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4 days ago
Urban Greening, Power Crystals, Darwin’s Paradox
Today, you’ll learn about urban greening, a new sci-fi like crystal that’ll make things move without electricity, and Darwin’s Paradox.
Urban Greening
* “Large positive ecological changes of small urban greening actions.” by Luis Mata, et al. 2023.
* “Small urban greening projects can dramatically increase the number of insect species in cities.” Science Daily. 2023.
* “The collapse of insects.” by Julia Janicki, Gloria Dickie, Simon Scarr, & Jitesh Chowdhury. 2022.
Power Crystals
* “Researchers Develop Arrays of Tiny Crystals That Deliver Efficient Wireless Energy.” CU Boulder. 2023.
* “Researchers develop arrays of tiny crystals that deliver efficient wireless energy.” by Susan Glairon. 2023.
* “How Efficient are Engines: Thermodynamics and Combustion Efficiency.” Rentar Fuel Catalyst. 2018.
Race Car Blinks
* “Vegetarian diet of corals explains age-old mystery dating back to Darwin.” ScienceDaily. 2023.
* “Solving ‘Darwin’s Paradox’: why coral island hotspots exist in an oceanic desert.” The Conversation. 2016.
* “Scientists Solve ‘Darwin’s Paradox’.” National Geographic. 2016.
* “How Do Stony Corals Grow?” NOAA. n.d.
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5 days ago
Carbon & Plants, Healthy Walking, Self Esteem in Kids
Today, you’ll learn about a new twist with carbon and plants, some good news for all you walkers out there, and a new study on kids and self-esteem.
Carbon & Plants
* “For Decades, Our Carbon Emissions Sped the Growth of Plants - Not Anymore.” YaleEnvironment360. 2023.
* “CO2 is making Earth greener - for now.” by Samson Reiny. 2016.
* “Climate Change: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide.” by Rebecca Lindsey. 2023.
* “Global water use efficiency saturation due to increased vapor pressure deficit.” by Fei Li, et al. 2023.
* “As Carbon Dioxide Grows More Abundant, Trees Are Growing Bigger, Study Finds.” E360 Digest. 2022.
Healthy Walking
* “World’s largest study shows the more you walk, the lower your risk of death, even if you walk fewer than 5,000 steps.” European Society of Cardiology. 2023.
* “Top 5 Negative Side Effects of a Sedentary Lifestyle.” USA Vein Clinics. 2022.
* “Sedentary Lifestyle: Overview of Updated Evidence of Potential Health Risks.” by Jung Ha Park, et al. 2020.
* “The more you walk, the lower your risk of early death, even if you walk fewer than 5,000 steps.” ScienceDaily. 2023.
Self Esteem in Kids
* “Self-Esteem.” by Douglas Heingartner. 2023.
* “What I am Like/Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC).” n.a. N.d.
* “Children’s domain-specific self-evaluations and global self-worth: A preregistered cross-cultural meta-analysis.” by Yixin Tang, et al. 2023.
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6 days ago
Pink Floyd Brain Activity, Superhero Science, Bathroom Germs
Today, you’ll learn about a breakthrough in decoding brain activity using Pink Floyd, an anatomy class that would be a hit at Gotham University, and an everyday germ-blowing machine.
Pink Floyd Brain Activity
* “Neuroscientists Re-create Pink Floyd Song from Listeners’ Brain Activity.” by Lucy Tu. 2023.
* “Music can be reconstructed from human auditory cortext activity using nonlinear decoding models.” by Ludovic Bellier, et al. 2023.
Superhero Science
* “Dissecting the anatomy of a ‘superheroic’ science class.” by Emily Caldwell. 2023.
* “Effects of using superheroes in an undergraduate human anatomy curriculum.” by Jeremy J. Grachan. 2023.
* “Anatomists Assemble! Integrating superheroes into the anatomy and physiology classroom.” By Jeremy J. Grachan & Melissa M. Quinn. 2021.
Bathroom Germs
* “Hand dryers can infect clean hands with bathroom germs.” by McKenzie Prillaman. 2023.
* “The bacterial horror of hot-air hand dryers.” by John Ross, MD, FIDSA. 2018.
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Sep 22, 2023
Comatose Consciousness, Glowing Frogs, Race Car Blinks
Today, you’ll learn about hidden consciousness in comatose patients, the eerie secret glowing language of frogs, and the mysterious blinking of race car drivers.
