021). Microbial exposures that establish immunoregulation are compatible with targeted hygiene. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 148(1), 33–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2021.05.008
* Cara, E. (2021, July 6). Being Clean Doesn’t Have to Be Bad for Our Immune System, Scientists Say. Gizmodo; Gizmodo. https://gizmodo.com/being-clean-doesnt-have-to-be-bad-for-our-immune-system-1847238686
Genome study reveals East Asian coronavirus epidemic 20,000 years ago by Cameron Duke
* Souilmi, Y., Lauterbur, M. E., Tobler, R., Huber, C. D., Johar, A. S., M…
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Aug 16, 2021
Cognitive Flexibility, Arctic Dinosaurs, Noctilucent Clouds
Learn about how cognitive flexibility helps you learn; why dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded; and noctilucent clouds.
A high IQ might mean you're smart, but high "cognitive flexibility" means you can learn by Grant Currin
* Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, Christelle Langley, & Leong, V. (2021, June 23). IQ tests can’t measure it, but “cognitive flexibility” is key to learning and creativity. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/iq-tests-cant-measure-it-but-cognitive-flexibility-is-key-to-learning-and-creativity-163284
* 3 Ways to Improve Your Cognitive Flexibility. (2019). Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wild-connections/201912/3-ways-improve-your-cognitive-flexibility
* Dajani, D. R., & Uddin, L. Q. (2015). Demystifying cognitive flexibility: Implications for clinical and developmental neuroscience. Trends in Neurosciences, 38(9), 571–578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2015.07.003
At least 7 species of dinosaur lived and nested in…
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Aug 13, 2021
How to Talk to Strangers, Red Dead Redemption 2 Naturalists, July Curiosity Challenge
Learn how to get better at talking to strangers; and how Red Dead Redemption 2 turns gamers into naturalists. Trivia too!
Additional resources from Joe Keohane:
* Pick up "The Power Of Strangers" at your local bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781984855770?aff=penguinrandom
* Website: https://joekeohane.net/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeKeohane
Red Dead Redemption 2 accidentally turns gamers into amateur naturalists without them even knowing by Cameron Duke
* Parker, R. (2018, October 30). “Red Dead Redemption 2” Breaks Records With $725 Million Opening Weekend. The Hollywood Reporter; The Hollywood Reporter. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/red-dead-redemption-2-breaks-records-725-million-opening-weekend-1156235/
* Crowley, E. J., Silk, M. J., & Crowley, S. L. (2021). The educational value of virtual ecologies in Red Dead Redemption 2. People and Nature. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10242
* Red Dead Redemption 2 teaches players abo…
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Aug 12, 2021
History of Talking to Strangers, Dark Matter Between Galaxies
Learn why talking to strangers shouldn’t be scary; and a new map revealing hidden dark matter “bridges” between galaxies.
Additional resources from Joe Keohane:
* Pick up "The Power Of Strangers" at your local bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781984855770?aff=penguinrandom
* Website: https://joekeohane.net/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeKeohane
A new AI-generated map revealed hidden dark matter "bridges" that connect galaxies by Briana Brownell
* Pappas, S. (2021, May 28). Dark matter map reveals new filaments connecting galaxies. Livescience.com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/map-local-universe-dark-matter.html
* Ratner, P. (2021, May 27). Scientists find dark matter “bridges” that may reveal future of our galaxy. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/dark-matter-bridges-future-galaxy
* Mapping the local cosmic web: Dark matter map reveals hidden bridges between galaxies. (2021, May 25). Phys.org. https://ph…
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Aug 11, 2021
Meat Disgust, Cosmic Rays for Medicine, Immortal Battery
Learn about how meat-eaters really feel; using cosmic rays in medical diagnoses; and the Oxford Electric Bell mystery.
People who eat meat think it's gross, which suggests new ideas for cutting consumption by Kelsey Donk
* Even Some Meat-Eaters Are Disgusted By Meat — And Encouraging Those Feelings Could Help Reduce Consumption. (2021, June 3). Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/06/03/even-some-meat-eaters-are-disgusted-by-meat-and-encouraging-those-feelings-could-help-reduce-consumption/
* Becker, E., & Lawrence, N. S. (2021). Meat disgust is negatively associated with meat intake – Evidence from a cross-sectional and longitudinal study. Appetite, 164, 105299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105299
Doctors can use cosmic rays in medical diagnosis by Grant Currin
* Gough, E. (2021, June 8). The Universe is Constantly Bathing you in Radiation. Incredibly, This Could be Used for Medical Diagnosis - Universe Today. Universe Today. https://www.universetoday.…
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Aug 10, 2021
New Human Species, Digital Library of Babel, Running to Music
Learn about two newly discovered ancient human species; the Digital Library of Babel; and benefits of running to music.
Two new species of ancient human were just discovered by Grant Currin
* A new type of Homo unknown to science. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/tu-ant062321.php
* Hershkovitz, I., et. al. (2021). A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel. Science, 372(6549), 1424–1428. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abh3169
* TAUVOD. (2021). Dramatic discovery in Israeli excavation: A new type of Homo unknown to science [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGPKRuyd-5M
* “Dragon man” fossil may replace Neanderthals as our closest relative. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/cp-mf061721.php
* Discovery of “Dragon Man” Skull in China May Add Species to Human Family Tree. (2021). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/science/dragon-man-skull-china…
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Aug 9, 2021
Earworms Aid Memory, How Auroras Happen, Don’t Give Cats Milk
Learn how earworms could be helping your memory; how auroras are created; and what your cat should drink instead of milk.
Maybe that song stuck in your head is helping your long-term memory by Cameron Duke
* Karen Michele Nikos-Rose. (2021, June 15). That Song Is Stuck in Your Head, but It’s Helping You to Remember. UC Davis. https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/song-stuck-in-head-helps-remember
* Kubit, B. M., & Janata, P. (2021). Spontaneous mental replay of music improves memory for incidentally associated event knowledge. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001050
We have the first experimental evidence for how auroras are created by Briana Brownell
* Physicists report definitive evidence how auroras are created. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uoi-prd060321.php
* Auroral Electron Acceleration. (2021). Uiowa.edu. https://homepage.physics.uiowa.edu/~ghowes/research/aurora.html
* Schroeder, J. W. R., Ho…
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Aug 6, 2021
Tool to Cure Hiccups, Corvid Childhoods, How Spacecraft Move
Learn about a scientific tool to cure hiccups; why corvids owe big brains to longer childhoods; and how spacecraft move.
Finally, the first-ever scientific tool to cure hiccups by Grant Currin
* Team describes science-based hiccups intervention. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uoth-tds061821.php
* Alvarez, J., Anderson, J. M., Snyder, P. L., Mirahmadizadeh, A., Godoy, D. A., Fox, M., & Seifi, A. (2021). Evaluation of the Forced Inspiratory Suction and Swallow Tool to Stop Hiccups. JAMA Network Open, 4(6), e2113933. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.13933
* https://newatlas.com/author/ben-coxworth. (2021, June 21). Drinking device claimed to help halt hiccups. New Atlas. https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/fisst-hiccaway-hiccups/
* Herndon, J. (2018, May 29). Why Do We Hiccup? Healthline; Healthline Media. https://www.healthline.com/health/why-do-we-hiccup#Why-we-get-hiccups
Corvids owe big brains to parenting/long childhoods…
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Aug 5, 2021
An Out-of-Body Experience Without Drugs and Earth’s “Pulse”
Learn how scientists induced an out-of-body experience in a human without using drugs; and Earth’s geological “pulse.”
Scientists induced an out-of-body experience in mice and a human without using drugs by Grant Currin
* Scientists Say A Mind-Bending Rhythm In The Brain Can Act Like Ketamine. (2020, September 16). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/09/16/913565163/scientists-discover-way-to-induce-altered-state-of-mind-without-drugs
* Wells, S. (2020, October 3). Scientists Can Induce Out-Of-Body Experiences Without Drugs. Freethink. https://www.freethink.com/articles/uncovering-the-cause-of-dissociative-states-in-the-mind
* Stanford team pinpoints brain circuitry underlying dissociative experiences. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/sm-stp091520.php
* Vesuna, S., Kauvar, I. V., Richman, E., Gore, F., Oskotsky, T., Sava-Segal, C., Luo, L., Malenka, R. C., Henderson, J. M., Nuyujukian, P., Parvizi, J., & Deisseroth,…
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Aug 4, 2021
Your Biggest Regret, Tall Mountain Myths, The Deep Web
Learn about why your biggest regret is the thing you didn’t do; the tallest mountains on Earth; and the Deep Web.
The stories in this episode originally aired May 29, 2018 “The Deep Web, Biggest Regrets, and a Mount Everest Misconception” https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/the-deep-web-biggest-regrets-and-a-mount-everest-misconception
Additional information about the Dark Web:
* The Tor Project | Privacy & Freedom Online. (2021). Torproject.org. https://www.torproject.org/download/
* The Guardian SecureDrop. (2019). Theguardian.com. https://www.theguardian.com/securedrop
* The brighter side of darknet drug dealing | Dr James Martin | TEDxMelbourne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv-E7naLBq8
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Aug 3, 2021
Anger Looks Guilty, Quantum Microscope, Good News About Cancer
Learn about anger makes you look guilty; a new quantum microscope; and why the fight against cancer is going very well.