Comatose Consciousness
* “Source of Hidden Consciousness in ‘Comatose’ Brain Injury Patients Found.” Columbia University. 2023.
* “Injury patterns associated with cognitive motor dissociation.” by Eva Franzova, et al. 2023.
Glowing Frogs
* “Many frogs glow in blue light, and it may be a secret, eerie language.” by Jake Buehler. 2023.
* “Evidence for ecological tuning of novel anuran biofluorescent signals.” by Courtney Whitcher, et al. 2023.
* “Naturally occurring fluorescence in frogs.” by Carlos Taboada, et al. 2017.
* “Ultraviolet fluorescence discovered in New World flying squirrels (Glaucomys).” by Allison M Kohler, et al. 2019.
* “Salamanders and other amphibians are aglow with biofluorescence.” by Jennifer Y Lamb & Matthew P Davis. 2020.
Race Car Blinks
* “Race car drivers usually blink at the same places in each lap.” by Darren Incorvaia. 2023.
* “Why You Blink Your Eyes.” by Troy Bedinghaus, OD. 2023.
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Sep 21, 2023
Dirty Fog to Clean Water, Hookworms, Paranoia & Memory
Today, you’ll learn about turning dirty fog into clean drinking water, how hookworms might help stave off diabetes, and a surprising link between memory and paranoia.
Dirty Fog to Clean Water
* “Collecting clean water from fog.” by Fabio Bergamin. 2023.
* “Scientists are harvesting water by building fog harps and zapping the air.” by Angela Chen. 2018.
Hookworms
* “Hookworms successfully prevent type 2 diabetes in human trial.” by Bronwyn Thompson. 2023.
* “Metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetic patients: a review of current evidence.” by Virginia M.G. Regufe, et al. 2020.
* “Parasites - Hookworm.” CDC. 2023.
Paranoia & Memory
* “Paranoia appears to have a strange effect on memory.” by Eric W. Dolan. 2023.
* “Paranoia Is Associated With Impaired Novelty Detection and Overconfidence in Recognition Memory Judgements.” by William N. Koller & Tyrone D. Cannon. 2021.
* “Paranoia.” by Paul Frysh. 2021.
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Sep 20, 2023
Teenage Activism, Sleep Apnea Danger, Aggressive Driving
Today, you’ll learn about a surprising link between youth activism and critical thinking, a new discovery related to sleep apnea, and how aggressive driving adds more CO2 to the atmosphere.
Teenage Activism
* “Teens Engaged in Activism Become Better Critical Thinkers, Study Finds.” University of Michigan. 2023.
* “Charting the longitudinal trajectories and interplay of critical consciousness among youth activists.” by Andres Pinedo. 2023.
Sleep Apnea Danger
* “NIH-funded study explains link to increased cardiovascular risks for people with obstructive sleep apnea.” NIH. 2023.
* “Estimation of the global prevalence and burden of obstructive sleep apnoea: a literature-based analysis.” by Adam V. Benjafield, et al. 2019.
* “The ever-increasing importance of cancer as a leading cause of premature death worldwide.” by Freddie Bray. 2021.
* “Sleep Apnea.” by Eric Suni & Dr. Abhinav Singh. 2023.
Aggressive Driving
* “Future reductions of China’s transport emissions impacted by changing driving behaviour.” by Yingji Xia, et al. 2023.
* “Aggressive driving sends carbon levels soaring.” Nature.com. 2023.
* “Annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions worldwide from 1940 to 2022.” Statista. 2023.
* “How can driving behavior help you reduce fuel costs and greenhouse gas emissions?” Frotcom. 2019.
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Sep 15, 2023
Chronic Pain Treatment, Tree Planting, Nose Pickers
Today, you’ll learn about a possible new treatment for chronic pain, a major obstacle to the world’s tree-planting plans, and some bad news for nose pickers.
Chronic Pain Treatment
* “Identification and targeting of a unique Nav1.7 domain driving chronic pain.” by Kimberly Gomez, et al. 2023.
* https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2217800120
* “Nav1.7 withholds its pain potential.” by Katie Kingwell. 2023.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41573-019-00065-0
* “Chronic Pain Among Adults - United States, 2019 - 2021.” CDC. 2023.
* https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7215a1.htm
* “Prevalence of chronic pain among adults in the United States.” by R Jason Yong & Neil Bhattacharyya. 2022.
* https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33990113/
Tree Planting
* “Plans to plant billions of trees threatened by massive undersupply of seedlings.” by Joshua Brown. 2023.