Anger makes you look guilty by Kelsey Donk
* Johnson, S. (2021, June). Falsely accused? Stay calm, because anger makes you look guilty. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/signs-of-guilt
* DeCelles, Katherine, Gabrielle Adams, Holly S. Howe, and Leslie K. John. "Anger Damns the Innocent." Psychological Science (in press). https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/DecellesEtAl20%20-%20Anger%20Damns%20the%20Innocent_7e5cda61-ed8b-4592-866e-bea68f944a70.pdf
New quantum microscope can reveal biological structures that would otherwise be impossible to see by Briana Brownell
* Lu, D. (2021, June 9). Quantum leap for medical research as microscope zooms in on tiny structures. The Guardian; The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jun/10/quantum-leap-for-medical-research-as-microscope-zooms-in-on-tiny-structures
* Researchers crea…
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Aug 2, 2021
Kids v. Sarcasm, 24,000-Year-Old Worm, Why Betelgeuse Dimmed
Learn about why younger kids don’t understand sarcasm; a 24,000 year old living worm; and Betelgeuse’s “Great Dimming.”
Kids don't get sarcasm until around age 7 because of the kind of thinking it requires by Kelsey Donk
* Pexman, P. (2021, June 8). Why it’s difficult for children to understand sarcasm. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/why-its-difficult-for-children-to-understand-sarcasm-160915
* Do young children understand irony? (2007, January 25). Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2007/01/25/do-young-children-understand-irony/
* An Acquired Taste: Children’s Perceptions of Humor and Teasing in Verbal Irony. (2021). Discourse Processes. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15326950dp4003_5
* Pexman, P. M., & Glenwright, M. (2007). How do typically developing children grasp the meaning of verbal irony? Journal of Neurolinguistics, 20(2), 178–196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2006.06.001
A 24,000 year old worm was discover…
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Jul 30, 2021
Your Brain on Music, Super-Singing Songbirds, Animal Sunburns
Learn about the social neuroscience of music; songbirds’ ultra-precise song control; and how animals can get skin cancer.
This is what happens in the brain when people make music together by Kelsey Donk
* What happens in the brain when people make music together? (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/bu-whi060921.php
* Greenberg, D. M., Decety, J., & Gordon, I. (2021). The social neuroscience of music: Understanding the social brain through human song. American Psychologist. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0000819
Songbirds have ultra-precise control over their singing, controlling frequencies under 1 Hz by Grant Currin
* Songbirds can control single vocal muscle fibers when singing. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uosd-scc053121.php
* Adam, I., Maxwell, A., Rößler, H., Hansen, E. B., Vellema, M., Brewer, J., & Elemans, C. P. H. (2021). One-to-one innervation of vocal muscles allo…
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Jul 29, 2021
Alien Dataomes, How Animals Smell Viruses, Why to Read Aloud
Learn why aliens have a dataome; how animals sniff out viral infections; and how reading out loud can boost your memory.
Additional resources from Caleb Scharf:
* Pick up "The Ascent of Information: Books, Bits, Genes, Machines, and Life's Unending Algorithm" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ascent-Information-Machines-Unending-Algorithm/dp/0593087240
* Website: http://www.calebscharf.com/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/caleb_scharf
When animals sniff out viral infections, what are they smelling? by Cameron Duke
* Arakawa, H., Arakawa, K., & Deak, T. (2010). Sickness-related odor communication signals as determinants of social behavior in rat: A role for inflammatory processes. Hormones and Behavior, 57(3), 330–341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.01.002
* Else, H. (2020). Can dogs smell COVID? Here’s what the science says. Nature, 587(7835), 530–531. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03149-9
* Geddes, L. (2020). How nosy mice sniff out sickness. New Scient…
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Jul 28, 2021
Accent-Changing Monkeys and the Information “Dataome”
Learn about why monkeys imitate other species’ accents; and the “dataome,” a new way to think about information.
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Monkeys change their "accent" to get along with other species by Steffie Drucker
* Primates change their “accent” to avoid conflict. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/aru-pct052521.php
* Grover, N. (2021, May 27). Monkeys adopt “accent” of other species when in shared territory – study. The Guardian; The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/27/monkeys-adopt-accent-of-other-species-when-in-shared-territory-study
* Sobroza, T. V., Gordo, M., Pequeno, P. A. C. L., Dunn, J. C.…
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Jul 27, 2021
Brain Replays Memories at 20x Speed & A Real Maxwell’s Demon
Learn how your brain replays the things you’ve practiced at 20 times speed; and an engine that uses information as fuel.
On your practice breaks, your brain replays memories of your practice session at 20x speed by Kelsey Donk
* Human brain replays new memories at 20 times the speed during waking rest. (2021). EurekAlert! https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/cp-hbr060321.php
* Buch, E. R., Claudino, L., Quentin, R., Bönstrup, M., & Cohen, L. G. (2021). Consolidation of human skill linked to waking hippocampo-neocortical replay. Cell Reports, 35(10), 109193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109193
Scientists built an ultrafast engine that they claim uses information as fuel by Briana Brownell
* Ratner, P. (2021, May 24). Researchers design an engine that uses information as fuel. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/fastest-ever-information-engine
* World’s fastest information-fuelled engine designed by SFU researchers - University…
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Jul 26, 2021
Dog Days of Summer, Magic Tricks for Birds, Planck Time
Learn the “Dog Days of Summer”; why scientists did magic tricks for birds; and the smallest conceivable length of time.
What are the "Dog Days of Summer"? by Steffie Drucker
* Farmers' Almanac Staff. (2015, June 29). What Are the Dog Days of Summer? Farmers’ Almanac. https://www.farmersalmanac.com/why-are-they-called-dog-days-of-summer-21705
* Little, B. (2015, July 10). Why Do We Call Them the “Dog Days” of Summer? Animals; National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/150710-dog-days-summer-sirius-star-astronomy-weather-language?loggedin=true
* AstroPages | Precession. (2021). wwu.edu. https://www.wwu.edu/astro101/a101_precession.shtml
Scientists did magic tricks for birds to see how they perceive the world by Steffie Drucker
* Garcia-Pelegrin, E. (2021, June 2). We performed magic tricks on birds to see how they perceive the world. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/we-performed-magic-tricks-on-birds-to-see-how-they-perceive…
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Jul 23, 2021
Letting Wounds Breathe, Grocery App Benefits, Tardigrade Guns
Learn about when to use bandages; online shopping’s hidden health benefits; and why tardigrades were shot out of a gun.
LISTENER Q: Should you let a wound breathe or keep it covered? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Brian)
* Bishop, S.M.; Walker, M.; Rogers, A.A.; Chen, W.Y.J. (2003). Importance of moisture balance at the wound-dressing interface. Journal of Wound Care, 12(4), 125–128. https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/jowc.2003.12.4.26484
* The Claim: Wounds Heal Better When Exposed to Air (Published 2006). (2021). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/01/health/01real.html?_r=0
* Brouhard, R. (2021). Should I Use Neosporin on a Cut? Verywell Health. https://www.verywellhealth.com/should-i-use-neosporin-on-my-cut-1298910
* Smack, D. P. (1996). Infection and Allergy Incidence in Ambulatory Surgery Patients Using White Petrolatum vs Bacitracin Ointment. JAMA, 276(12), 972. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1996.03540120050033
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Jul 22, 2021
Speech-to-Song Illusion and a High-Tech Use for Tree Rings
Learn about the links between language and music via the speech-to-song illusion and what we can learn from tree rings.
The speech-to-song illusion demonstrates the tight links between language and music by Steffie Drucker
* The Speech-to-Song Illusion. (2020). Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/illusions-and-curiosities/202002/the-speech-song-illusion
* Diana Deutsch - Speech-to-Song Illusion>. (2011). ucsd.edu. https://deutsch.ucsd.edu/psychology/pages.php?i=212
* 5th grade class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zr9BU0bJoc
Additional resources from Sturt Manning, a Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Classical Archaeology at Cornell University:
* Cornell Faculty page https://classics.cornell.edu/sturt-manning
* Revised tree ring data confirms ancient Mediterranean dates https://as.cornell.edu/news/revised-tree-ring-data-confirms-ancient-mediterranean-dates
* Maize, not metal, key to native settlements’ history in NY https://news.c…
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Jul 21, 2021
Daddy Longlegs, Dyson Spheres, and Exercising with a Partner
Learn about why daddy longlegs aren’t dangerous; the theoretical Dyson Sphere; and benefits of exercising with a partner.
“Daddy Longlegs Myths, Dyson Spheres, Benefits of Exercising with a Partner” originally aired May 15, 2018: https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/daddy-longlegs-myths-dyson-spheres-and-benefits-of
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Jul 20, 2021
Missions to Venus and How to Extract DNA from Strawberries
Learn about past missions to Venus — and why we’re going back; and how to extract DNA from strawberries in your kitchen.
We're going back to Venus. Here are the missions to look forward to by Briana Brownell
* NASA Selects 2 Missions to Study “Lost Habitable” World of Venus. (2018). NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-2-missions-to-study-lost-habitable-world-of-venus
* ESA selects revolutionary Venus mission EnVision. (2021). Esa.int. https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/ESA_selects_revolutionary_Venus_mission_EnVision
* Castro, J. (2015, February 3). What Would It Be Like to Live on Venus? Space.com; Space. https://www.space.com/28357-how-to-live-on-venus.html
* Goettel, K. A.; Shields, J. A.; Decker, D. A. (16–20 March 1981). "Density constraints on the composition of Venus". Proceedings of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Houston, TX: Pergamon Press. pp. 1507–1516. Bibcode:1982LPSC...12.1507G.
* Howell, E. (2019,…
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Jul 19, 2021
Revenge Bedtime Procrastination, Elephant Trunks, Pineapples Eat You Back
Learn about how to combat revenge bedtime procrastination; the power of elephant trunks; and how pineapples eat you back.
How to combat "revenge bedtime procrastination" by Kelsey Donk
* Cohut, M. (2021, March 19). Revenge bedtime procrastination: A plight of our times? Medicalnewstoday.com; Medical News Today. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/revenge-bedtime-procrastination-a-plight-of-our-times
* Patia Braithwaite. (2021, May 28). Revenge Bedtime Procrastination: 6 Ways to Manage It. SELF; SELF. https://www.self.com/story/revenge-bedtime-procrastination
* Kroese, F. M., De Ridder, D. T. D., Evers, C., & Adriaanse, M. A. (2014). Bedtime procrastination: introducing a new area of procrastination. Frontiers in Psychology, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00611
Elephants can suck water into their trunks 30 times faster than you sneeze by Cameron Duke
* How an elephant’s trunk manipulates air to eat and drink. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_…
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Jul 16, 2021
Why Megalodon Was So Huge, Misophonia in the Brain, Trivia
Learn about how huge Megalodon was and why some people have misophonia, a severe hatred of sounds. Plus: a trivia game!
Dive deeper into all your favorite Shark Week shows with Shark Week’s Daily Bite Podcast hosted by Luke Tipple:
* Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shark-weeks-daily-bite/id1527053422
* Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0dfzM1ktSB1mSKD5z4Qujm?si=R8rNBksMRS-JrgMs9JIJ5g&dl_branch=1
* Learn more: https://www.discovery.com/shark-week/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-daily-bite-podcast
Here's just how huge Megalodon was by Grant Currin
* Body size of the extinct Megalodon indeed off the charts in the shark world. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/tfg-bso092120.php
* Body, jaw, and dentition lengths of macrophagous lamniform sharks, and body size evolution in Lamniformes with special reference to “off-the-scale” gigantism of the megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon. (2020).…
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Jul 15, 2021
Glowing Sharks, Cities’ Unique Microbes, Milky Way Mistake
Learn about the record-breaking glowing kitefin shark; cities’ unique microbiomes; and the true origin of the Milky Way.
Dive deeper into all your favorite Shark Week shows with Shark Week’s Daily Bite Podcast hosted by Luke Tipple:
* Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shark-weeks-daily-bite/id1527053422
* Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0dfzM1ktSB1mSKD5z4Qujm?si=R8rNBksMRS-JrgMs9JIJ5g&dl_branch=1
* Learn more: https://www.discovery.com/shark-week/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-daily-bite-podcast
We just found the largest glowing shark species in the world by Grant Currin
* Starr, M. (2021). We Just Found The Largest Luminous Glowing Shark Species in The World. ScienceAlert. https://www.sciencealert.com/three-new-luminous-glowing-sharks-have-been-found-living-in-the-ocean-s-dark-depths
* Mallefet, J., Stevens, D. W., & Duchatelet, L. (2021). Bioluminescence of the Largest Luminous Vertebrate, the Kitefin Shark, Dal…
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Jul 14, 2021
Shark Week Tech, Crime & Birth Year, Sharks’ Near-Extinction
Learn about cutting-edge Shark Week tech; how birthdays impact criminal records; and the time sharks nearly went extinct.
More from Joe and Lauren Romeiro and Shark Week 2021:
* Start your 7-day free trial of discovery+ https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity
* Shark Week 2021 Full Schedule https://corporate.discovery.com/discovery-newsroom/discovery-channels-shark-week-2021-swims-off-with-jawsome-lineup-featuring-more-hours-of-shark-programming-than-ever-before/
* Shark Week 2021 Visual Guide https://www.discovery.com/shark-week/your-guide-to-shark-week-2021-pictures
* Follow @laurenromeiro333 on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/laurenromeiro333
* Follow @joeromeiro333 on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/joeromeiro333/
* Learn about new Eli Roth film “Fin” https://www.discovery.com/dnews/New_Eli_Roth_Film_FIN_to_Premiere_During_Shark_Week_on_discovery
* Learn more about “Return to Shark Vortex” https://ew.com/tv/shark-week-2021-guide-all-32-specials/?slide=3a…
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Jul 13, 2021
Bomb-Detected Whales & What It’s Like to Film Shark Week
Learn how nuclear bomb detectors found a secret population of blue whales. Plus: what it takes to film sharks underwater.
Dive deeper into all your favorite Shark Week shows with Shark Week’s Daily Bite Podcast hosted by Luke Tipple:
* Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shark-weeks-daily-bite/id1527053422
* Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0dfzM1ktSB1mSKD5z4Qujm?si=R8rNBksMRS-JrgMs9JIJ5g&dl_branch=1
* Learn more: https://www.discovery.com/shark-week/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-daily-bite-podcast
Nuclear bomb detectors found a secret population of blue whales by Briana Brownell
* Landow, S. (2021, June 8). New population of blue whales discovered with help of bomb detectors. Phys.org; Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2021-06-population-blue-whales-detectors.html
* Baker, H. (2021, June 10). Nuclear bomb detectors uncover secret population of blue whales hiding in Indian Ocean. Livescience.com; Live Science. https://ww…
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Jul 12, 2021
Scary Shark Music, Your Brain Predicts the Future, Hydrobot
Learn about ominous music’s effect on conservation efforts; why our brains constantly predict the future; and “Hydrobot.”
Dive deeper into all your favorite Shark Week shows with Shark Week's Daily Bite Podcast hosted by Luke Tipple:
* Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shark-weeks-daily-bite/id1527053422
* Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0dfzM1ktSB1mSKD5z4Qujm?si=R8rNBksMRS-JrgMs9JIJ5g&dl_branch=1
* Learn more: https://www.discovery.com/shark-week/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-daily-bite-podcast
Ominous background music in shark programming could hinder conservation efforts by Steffie Drucker
* Nosal, A. P., Keenan, E. A., Hastings, P. A., & Gneezy, A. (2016). The Effect of Background Music in Shark Documentaries on Viewers’ Perceptions of Sharks. PLOS ONE, 11(8), e0159279. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159279
* Sharks get bad rap when viewed with ominous background music: Researchers demonstrate that…
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Jul 9, 2021
Does ESP Exist?
Learn about ESP; why people panicked about electricity in the 1800s; and how embryos use sound to prepare for the world.
Is there such a thing as ESP? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Anay in Georgia)
* ESP: What can science say? (2021). Berkeley.edu. https://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/esp
* Engber, D. (2017, June 7). Daryl Bem Proved ESP Is Real. Which Means Science Is Broken. Slate Magazine; Slate. https://slate.com/health-and-science/2017/06/daryl-bem-proved-esp-is-real-showed-science-is-broken.html
* Lavoie, A. (2008, January 3). Neuroimaging fails to demonstrate ESP is real. Harvard Gazette; Harvard Gazette. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2008/01/neuroimaging-fails-to-demonstrate-esp-is-real/
* Bem, D. J. (2011). Feeling the future: Experimental evidence for anomalous retroactive influences on cognition and affect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100(3), 407–425. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021524
In the 1800s, the War of the Currents le…
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Jul 8, 2021
Could You Adapt to Having an Extra Thumb?
Learn about a robotic “third thumb”; how measuring time increases entropy; and how to distinguish friends from foes.
People's brains adapted to having a robotic "third thumb" by Steffie Drucker
* UCL. (2021, May 19). Robotic “Third Thumb” use can alter brain representation of the hand. UCL News. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2021/may/robotic-third-thumb-use-can-alter-brain-representation-hand
* Kieliba, P., Clode, D., Maimon-Mor, R. O., & Makin, T. R. (2021). Robotic hand augmentation drives changes in neural body representation. Science Robotics, 6(54), eabd7935. https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.abd7935
* Video: https://vimeo.com/551468278
* Teen turns prosthetic arm into glitter-shooting unicorn horn [VIDEO] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf91U06GII8
Measuring time increases the entropy in the universe by Briana Brownell
* Pearson, A. N., Guryanova, Y., Erker, P., Laird, E. A., Briggs, G. A. D., Huber, M., & Ares, N. (2021). Measuring the Thermodynamic Cost of…
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Jul 7, 2021
How to Improve Your Sense of Direction
Learn about how to improve your sense of direction; the true story of the pied piper; and how our planets got their names.
The stories in this episode originally aired May 1, 2018 “How Improve Your Sense of Direction, Pied Piper Mysteries, Planet Name Origins” https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/how-to-improve-your-sense-of-direction-pied-piper
Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.
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Jul 6, 2021
Weird Dreams Might be a Brain Feature, Not a Bug
Learn how weird dreams may help us in the real world; how we date dinosaurs; and why a healthy grip means a healthy body.