* “A lack of ecological diversity in forest nurseries limits the achievement of tree-planting objectives in response to global change.” by Peter W. Clark, et al. 2023.
* “Trees Help Fight Climate Change.” Arbor Day Foundation. N.d.
* “Benefits of Planting Trees.” Tree Advisory Board. N.D.
Nose Pickers
* “Why Not to Pick Your Nose // Association between nose picking and SARS-Cov-2 incident, a cohort study in hospital healthcare workers.” by A.H. Ayesha Lavell, et al. 2023.
* “Nose picking linked to higher risk of covid, study shows.” by Lindsey Bever. 2023.
* “The Anatomy and Function of the Nasal Cavity.” by Kristin Hayes, RN. 2023.
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Sep 14, 2023
Early Breakfast, Nanotech & Blindness, Crocodile Crying
Today, you’ll learn about how when we eat might influence our risks for type 2 diabetes, a new use for nanotech in treating age-related blindness, and how crocodiles respond to the cries of human babies.
Early Breakfast
* “An early breakfast may reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.” Barcelona Institute for Global Health. 2023.
* “Early breakfast linked to lower risk of type 2 Diabetes.” by Dr. Prajakta Banik. 2023.
* “Symptoms & Causes of Diabetes.” NIH. 2016
Nanotech & Blindness
* “Nanotech used to grow eye cells as a potential treatment for blindness.” by Paul McClure. 2023.
* “Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment.” by Hrishikesh Vyawahare & Pranaykumar Shinde. 2022.
* “3D Nanotech Enables Eye Cell Growth for Treating Blindness.” by Tim Hayes. 2023.
Crocodile Crying
* “Nile Crocodiles Recognize and React to the Sound of Crying Babies.” by Brian Handwerk. 2023.
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/nile-crocodiles-recognize-and-react-to-the-sound-of-crying-babies-180982686/#:~:text=According%20to%20a%20new%20study,appeal%20to%20their%20maternal%20instinct
* “Hear them roar: A comparison of black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) and human (Homo sapiens) perception of arousal in vocalizations across all classes of terrestrial vertebrates.” BY J. Congdon, et al. 2019. https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037/com0000187
* “Your Dog Can Tell From Your Voice If You’re Happy or Sad.” by Joseph Stromberg. 2014. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/your-dog-can-tell-from-your-voice-if-youre-happy-or-sad-180949807/
* “Crocodile perception of distress in hominid baby cries.” by Julie Thévenet, et al. 2023. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.0201
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Sep 13, 2023
TSS Bacto-Battles, Why We Walk, Saber-Tooth Cat Party
Today, you’ll learn about a new weapon in the war against toxic shock syndrome, how scientists used AI to understand how humans evolved to walk upright, and a new discovery that changes what we know about saber-toothed cats.
TSS Bacto-Battles
* “Inhibition of Toxic Shock Syndrome Associated Staphylococcus aureus by Probiotic Lactobacilli.” by Patrick M. Schlievert. 2023.
* https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01735-23
* “Probiotic combo stops bacteria that cause toxic shock syndrome.” Science Daily. 2023.
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230721113221.htm
* “Toxic shock syndrome.” Mayo Clinic. 2022.
* https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/toxic-shock-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20355384
Why We Walk
* “These bones were made for walking.” Columbia University Irving Medical Center. 2023.
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230721113151.htm
* “Study Sheds Light on Why Humans Walk on Two Legs.” by Claudia Morain. 2007.
* https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/study-sheds-light-why-humans-walk-two-legs
* “Why humans walk on two legs: a close look at chimpanzees puts some old theories to the test.” The Conversation. 2022.
* https://theconversation.com/why-humans-walk-on-two-legs-a-close-look-at-chimpanzees-puts-some-old-theories-to-the-test-194193
Saber-Tooth Cat Party
* “5 million-year-old fossils reveal 2 new species of saber-toothed cats in South Africa.” by Harry Baker. 2023.
* https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/5-million-year-old-fossils-reveal-2-new-species-of-saber-toothed-cats-in-south-africa
* “Human ancestors were walking upright 7 million years ago, ancient limb bone suggests.” by Ann Gibbons. 2022.
* https://www.science.org/content/article/human-ancestors-were-walking-upright-7-million-years-ago-ancient-limb-bone-suggests
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Sep 8, 2023
Korean Rockfish Power, Machu Picchu DNA, Breastfed Benefits
Today, you’ll learn about a toxic fish that could help save lives, new secrets about the people who once lived in Machu Picchu, and a study that looked at the benefits of breastfeeding.