A theory from AI says our weird dreams help us better perceive the world by Briana Brownell
* Our dreams’ weirdness might be why we have them, argues new AI-inspired theory of dreaming. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/cp-odw050621.php
* Hoel, E. (2021). The overfitted brain: Dreams evolved to assist generalization. Patterns, 2(5), 100244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2021.100244
Paleontologists know how old dinosaurs were when they died because bones are like tree rings by Cameron Duke
* Anonymous. (2019, June 11). Which Dinosaur Bones Are “Real”? Field Museum. https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/which-dinosaur-bones-are-real
* Field Museum. (2020, November 25). Growth Rings From Fossil Bones Reveals T. rex Had Huge Growth Spurts, but Other Dinosaurs Grew “Slow and Steady.” SciTechDaily. https://scitechdail…
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Jul 5, 2021
Why Song Lyrics Are Getting Simpler
Learn how a man wrote sentences using only his mind; how popular song lyrics got simpler; and the bitterness of Bitrex.
Brain-computer interface lets people communicate by imagining they're writing by Grant Currin
* Composing thoughts: mental handwriting produces brain activity that can be turned into text | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. (2021). Nih.gov. https://www.ninds.nih.gov/News-Events/News-and-Press-Releases/Press-Releases/Composing-thoughts-mental-handwriting-produces
* Willett, F. R., Avansino, D. T., Hochberg, L. R., Henderson, J. M., & Shenoy, K. V. (2021). High-performance brain-to-text communication via handwriting. Nature, 593(7858), 249–254. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03506-2
* Sample, I. (2021, May 12). Paralysed man uses “mindwriting” brain computer to compose sentences. The Guardian; The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/12/paralysed-man-mindwriting-brain-computer-compose-sentences
* Timmer, J. (2…
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Jul 2, 2021
Are Facial Expressions Universal?
Learn about common ancestors shared by every human; evolution’s multiple directions; and universal facial expressions.
There's a point in the past when every person on Earth was an ancestor to every person alive today by Grant Currin
* Hershberger, S. (2020, October 5). Humans Are All More Closely Related Than We Commonly Think. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/humans-are-all-more-closely-related-than-we-commonly-think/
* Hopkin, M. (2004). Human populations are tightly interwoven. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/news040927-10
* Numberphile. (2019). EVERY baby is a ROYAL baby - Numberphile [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm0hOex4psA
* Rohde, D. L. T., Olson, S., & Chang, J. T. (2004). Modelling the recent common ancestry of all living humans. Nature, 431(7008), 562–566. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02842
Evolution Doesn’t Have Just One Direction by Ashley Hamer
* Is the human race evolving or devolving? (1…
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Jul 1, 2021
The Phantom Torso Experiment Protected Astronauts in a Very Creepy Way
Learn about why we need memorials for medicine; NASA’s Phantom Torso experiment; and why we often overestimate outliers.
Additional resources from Steven Johnson:
* Pick up "Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer": https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/594501/extra-life-by-steven-johnson/
* Website: https://stevenberlinjohnson.com/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevenbjohnson
The Phantom Torso Experiment Protected Future Astronauts In The Creepiest Way Possible by Ashley Hamer
* Experiment Details. (2021). Nasa.gov. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=994
We overestimate the outliers we see, which may hamper diversity efforts by Kelsey Donk
* Focus on outliers creates flawed snap judgments. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/du-foo051121.php
* Khaw, M. W., Kranton, R., & Huettel, S. (2021). Oversampling of minority categories drives misperceptions of group composit…
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Jun 30, 2021
How Life Expectancy Doubled in Just 150 Years (w/ Author Steven Johnson)
Learn how we doubled life expectancy in the last 150 years. Plus: “impossible” quasicrystals formed from nuclear bombs.
Additional resources from Steven Johnson:
* Pick up "Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer": https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/594501/extra-life-by-steven-johnson/
* Website: https://stevenberlinjohnson.com/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevenbjohnson
The first nuclear detonation created "impossible" quasicrystals shaped like 20-sided dice by Briana Brownell
* Castelvecchi, D. (2021). First nuclear detonation created “impossible” quasicrystals. Nature, 593(7860), 487–487. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01332-0
* Bindi, L., Kolb, W., Eby, G. N., Asimow, P. D., Wallace, T. C., & Steinhardt, P. J. (2021). Accidental synthesis of a previously unknown quasicrystal in the first atomic bomb test. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(22), e2101350118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101350118
* Università degli Stu…
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Jun 29, 2021
We Found the Earliest Evidence of Ancient Human Activity
Learn about ancient evidence of humans using fire; Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle; and your memory on social media.
We just found the earliest evidence of humans changing their ecosystems with fire by Grant Currin
* Nield, D. (2021). Scientists Find Oldest Evidence of Ancient Human Activity Deep Inside a Desert Cave. ScienceAlert. https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-the-oldest-evidence-of-indoor-human-activity-deep-inside-a-desert-cave
* Ratner, P. (2021, May 3). From 1.8 million years ago, earliest evidence of human activity found. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/earliest-evidence-human-activity
* Shaar, R., Matmon, A., Horwitz, L. K., Ebert, Y., Chazan, M., Arnold, M., Aumaître, G., Bourlès, D., & Keddadouche, K. (2021). Magnetostratigraphy and cosmogenic dating of Wonderwerk Cave: New constraints for the chronology of the South African Earlier Stone Age. Quaternary Science Reviews, 259, 106907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascire…
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Jun 28, 2021
Looking Into Space Is Looking Back in Time
Learn why soccer players miss penalty kicks; how we estimate population sizes; and how space helps us look back in time.
Pro soccer players miss penalty kicks because pressure makes them overthink by Kelsey Donk
* Johnson, S. (2021, May 12). Why professional soccer players choke during penalty kicks. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/choking-under-pressure
* Slutter, M. W. J., Thammasan, N., & Poel, M. (2021). Exploring the Brain Activity Related to Missing Penalty Kicks: An fNIRS Study. Frontiers in Computer Science, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2021.661466
* Guo, Z., Li, A., & Yu, L. (2017). “Neural Efficiency” of Athletes’ Brain during Visuo-Spatial Task: An fMRI Study on Table Tennis Players. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00072
How do we know the population sizes of species when there are too many to count? by Cameron Duke
* Allen, S. T., O’Rourke, A., White, R. H., Schneider, K. E., Kilkenny…
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Jun 25, 2021
Mammals Can Breathe Through Their Butts
Learn how mammals breathe through their butts; how babies remember their birth language; and your reflection in a spoon.
Mammals can breathe through their butts, and this could help humans with respiratory failure by Grant Currin
* Breathing Through the Rectum Saves Oxygen-Starved Mice and Pigs. (2021). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/science/rectum-breathing-oxygen.html
* Okabe, R., Chen-Yoshikawa, T. F., Yoneyama, Y., Yokoyama, Y., Tanaka, S., Yoshizawa, A., Thompson, W. L., Kannan, G., Kobayashi, E., Date, H., & Takebe, T. (2021). Mammalian enteral ventilation ameliorates respiratory failure. Med. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2021.04.004
Even If They Don’t Use It, Babies Remember Their Birth Language by Ashley Hamer
* Adoptees advantaged by birth language memory. (2017). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170118082828.htm
* Early development of abstract language knowledge: evidence from perception–production transfer…
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Jun 24, 2021
Bats Map the World By Time, Not Distance
Learn about whether you should fear AI; the science of a good selfie; and how bats map the world by time, not distance.
Additional resources from Michael Wooldridge:
* Pick up "A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence: What It Is, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going" at your local bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250770745
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/wooldridgemike
* Oxford faculty page: https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/michael.wooldridge/
Selfies Really Do Make Your Nose Look Big originally aired April 24, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/hubble-telescope-history-selfie-science-and-exerci
Bats map the world by time, not distance by Briana Brownell
* A surprising discovery: Bats know the speed of sound from birth. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/tu-asd050521.php
* Amichai, E., & Yovel, Y. (2021). Echolocating bats rely on an innate speed-of-sound reference. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1…
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Jun 23, 2021
Why We Won’t Have “Robot Butlers” Any Time Soon (w/ AI Researcher Michael Wooldridge)
Learn about "iconic sounds" of language. Plus: artificial intelligence’s limitations, with AI pioneer Michael Wooldridge.
Language may have started with "iconic sounds" rather than hand gestures by Grant Currin
* Ćwiek, A., Fuchs, S., Draxler, C., Asu, E. L., Dediu, D., Hiovain, K., Kawahara, S., Koutalidis, S., Krifka, M., Lippus, P., Lupyan, G., Oh, G. E., Paul, J., Petrone, C., Ridouane, R., Reiter, S., Schümchen, N., Szalontai, Á., Ünal-Logacev, Ö., & Zeller, J. (2021). Novel vocalizations are understood across cultures. Scientific Reports, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89445-4
* Ancestors may have created “iconic” sounds as bridge to first languages. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/uob-amh051021.php
* No shared language? No problem! People across cultures understand clues from ‘vocal charades. (2021, May 14). No shared language? No problem! People across cultures understand clues from “vocal charades.” Scien…
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Jun 22, 2021
We Found the First Pregnant Mummy Ever Documented
Learn about a pregnant mummy; the three body problem; and why you should take off your shoes when you enter your house.