Korean Rockfish Power
* “This fish delivers a nasty sting. Could it also save lives?” by Phie Jacobs. 2023.
* https://www.science.org/content/article/fish-delivers-nasty-sting-could-it-also-save-lives
* “Rockfish.” Monterey Bay Aquarium. N.d.
* https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/rockfish
* “What Is Cystic Fibrosis?” NIH. 2022.
* https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/cystic-fibrosis
Machu Picchu DNA
* “Machu Picchu’s servants hailed from distant lands conquered by the Incas, genetic study finds.” by Kristina Killgrove. 2023.
* https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/machu-picchus-servants-hailed-from-distant-lands-conquered-by-the-incas-genetic-study-finds
* “The discovery of Machu Picchu.” by Richard Cavendish. 2011.
* https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/discovery-machu-picchu
* “Machu Picchu History and Discovery.” Discover Peru. n.d.
* http://www.discover-peru.org/machu-picchu-history/
Breastfed Benefits
* “Breastfeeding is associated with a 33% reduction in first-year post-perinatal infant mortality.” EurekAlert! 2023.
* https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/996448
* “How Reliable Are the Birth Certificate Variables for Mothers with Medicaid Coverage?” by Embry M. Howell, et al. 2021.
* https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/104257/how-reliable-are-birth-certificate-variables-for-mothers-with-medicaid_1.pdf
* “What do we know about infant mortality in the U.S. and comparable countries?” by Rabah Kamal, et al. 2019.
* https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/infant-mortality-u-s-compare-countries/#Infant%20death%20rate%20per%201,000%20live%20births,%202007-2017
* “Infant Mortality.” CDC. 2022.
https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/infantmortality.htm
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Sep 7, 2023
Ovarian Failure Cure, Honeypot Ants, AI Insomnia
Today, you’ll learn about how researchers are using stem cells to cure infertility in mice, the health benefits of honey made by ants, and the potential emotional toll of using AI at work.
Ovarian Failure Cure
* “Stem Cell Therapy Restores Fertility in Mouse Model.” by Katie Brighton. 2023.
* https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/stem-cell-therapy-restores-fertility-in-mouse-model-376618
* “Fertility restoration in mice with chemotherapy induced ovarian failure using differentiated iPSCs.” by Kevin M. Elias, et al. 2023.
* https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(23)00280-3/fulltext
* “Pathogenesis and Causes of Premature ovarian Failure: An Update.” by Mahbod Ebrahimi, M.D. & Firoozeh Akbari Asbagh, M.D. 2011.
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4059950/
* “Mechanisms of epigenetic memory.” by Agustina D’Urso & Jason H. Brickner. 2014.
* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168952514000584
Honeypot Ants
* “Western science catches up with First Nations’ medicinal use of ant honey.” The University of Sydney. 2023.
* https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/western-science-catches-up-with-first-nations-medicinal-use-of-ant-honey
* “Honeypot Ant Facts.” Fact Animal. N.d.
* https://factanimal.com/honeypot-ant/
* “Honeypot Ant: Good At Sharing.” San Diego Zoo Wildlife Explorers. 2023.
* https://sdzwildlifeexplorers.org/animals/honeypot-ant
AI Insomnia
* “Loneliness, insomnia linked to work with AI systems.” American Psychological Association. 2023.
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230612114659.htm
* “Loneliness, insomnia linked to work with AI systems.” American Psychological Association. 2023.
* https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2023/06/loneliness-insomnia-ai-systems
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Sep 6, 2023
Genetic Eye Drops, Kimberlite Explosion, Creative Bots
Today, you’ll learn about gene therapy eye drops, a diamond’s journey to the surface, and the growing creativity of AI.
Genetic Eye Drops
* “Gene-therapy drops restore teen’s vision after genetic disease left his eyes clouded with scars.” by Nicoletta Lanese. 2023.
* https://www.livescience.com/health/genetics/gene-therapy-drops-restore-teens-vision-after-genetic-disease-left-his-eyes-clouded-with-scars
* “Gene therapy eyedrops restored a boy’s sight. Similar treatments could help millions.” by Laura Ungar and Freida Frisary. 2023.
* https://apnews.com/article/gene-therapy-blindness-rare-diseases-58f81838894dfb8568affde0b7e4d2f1
* “Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa.” by Ellen G Pfendner, PhD & Anne W Lucky, MD. 2018.