A newly discovered pregnant mummy is raising questions about ancient Egyptian beliefs by Grant Currin
* Johnson, S. (2021, May 5). First-ever pregnant Egyptian mummy discovered. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/pregnant-mummy
* In a First, Researchers Discover a Pregnant Egyptian Mummy. (2021). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/world/europe/egyptian-mummy-pregnant-warsaw.html
* Ejsmond, W., Ożarek-Szilke, M., Jaworski, M., & Szilke, S. (2021). A pregnant ancient egyptian mummy from the 1st century BC. Journal of Archaeological Science, 105371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105371
New development in solving the three body problem by Briana Brownell
* Kervella, P., Thévenin, F., & Lovis, C. (2017). Proxima’s orbit around α Centauri. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 598, L7. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361…
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Jun 21, 2021
How to Manage Your Work-from-Home Paranoia
Learn 4 tips for managing WFH paranoia; flat-pack pasta; and how eye contact is affected by the shape of a dog’s face.
4 tips for managing your WFH paranoia by Kelsey Donk
* Managing Your WFH Paranoia. (2021, April 28). Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2021/04/managing-your-wfh-paranoia
* Is Remote Work Making Us Paranoid? (2021). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/style/is-remote-work-making-us-paranoid.html
* Jacobs, E. (2020, June 18). Paranoia creeps into homeworking. @FinancialTimes; Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/e50ce245-09fd-4831-a90b-953ef51a2281
Scientists have created flat-pack pasta that curls into shape in water by Steffie Drucker
* Executive Summary: Environmental Footprint Literature Review — Food Transportation. (2016). State of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. https://www.oregon.gov/deq/FilterDocs/PEF-FoodTransportation-ExecutiveSummary.pdf
* Tao, Y., Lee, Y.-C., Liu, H., Zhang, X., Cui, J., Mondoa,…
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Jun 18, 2021
Will Future Civilizations Get Oil From Human Fossils?
Learn the easiest way to forgive and forget; whether human fossils can produce oil; and what bees yell when surprised.
The forgetting part of "forgive and forget" is easier when you forgive emotionally by Kelsey Donk
* Here’s The Best Way To Forgive And Forget. (2021, May 4). Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/05/04/heres-the-best-way-to-forgive-and-forget/
* Noreen, S., & MacLeod, M. D. (2021). Moving on or deciding to let go? A pathway exploring the relationship between emotional and decisional forgiveness and intentional forgetting. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 47(2), 295–315. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000948
If we get oil from dinosaur fossils, will future civilizations get oil from human fossils? by Steffie Drucker (Listener question from Hunter in Chicago)
* Hunter’s tweet: https://twitter.com/whuntah/status/1390766688354902019
* Do Fossil Fuels Really Come from Fossils? | Britannica. (2021). In Encyclopædi…
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Jun 17, 2021
What Does Your Digital Body Language Say?
Learn about “digital body language” guidelines and how scientists brought multiple molecules into the same quantum state.
Additional resources from Erica Dhawan:
* Pick up "Digital Body Language: How to Build Trust & Connection No Matter the Distance" from your local bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250246523
* Website: https://ericadhawan.com/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericadhawan
* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericadhawan_/
Scientists brought multiple molecules into the same quantum state, which is a big deal by Briana Brownell
* UChicago scientists harness molecules into single quantum state. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uoc-ush042221.php
* Ultracold Molecules | JILA - Exploring the Frontiers of Physics. (2015). Colorado.edu. https://jila.colorado.edu/yelabs/research/ultracold-molecules
* Cornish, S. (2008). From atoms to molecules (and back). Physics, 1. https://physics.aps.org/articles/v1/24…
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Jun 16, 2021
Pollen Is Not Actually Plant Sperm
Learn why your mom calls you your sibling’s name; why pollen isn’t just plant sperm; and what really causes sore muscles.
If Your Mom Calls You Your Sibling’s Name, It Means She Loves You Both by Joanie Faletto
* Trudeau, M. (2017, January 16). When The Brain Scrambles Names, It’s Because You Love Them. NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/01/16/509353565/when-the-brain-scrambles-names-its-because-you-love-them
* Deffler, S. A., Fox, C., Ogle, C. M., & Rubin, D. C. (2016). All my children: The roles of semantic category and phonetic similarity in the misnaming of familiar individuals. Memory & Cognition, 44(7), 989–999. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-016-0613-z
* Dupont, M. (2019). Experimentally Induced Single and Repeated Personal Name Confusions: The Impact of Phonological and Semantic Similarity. Psychological Reports, 123(3), 781–805. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294118825098
Pollen is not plant sperm. It’s something much weirder. by Camer…
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Jun 15, 2021
Painless Tips to Help the Environment (w/ Paul Greenberg)
Learn why there could be stars made of antimatter. Plus: author Paul Greenberg’s tips to reduce your carbon footprint.
There could be stars made of antimatter in our galaxy by Briana Brownell
* NASA - JSC Engineering - Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. (2013). Nasa.gov. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/engineering/projects/alpha_magnetic_spectrometer/index.html
* may. (2017, April 19). Giant space magnet may have trapped antihelium, raising idea of lingering pools of antimatter in the cosmos. Science | AAAS. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/giant-space-magnet-may-have-trapped-antihelium-raising-idea-lingering-pools-antimatter
* Dr Alfredo Carpineti. (2021, April 29). Where Antimatter Stars Are Located In The Milky Way (If They Actually Exist). IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/where-antimatter-stars-are-located-in-the-milky-way-if-they-actually-exist/
* Poulin, V., Salati, P., Cholis, I., Kamionkowski, M., & Silk, J. (2019). Where do the AMS-0…
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Jun 14, 2021
Move Over, CRISPR — New Gene Editing Tech is Here
Learn about the RLR gene editing tool; Victorian-era emoji; and why “night shift” screen settings don’t help you sleep.
RLR is a new gene editing tool that's safer and more useful than CRISPR by Cameron Duke
* Move over CRISPR, the retrons are coming. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/wifb-moc042921.php
* Schubert, M. G., Goodman, D. B., Wannier, T. M., Kaur, D., Farzadfard, F., Lu, T. K., Shipman, S. L., & Church, G. M. (2021). High-throughput functional variant screens via in vivo production of single-stranded DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(18), e2018181118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018181118
* Swingle, B., Markel, E., & Cartinhour, S. (2010). Oligonucleotide recombination: A hidden treasure. Bioengineered Bugs, 1(4), 265–268. https://doi.org/10.4161/bbug.1.4.12098
* Irving, M. (2021, May 4). Harvard gene-editing tool “sneaks” DNA into cells without making cuts. New Atlas. https://newatlas.com/bio…
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Jun 11, 2021
A Good Reason to Resolve Your Arguments
Learn how resolving arguments can erase nearly all bad feelings, and why almost all calico cats are female. Plus: trivia!
Resolving an argument can almost erase the emotional stress it caused by Kelsey Donk
* Resolving Arguments Can Prevent Bad Feelings From Lingering — And We Get Better At It As We Age. (2021, April 22). Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/04/22/resolving-arguments-can-prevent-bad-feelings-from-lingering-and-we-get-better-at-it-as-we-age/
* Witzel, D. D., & Stawski, R. S. (2021). Resolution Status and Age as Moderators for Interpersonal Everyday Stress and Stressor-Related Affect. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab006
Why Calico Cats Are Almost Always Female by Ashley Hamer
* Stone, S. (2015, March 16). Why are Calico Cats Almost Always Female? Today I Found Out. http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/03/calico-cats-almost-always-female
* Fitzsimmons, P. (2017, November 7). Are All Orange Cats Mal…
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Jun 10, 2021
The Oldest Kids in Class Are Also the Most Popular
Learn why older classmates are more popular; how some invasive species help their ecosystems; and keyboard cleaning tips.
Don't be surprised if the oldest kids in your class were also more popular by Kelsey Donk
* PsychNewsDaily Staff. (2021, May 5). High school popularity: study shows oldest kids in the class also the most popular. PsychNewsDaily. https://www.psychnewsdaily.com/high-school-popularity-study-shows-oldest-kids-in-the-class-also-the-most-popular/
* van Aalst, D. A. E., & van Tubergen, F. (2021). More popular because you’re older? Relative age effect on popularity among adolescents in class. PLOS ONE, 16(5), e0249336. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249336
Invasive species aren't always harmful — some help their ecosystems thrive by Cameron Duke
* Ahmed, I. (2021, April 29). How donkeys digging wells help life thrive in the desert. Phys.org; Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2021-04-donkeys-wells-life.html
* Griffiths, J., & Villablanca, F. (n.d.). Mana…
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Jun 9, 2021
Why We Always Forget that Less Is More (w/ Leidy Klotz)
Learn how human hair can improve solar panels and why people tend to add, not subtract, when trying to improve something.