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1304/
Kimberlite Explosion
* “When Ancient Eruptions Pumped Diamonds to Earth’s Surface.” by Maya Wei-Haas. 2023.
* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/26/science/kimberlite-diamonds-volcano-eruptions.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesscience
* “Rift-induced disruptions of cratonic keels drives kimberlite volcanism.” by Thomas M. Gernon, et al. 2023.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06193-3
* “What are Kimberlites?” Kansas Geological Survey. 2000.
* https://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/pic16/pic16_2.html
Creative Bots
* “AI tests into top 1% for original creative thinking.” The University of Montana. 2023.
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230705154051.htm
* “The Turing Test and AI Large Language Models (LLMs).” by “Mike.” 2023.
* https://microrealestate.leptonic.io/the-turing-test-and-ai-large-language-models-llms/
* “8 Potentially Surprising Things To Know About Large Language Models LLMs.” by Dhanshree Shripad Shenwai. 2023.
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Sep 1, 2023
Healing Electronics, Grocery Cart Sensors, Large Telescopes
Today, you’ll learn about self-healing robots, Afib detection in the produce aisle, and hurricanes on worlds orbiting distant stars.
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Healing Electronics
* “Shape-Shifting, Self-Healing Machines Are Among Us.” by Simon Makin. 2023.
* https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/shape-shifting-self-healing-machines-are-among-us/
* “Bizarre Material Combines the Best Traits of Gel and Metal.” by Sophie Bushwick. 2023.
* https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bizarre-material-combines-the-best-traits-of-gel-and-metal1/
Grocery Cart Sensors
* “Grocery store carts set to help diagnose common heart rhythm disorder and prevent stroke.” n.a. 2023.
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230623105504.htm
* “Atrial Fibrillation (Afib).” Cleveland Clinic. 2022.
* https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16765-atrial-fibrillation-afib
* “What is an electrocardiogram (ECG)?” NIH. 2022.
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK536878/
Long Telescopes
* “Using Cosmic Weather To Study Which Worlds Could Support Life.” by Tatyana Woodall. 2023.
* https://news.osu.edu/using-cosmic-weather-to-study-which-worlds-could-support-life/
* “Mapping the Skies of Ultracool Worlds: Detecting Storms and Spots with Extremely Large Telescopes.” by Michael K. Plummer & Ji Wang. 2023.
* https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/accd5d
* “Meet the Giant Magellan Telescope.” Giant Magellan Telescope. N.d.
* https://giantmagellan.org/
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Aug 31, 2023
Pain of Uncertainty, Nearsightedness, Doctors Join Forces
Today, you’ll learn about the pain people will endure to avoid uncertainty, a possible link between nearsightedness and education, and a social media app that is helping improve the accuracy of doctors’ diagnosis decisions.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/pain-of-uncertainty-nearsightedness-doctors-join-forces
Pain of Uncertainty
* “Humans will trade pain for useless information.” by Phie Jacobs. 2023.
* https://www.science.org/content/article/humans-will-trade-pain-useless-informatin
* “Monkeys are curious about counterfactual outcomes.” by Maya Zhe Wang and Benjamin Hayden. 2019.
* https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332082380_Monkeys_are_curious_about_counterfactual_outcomes
Nearsightedness
* “The Causal Effect of Education on Myopia: Evidence That More Exposure to Schooling, Rather Than Increased Age, Causes the Onset of Myopia.” by Xiaohu Ding, et al. 2023.
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.g…
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Aug 30, 2023
Locked-in Syndrome, Anxiety & Nostalgia, Continental Shift
Today, you’ll learn about Locked-in Syndrome, the connection between social anxiety and nostalgia, and how continental shift is knocking GPS out of whack.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/locked-in-syndrome-anxiety-nostalgia-continental-shift
Locked-in Syndrome
* “Demographic, Medical, and Clinical Characteristics of a Population Based Sample of Patients With Long-lastic Locked-in Syndrome.” by Helle Walseth Nilsen, et al. 2023.
* https://n.neurology.org/content/early/2023/07/13/WNL.0000000000207577
* “Locked-In Syndrome.” by Joe M Das, et al. 2022.
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK559026/
* “Voicing Inner Thoughts Matters Kate Allatt TEDxSheffieldHallamUniversity.” YouTube. 2015.