Scientists are using human hair to make carbon nanodots for displays & solar panels by Grant Currin
* Carbon dots from human hair boost solar cells. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/quot-cdf040721.php
* Pham, N. D., Singh, A., Chen, W., Hoang, M. T., Yang, Y., Wang, X., Wolff, A., Wen, X., Jia, B., Sonar, P., & Wang, H. (2021). Self-assembled carbon dot-wrapped perovskites enable light trapping and defect passivation for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(12), 7508–7521. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ta00036e
* Lim, S. Y., Shen, W., & Gao, Z. (2015). Carbon quantum dots and their applications. Chemical Society Reviews, 44(1), 362–381. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cs00269e
Additional resources from Leidy Klotz:
* Pick up "Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less" on Amazon: http…
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Jun 8, 2021
Stress During Pregnancy Might Affect the Baby’s Sex
Learn about how stress during pregnancy can affect a newborn’s sex; skipping stone physics in space; and overspending.
Stress can make a pregnant person twice as likely to have a girl by Grant Currin
* Beres, D. (2021, April 13). Stressed-out mothers are twice as likely to give birth to a girl. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/stress-pregnancy
* Romero-Gonzalez, B., Puertas-Gonzalez, J. A., Gonzalez-Perez, R., Davila, M., & Peralta-Ramirez, M. I. (2021). Hair cortisol levels in pregnancy as a possible determinant of fetal sex: a longitudinal study. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1017/s2040174420001300
Scientists have shed light on the physics of skipping stones to make landing spacecraft safer by Briana Brownell
* Tang, J., Zhao, K., Chen, H., & Cao, D. (2021). Trajectory and attitude study of a skipping stone. Physics of Fluids, 33(4), 043316. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0040158
* Stone skippin…
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Jun 7, 2021
A Robot That Talks to Itself Might Be Easier to Interact With
Learn about interacting with robots that talk to themselves; “mad honey,” a rare, dangerous hallucinogen; and “alief.”
Robots that talk to themselves might be easier to interact with by Grant Currin
* Pepper the humanoid and programmable robot | SoftBank Robotics. (2021). Softbankrobotics.com. https://www.softbankrobotics.com/emea/en/pepper
* Pipitone, A., & Chella, A. (2021). What robots want? Hearing the inner voice of a robot. IScience, 102371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102371
* Pepper the robot talks to itself to improve its interactions with people. (2021). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210421124654.htm
"Mad honey" is a weird, rare, dangerous hallucinogen used as medicine around the Black Sea by Steffie Drucker
* Johnson, S. (2021, April 23). “Mad honey”: The rare hallucinogen from the mountains of Nepal. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/mad-honey
* The Hallucinogenic Honey of Nepal and T…
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Jun 4, 2021
How Do Wild Animals Know What to Eat?
Learn why helping others feels like helping ourselves, how wild animals eat healthy, and how the Sahara feeds the Amazon.
We're less likely to remember the things we've given to friends than strangers by Kelsey Donk
* We’re Worse At Remembering Exactly What We’ve Given To Friends Than What We’ve Given To Strangers. (2021, April 12). Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/04/12/were-worse-at-remembering-exactly-what-weve-given-to-friends-than-what-weve-given-to-strangers/
* Uğurlar, P., Posten, A.-C., & Zürn, M. (2021). Interpersonal closeness impairs decision memory. Social Psychology, 52(2), 125–129. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000439
How do wild animals eat a healthy diet when humans struggle to? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Jason in Port Ewen, New York)
* Predators hunt for a balanced diet. (2012). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120110192942.htm
* Provenza, F. (2018, November 30). Animals Can Help Us Redis…
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Jun 3, 2021
What Rain is Like on Other Planets
Learn about rain on other planets; why Americans used to not use forks; and whether sleep or exercise is more important.
What is rain like on other planets? by Cameron Duke
* Dhingra, R. D., Barnes, J. W., Brown, R. H., Burrati, B. J., Sotin, C., Nicholson, P. D., Baines, K. H., Clark, R. N., Soderblom, J. M., Jauman, R., Rodriguez, S., Mouélic, S. L., Turtle, E. P., Perry, J. E., Cottini, V., & Jennings, D. E. (2019). Observational Evidence for Summer Rainfall at Titan’s North Pole. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(3), 1205–1212. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018gl080943
* https://jpl.nasa.gov. (2012, September 11). NASA Observations Point to “Dry Ice” Snowfall on Mars. Nasa.gov. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-observations-point-to-dry-ice-snowfall-on-mars
* Kerr, R. A. (1999). PLANETARY SCIENCE:Neptune May Crush Methane Into Diamonds. Science, 286(5437), 25a25. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.286.5437.25a
* Loftus, K., & Wordsworth, R. D. (2021). The Physics of Fall…
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Jun 2, 2021
What Elevators Can Teach Us About Autonomous Cars (w/ Jason Feifer of Entrepreneur Magazine)
Learn what the elevator can teach us about our past and our future. Plus: surprising discoveries from bomb-pulse dating.
Additional resources from Jason Feifer:
* Build for Tomorrow podcast: https://www.jasonfeifer.com/build-for-tomorrow/
* Website: https://www.jasonfeifer.com/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/heyfeifer
"Bomb pulse dating" is how scientists measure the age of living cells using nuclear fallout by Briana Brownell
* Eveleth, R. (2013, February 19). Nuclear Bombs Made It Possible to Carbon Date Human Tissue. Smithsonian Magazine; Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nuclear-bombs-made-it-possible-to-carbon-date-human-tissue-20074710/
* Mohan, G. (2013, July). Nuclear fallout drops the bomb on ivory poachers. Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/science/la-xpm-2013-jul-01-la-sci-sn-nuclear-fallout-poachers-20130630-story.html
* Zoppi, U., Skopec, Z., Skopec, J., Jones, G., Fink, D., Hua, Q., Jacobsen, G.,…
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Jun 1, 2021
We’re Morbidly Curious About What “Might Have Been”
Learn about counterfactual curiosity; the first entanglement-based quantum network; and Rome’s remarkable Cloaca Maxima.
We're morbidly curious to discover what "might have been," even though it can cause regret by Kelsey Donk
* We Have A Strong Urge To Find Out What Might Have Been — Even When This Leads To Feelings Of Regret. (2021, April 8). Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/04/08/we-have-a-strong-urge-to-find-out-what-might-have-been-even-when-this-leads-to-feelings-of-regret/
* FitzGibbon, L., Komiya, A., & Murayama, K. (2021). The lure of counterfactual curiosity: People incur a cost to experience regret. Psychological science, 32(2), 241-255. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797620963615
Researchers have created the first entanglement-based quantum network by Briana Brownell
* Researchers establish the first entanglement-based quantum network. (2021, April 15). Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2021-04-entanglement-based-quantum-network…
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May 31, 2021
Why Cavities Are So Sensitive to the Cold
Learn about why cavities are so cold-sensitive; an ant that shrinks its brain; and why swimming makes you extra hungry.
Here's why dental cavities are so sensitive to cold by Cameron Duke
* Bernal, L., Sotelo-Hitschfeld, P., König, C., Sinica, V., Wyatt, A., Winter, Z., Hein, A., Touska, F., Reinhardt, S., Tragl, A., Kusuda, R., Wartenberg, P., Sclaroff, A., Pfeifer, J. D., Ectors, F., Dahl, A., Freichel, M., Vlachova, V., Brauchi, S., & Roza, C. (2021). Odontoblast TRPC5 channels signal cold pain in teeth. Science Advances, 7(13), eabf5567. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf5567
* How teeth sense the cold. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/hhmi-hts032421.php
There’s an ant that shrinks its brain to try to become the queen by Cameron Duke
* Annie, R. (2021, April 13). These Ants Shrink Their Brains for a Chance to Become Queen. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/science/ants-brains-queen.html
* Penick, C. A., Ghaninia…
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May 28, 2021
Is Exercise for Work as Good as Exercise for Play?
Learn about dog jealousy; physical activity at work vs. at play; and why only certain parts of us get pruney when wet.
Dogs act jealous of their owner's attention to other dogs even when they can't see the dog by Steffie Drucker
* Dogs act jealously even when they don’t see their rival. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/afps-daj040821.php
* Bastos, A. P. M., Neilands, P. D., Hassall, R. S., Lim, B. C., & Taylor, A. H. (2021). Dogs Mentally Represent Jealousy-Inducing Social Interactions. Psychological Science, 095679762097914. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620979149
* Coren, S. (2017, January 19). Do Dogs Feel Jealousy or Envy? American Kennel Club; American Kennel Club. https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/do-dogs-feel-jealousy-or-envy/
Physical activity for leisure is good for your health, but physical activity on the job is not by Kelsey Donk
* Leisure physical activity is linked with health benefits but work activity is not. (…
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May 27, 2021
How a Plant Gene Ended Up in an Insect’s DNA
Learn about “brain fog” in menopause; NASA’s patent prevalence; and a plant gene found in an insect for the first time.
Additional resources from Dr. Jen Gunter:
* Pick up "The Menopause Manifesto" from Amazon: https://amzn.to/33dlIYy
* Website: https://drjengunter.com/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJenGunter
* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJGunter/
* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjengunter/
People Working On NASA Projects Rack Up Every One In 1,000 Patents by Joanie Faletto
* NASA - NASA Engineers and Scientists-Transforming Dreams Into Reality. (2014). Nasa.gov. https://www.nasa.gov/50th/50th_magazine/scientists.html
* Home | NASA Spinoff. (2021). Nasa.gov. https://spinoff.nasa.gov/
* 40 Years of NASA Spinoff. (2011). NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/40-years-of-nasa-spinoff
* Memory Foam Supports and Shapes in Women’s Apparel | NASA Spinoff. (2019). Nasa.gov. https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2019/cg_4.html
A plant gene was fou…
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May 26, 2021
What’s the Deal with Hot Flashes? (w/ OB-GYN Dr. Jen Gunter)
Learn about what antimatter is and how we discovered it. Then, Dr. Gen Gunter will demystify menopause.
How we discovered antimatter by Briana Brownell
* Marco Gersabeck,The Conversation. (2019, March 21). Why Is There More Matter Than Antimatter? Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-is-there-more-matter-than-antimatter/
* Antimatter from bananas. (2015). Symmetry Magazine. https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/2009/07/23/antimatter-from-bananas
* Dirac’s equation predicts antiparticles | timeline.web.cern.ch. (2021). Cern.ch. https://timeline.web.cern.ch/diracs-equation-predicts-antiparticles
* Thompson, A. (2017, June 23). In 1928, One Physicist Accidentally Predicted Antimatter. Popular Mechanics; Popular Mechanics. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a27049/in-1928-one-physicist-accidentally-predicted-antimatter/
* Vidmar, D. (2011). The Dirac equation and the prediction of antimatter. PDF document provided on the internet by the Univ…
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May 25, 2021
The World’s Oldest Thumb Belongs to a Dinosaur
Learn about the “Monkeydactyl” fossil; whether it’s safe to eat food with freezer burn; and post-death “zombie genes.”
Newly discovered "Monkeydactyl" fossil has the oldest known opposable thumb by Grant Currin
* New Jurassic flying reptile reveals the oldest opposed thumb. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uob-njf041221.php
* Zhou, X., Pêgas, R. V., Ma, W., Han, G., Jin, X., Leal, M. E. C., Bonde, N., Kobayashi, Y., Lautenschlager, S., Wei, X., Shen, C., & Ji, S. (2021). A new darwinopteran pterosaur reveals arborealism and an opposed thumb. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.030
* Fox, A. (2021, April 16). A Prehistoric Flying Creature Nicknamed “Monkeydactyl” May Have Climbed Trees Using Opposable Thumbs. Smithsonian Magazine; Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/monkeydactyl-may-have-climbed-using-opposable-thumbs-180977531/
* Specktor, B. (2021, April 16). Tiny Jurassic “Mon…
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May 24, 2021
Human Screams Communicate a Rainbow of Emotions
Learn about 5G’s wireless power grid potential; the emotions of human screams; and the 3 categories of friendships.
We could use 5G as its own wireless power grid by Grant Currin
* Leveraging the 5G network to wirelessly power IoT devices. (2021). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210325150019.htm
* Eid, A., Hester, J. G. D., & Tentzeris, M. M. (2021). 5G as a wireless power grid. Scientific Reports, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79500-x
* Gaura, E., & James Peter Brusey. (2021, April 9). Nikola Tesla: 5G network could realise his dream of wireless electricity, a century after experiments failed. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/nikola-tesla-5g-network-could-realise-his-dream-of-wireless-electricity-a-century-after-experiments-failed-158665
Human screams communicate at least six different emotions by Steffie Drucker
* Human screams communicate at least six emotions. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_relea…
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May 21, 2021
Mushrooms Are More Like Humans Than Plants
Learn how mushrooms are more like humans than plants; why your tongue isn’t a muscle; and ferret-training robot badgers.
Mushrooms are more like humans than plants by Grant Currin
* More from this author. (2016, January 12). How Are Mushrooms More Similar to Humans than Plants?» Science ABC. Science ABC. https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/how-are-mushrooms-more-similar-to-humans-than-plants.html
* Inglis-Arkell, E. (2012, September 7). Why are mushrooms more like humans than they are like plants? io9. https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-are-mushrooms-more-like-humans-than-they-are-like-p-5940434
* Steenkamp, E. T., Wright, J., & Baldauf, S. L. (2005). The Protistan Origins of Animals and Fungi. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 23(1), 93–106. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msj011
* Baldauf, S. L., & Palmer, J. D. (1993). Animals and fungi are each other’s closest relatives: congruent evidence from multiple proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 90(24), 11558…
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May 20, 2021
Roses Smell Different in Space
Learn about emotions in online reviews; how flowers smell in space; and how water efficiency affected human evolution.
Emotions matter more than ratings when it comes to online reviews by Kelsey Donk
* “Emotional” reviews predict business success, new study shows. (2021). Northwestern.edu. https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2021/04/emotional-reviews-predict-business-success-new-study-shows
* Rocklage, M. D., Rucker, D. D., & Nordgren, L. F. (2021). Mass-scale emotionality reveals human behaviour and marketplace success. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01098-5
Roses Smell Different In Space—And You Can Smell Like Them Too by Ashley Hamer
* Space Rose Pleases the Senses | NASA Spinoff. (2002). Nasa.gov. https://spinoff.nasa.gov/spinoff2002/ch_1.html
* Space Scents | Science Mission Directorate. (2002). Nasa.gov. https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/18dec_scents
* Frequent Questions: The Many Versions of Shiseido Zen…
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May 19, 2021
How LEDs Work (w/ LED Pioneer George Craford)
Learn about the “birthday paradox.” Then, George Craford — one of the pioneers of LED lighting — talks LED innovation.
The Birthday Paradox by Cameron Duke
* Science Buddies. (2012, March 29). Probability and the Birthday Paradox. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-probability-birthday-paradox/
* TED-Ed. (2017). Check your intuition: The birthday problem - David Knuffke [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtT_cgMzHx8
* Understanding the Birthday Paradox – BetterExplained. (2021). Betterexplained.com. https://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-the-birthday-paradox/
Learn more about George Craford and the QEPrize:
* The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering: https://qeprize.org/
* George Craford's bio: https://www.nae.edu/128635/Dr-M-George-Craford
Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer — for free! You c…
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May 18, 2021
Octopuses Have Sleep Cycles, Too
Learn about imaginary beams of motion coming from people’s eyes; where lost luggage ends up; and octopus sleep cycles.
Following someone's gaze may involve imagining a beam of motion from their eyes by Grant Currin
* Our Brains “See” Beams Of Motion Emanating From People’s Faces Towards The Object Of Their Attention. (2021, February 25). Research Digest; Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/02/25/our-brains-see-beams-of-motion-emanating-from-peoples-faces-towards-the-object-of-their-attention/
* Guterstam, A., & Graziano, M. S. A. (2020). Visual motion assists in social cognition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(50), 32165–32168. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2021325117
* Guterstam, A., & Graziano, M. S. A. (2020). Implied motion as a possible mechanism for encoding other people’s attention. Progress in Neurobiology, 190, 101797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pneurobio.2020.101797
* Guterstam, A., Wilterson, A. I., Wachtell, D., & Grazia…
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May 17, 2021
Introverts Fared Better Than Extroverts During the Pandemic
Learn about introverts’ and extroverts’ pandemic response; astronaut farts; and why violet and purple are different.
Introverts fared better than extroverts during the pandemic by Kelsey Donk
* Benz, M. (2021). COVID-19 and College Students: Introverts Coped Better than Extroverts During Shutdown. Medicalresearch.com. https://medicalresearch.com/mental-health-research/covid-19-and-college-students-introverts-coped-better-than-extroverts-during-shutdown/57012/
* Extroverts and introverts showed differences in mood during early COVID 19 pandemic. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/p-eai032221.php
* Rettew, D. C., McGinnis, E. W., Copeland, W., Nardone, H. Y., Bai, Y., Rettew, J., Devadenam, V., & Hudziak, J. J. (2021). Personality trait predictors of adjustment during the COVID pandemic among college students. PLOS ONE, 16(3), e0248895. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248895
In the 1960s, people were worried that astronaut farts were a…
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May 14, 2021
Using AI to Play Ancient Board Games
Learn why learning too much can make you less passionate and how AI is resurrecting ancient board games. Plus: trivia!
Learning too much about your passion may make you less passionate about it by Kelsey Donk
* Lange, A. (2021, March 28). Your passionate hobby might make you less passionate, study finds. The Academic Times. https://academictimes.com/your-passionate-hobby-might-make-you-less-passionate-study-finds/
* Rocklage, M. D., Rucker, D. D., & Nordgren, L. F. (2021). Emotionally Numb: Expertise Dulls Consumer Experience. Journal of Consumer Research. https://academic.oup.com/jcr/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jcr/ucab015/6171148
Episodes referenced in Curiosity Challenge Trivia game:
* What do these things have in common: https://www.curiositydaily.com/we-can-use-dna-for-data-storage
* Memorable postal codes: https://www.curiositydaily.com/post-traumatic-growth-is-a-pandemic-silver-lining/
* Slug that cuts off its own head: https://www.curiositydaily.com/you-c…
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May 13, 2021
When the Pursuit of Knowledge Goes Wrong (w/ Physicist Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein)
Learn about Mauna Kea and how the pursuit of knowledge can be harmful. Plus: the smallest measurement of gravity ever.
Additional resources from Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein:
* Pick up "The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, & Dreams Deferred" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/32JjzDu
* Website: http://www.cprescodweinstein.com/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/IBJIYONGI
Learn more about Mauna Kea:
* Pu’uhuluhulu, P. o. (2020). Pu’uhonua o Pu’uhuluhulu. https://www.puuhuluhulu.com/
* TMT International Observatory. (2020). TIO. https://www.tmt.org/
* United States Public Law 103-150, informally known as the Apology Resolution: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-107/pdf/STATUTE-107-Pg1510.pdf
* Maunakea and TMT misinformation fact check | University of Hawaii System. (2021). Hawaii.edu. https://www.hawaii.edu/maunakea-stewardship/maunakea-tmt-fact-check/
Scientists captured the smallest measurement of gravity on record by Briana Brownell…
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May 12, 2021
Go Ahead, Google Your Symptoms
Learn about the benefits of Googling symptoms; truly random number generation; and why science is about storytelling.
Googling symptoms makes patients better at self-diagnosis by Steffie Drucker
* A visit to “Dr. Google” makes patients better at diagnosis. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/bawh-avt032621.php
* Levine, D. M., & Mehrotra, A. (2021). Assessment of Diagnosis and Triage in Validated Case Vignettes Among Nonphysicians Before and After Internet Search. JAMA Network Open, 4(3), e213287. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.3287
* Why this doctor wants you to consult with “Dr. Google” to help diagnose your symptoms. (2021, April). CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.5969736/why-this-doctor-wants-you-to-consult-with-dr-google-to-help-diagnose-your-symptoms-1.5971609
Why Computers Can Never Generate Truly Random Numbers by Ashley Hamer
* Mads Haahr. (n.d.). Introduction to Randomne…
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May 11, 2021
Your Roommate Really Doesn’t Know How You’re Feeling
Learn about how lightning strikes led to life on Earth; the self-control of cuttlefish; and your roommate’s feelings.
Lightning strikes were vital to the origin of life on Earth by Grant Currin
* Lightning strikes played a vital role in life’s origins on Earth. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/uol-lsp031621.php
* Hess, B. L., Piazolo, S., & Harvey, J. (2021). Lightning strikes as a major facilitator of prebiotic phosphorus reduction on early Earth. Nature Communications, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21849-2
* Mamoun-Yale, F. (2021, March 18). Lightning may have paved way for life on Earth - Futurity. Futurity. https://www.futurity.org/lightning-life-on-earth-phosphorus-2534052
A cuttlefish has the power of self-control by Cameron Duke
* Cuttlefish exert self-control in a delay of gratification task | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. (2021). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. https://royalsocietypu…
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May 10, 2021
Why Koala Fingerprints Look Eerily Human
Learn about how to stop Zoom fatigue; a world that may be on its second atmosphere; and koalas’ human-like fingerprints.
4 reasons you feel "Zoom fatigue" and how to get over them, according to Stanford research by Kelsey Donk:
* Stanford Zoom Exhaustion and Fatigue Scale survey: https://comm.stanford.edu/ZEF
* Ramachandran, V. (2021, February 23). Four causes for “Zoom fatigue” and their solutions | Stanford News. Stanford News; Stanford University. https://news.stanford.edu/2021/02/23/four-causes-zoom-fatigue-solutions/
* Bailenson, J. N. (2021). Nonverbal overload: A theoretical argument for the causes of Zoom fatigue. Technology, Mind, and Behavior, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000030
Astronomers discover a planet that may be on its second atmosphere by Grant Currin:
* Distant Planet May Be On Its Second Atmosphere, NASA’s Hubble Finds. (2021). NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/distant-planet-may-be-on-its-second-atmosphere-nasas-hubble-finds…
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May 7, 2021
How Astronauts Clean Their Underwear
Learn why narcissism may come from insecurity, how lobster became a delicacy, and how astronauts clean their underwear.
Narcissism may be driven by insecurity, not an oversized sense of self by Kelsey Donk
* Narcissism driven by insecurity, not grandiose sense of self. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/nyu-ndb032521.php
* Kowalchyk, M., Palmieri, H., Conte, E., & Wallisch, P. (2021). Narcissism through the lens of performative self-elevation. Personality and Individual Differences, 177, 110780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110780
* Pietrangelo, A. (2020, December 11). How to Treat Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Healthline; Healthline Media. https://www.healthline.com/health/therapy-for-narcissism
How lobster became a delicacy by Steffie Drucker
* History.com Staff. (2011, June 15). A Taste of Lobster History. HISTORY; HISTORY. https://www.history.com/news/a-taste-of-lobster-history
* Luzer, D. (2013, June 7). How Lobster Got Fa…
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May 6, 2021
From Music to Bacon, Biology is Everywhere (w/ Biologist Melanie Peffer)
Learn about the treadmill’s torture device origins. Then, author Melanie Peffer explains why biology is everywhere.
Treadmills were originally torture devices by Steffie Drucker
* Protin, C., & Stuart, M. (2017, April 13). Treadmills were originally used as torture devices for prisoners. Business Insider; Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/treadmills-torture-device-prisoners-treadwheel-victorian-britian-crime-prison-2017-4
* Treadmills Were Meant to Be Atonement Machines | JSTOR Daily. (2018, May 2). JSTOR Daily. https://daily.jstor.org/treadmills-were-meant-to-be-atonement-machines/
* The National Archives. (2021). A Victorian prison - The National Archives. The National Archives. https://doi.org/https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm
* BBC. (2017, January 9). Free Thinking - The dark history of the treadmill. BBC; BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4w8bVrKRqQDP4fKl0b8XzdW/the-dark-history-of-the-treadmill
* The Torturous History of t…
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May 5, 2021
This Dino Was Fossilized Incubating Its Eggs
Learn about a gender gap in 8-year-olds; how speaking another language can change you; and a monumental dino discovery.
Learn about how kids as young as 8 show a gender gap when it comes to negotiating; how speaking another language can change your personality; and what paleontologists can learn from a momentous new discovery of fossilized dinosaur embryos.
Kids as young as 8 show a gender gap when it comes to negotiating by Kelsey Donk
* Children As Young As Eight Show A Gender Gap In Negotiation. (2021, March 11). Research Digest; Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/03/11/children-as-young-as-8-show-a-gender-gap-in-negotiation/
* Arnold, S. H., & McAuliffe, K. (2021). Children Show a Gender Gap in Negotiation. Psychological Science, 32(2), 153–158. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620965544
How Speaking Another Language Can Change Your Personality by Ashley Hamer
* Prentis, N. (2017, March 8). Speaking a foreign language can change your personality. Quartz; Qua…
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May 4, 2021
How Deadliest Catch Navigates a Deadly Pandemic (w/ Captain Sig Hansen)
Captain Sig Hansen from “Deadliest Catch” discusses the surprising ways the coronavirus pandemic made the world’s most dangerous job even harder. Then, you’ll learn about our moon’s comet-like tail that collides with Earth every month.
Learn more about Deadliest Catch, Tuesdays at 8 PM ET/PT on Discovery
* Official website https://www.discovery.com/shows/deadliest-catch
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* Follow @DeadliestCatch on Twitter https://twitter.com/DeadliestCatch
The moon has a comet-like tail and it collides with the Earth each month by Grant Currin
* The Moon Has a Comet-Like Tail. Every Month It Shoots a Beam Around Earth. (2021). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/science/moon-tail-beam.html
* Baumgardner, J., Luettgen, S., Schmidt, C., Mayyasi, M., Smith, S., Martinis, C., Wroten, J.,…
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May 3, 2021
5 Steps to Hitting Work-Life Balance
Learn about a 5-step process for finding work-life balance; photosynthetic bacteria that have never seen the sun; and why researchers build a digital model of the ancient Greek Antikythera mechanism: the first known analog computer.
A 5-step process for hitting the moving target of work-life balance by Kelsey Donk
* Lufkin, B. (2021). Why it’s wrong to look at work-life balance as an achievement. BBC.com. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210302-why-work-life-balance-is-not-an-achievement
* Work-Life Balance Is a Cycle, Not an Achievement. (2021, January 29). Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2021/01/work-life-balance-is-a-cycle-not-an-achievement
* Lupu, I., Ruiz-Castro, M., & Leca, B. (2020). Role Distancing and the Persistence of Long Work Hours in Professional Service Firms. Organization Studies, 017084062093406. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840620934064
There are photosynthetic bacteria that have never seen the sun by Cameron Duke
* Beatty, J. T., Overmann…
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Apr 30, 2021
How to Change Minds (w/ Bill Nye)
Learn about why quitting smoking is good for your mental health, too; and why it’s possible to practice too much. We’ll also answer a listener question about how to get people to believe science, with some help from a special guest, Bill Nye.
Quitting smoking is good for your mental health, too by Steffie Drucker
* Cochrane Review finds stopping smoking is linked to improved mental health. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/w-crf030921.php
* Taylor, G. M., Lindson, N., Farley, A., Leinberger-Jabari, A., Sawyer, K., te Water Naudé, R., Theodoulou, A., King, N., Burke, C., & Aveyard, P. (2021). Smoking cessation for improving mental health. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd013522.pub2
* University of Birmingham. (2021, March 10). Quitting smoking is linked to improved mental health, research finds. University of Birmingham; University of Birmingham. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2021/03/q…