* https://youtu.be/SptlyNYjtIU
Anxiety & Nostalgia
* “Nostalgia Counteracts Social Anxiety and Enhances Interpersonal Competence.” by Yuwan Dai, et al. 2023
* https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1…
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Aug 25, 2023
Healing Metals, Sensitive Teeth, Sports Supplements
Today, you’ll learn about how metal was discovered to be able to heal itself, a potential cure for sensitive teeth, and the truth about sports supplements.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/healing-metals-sensitive-teeth-sports-supplements
Healing Metals
* “Metals Have the Intrinsic Ability to Heal Themselves, New Research Finds.” by Alexander Beadle. 2023.
* https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/metals-have-the-intrinsic-ability-to-heal-themselves-new-research-finds-376457
* “Autonomous healing of fatigue cracks via cold welding.” by Christopher M. Barr, et al. 2023.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06223-0
Sensitive Teeth
* “Mineral-Building Lozenge Offers Long-Term Fix for Tooth Sensitivity.” by Paul McClure. 2023.
* https://newatlas.com/science/dental-lozenge-rebuilds-lost-tooth-minerals/
* “Biomimetic Dentin Repair: Amelogenin-Derived Peptide Guides Occlusion…
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Aug 24, 2023
Time Perception, Heart in a Box, Flying Ticks
Today, you’ll learn about a new study on our perception of time, a breakthrough in the tech behind heart transplants, and about the crazy way ticks fly.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/time-perception-heart-in-a-box-flying-ticks
Time Perception
* “The Timekeeper Within: New Discovery on How the Brain Judges Time.” by Hedi Young. 2023.
* https://www.fchampalimaud.org/news/timekeeper-within-new-discovery-how-brain-judges-time
* “Using temperature to analyze the neural basis of a time-based decision.” by Tiago Monteiro, et al. 2023.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-023-01378-5
Heart in a Box
* “Multicenter Trial Finds Using Circulatory Death Donors is Safe and Effective for Heart Transplantation.” n.a. 2023.
* https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2023/06/14/multicenter-trial-finds-using-circulatory-death-donors-is-safe-and-effective-for-heart-transplantation/
* “Transplantation Outcomes…
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Aug 23, 2023
Partner Look-alikes, CRISPR Wood, Aggressive Self-Control
Today, you’ll learn about a new study that gives us a hint at who we might be attracted to, scientists growing new trees from the genes up, and how aggressive people might actually have more self-control than you’d think.
Find episode transcripts here:https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/partner-look-alikes-crispr-wood-aggressive-self-control
Partner Look-alikes
* “UQ Research Could Explain Why Some People Look Similar to Their Partner.” N.A. 2023.
* https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2023/07/uq-research-could-explain-why-some-people-look-similar-their-partner
* “Speed Dating is Making a Comeback.” by Carly Mallenbaum. 2023.
* https://www.axios.com/2023/06/25/speed-dating-app-fatigue-social
CRISPR Wood
* “Genetically Edited Wood Could Make Paper More Sustainable.” by Robert F. Service. 2023.
* https://www.science.org/content/article/genetically-edited-wood-could-make-paper-more-sustainable
* “History of Papermaking Around the…
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Aug 18, 2023
Mars Organics, Cognitive Flexibility, Copper Age Leadership
Today, you’ll learn about some tantalizing molecules found on Mars, a new study that shows how cognitive flexibility can help teachers keep their cool, and how a new scientific method revealed an unexpected truth about women in the Copper Age.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/mars-organics-cognitive-flexibility-copper-age-leadership
Mars Organics
* “Diverse Organic-Mineral Associations in Jezero Crater, Mars.” by Sunanda Sharma, et al. 2023.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06143-z
* “NASA’S Perseverance Rover Finds Preserved Organic Molecules on Mars.” by Isaac Schultz. 2023.
* https://gizmodo.com/nasa-perseverance-rover-preserved-organic-matter-mars-1850630956
* “Fly over Perseverance rover’s Mars stomping grounds in new video.” by Robert Lea. 2023.
* https://www.space.com/jezero-crater-perseverance-rover-mars-express-video
* “Distinguish between organic and inorganic molecules?…
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Aug 17, 2023
Pine Tree Painkiller, Cell Spitting Creature, Manifestation
Today, you’ll learn about painkillers made from pine trees, a creature that spits out its old cells, and how the power of positive thinking might not be all that powerful.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/pine-tree-painkiller-cell-spitting-creature-manifestation
Pine Tree Painkiller
* “Scientists Make Common Pain Killers From Pine Trees Instead of Crude Oil.” n.a. 2023.
* https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/scientists-make-common-pain-killers-from-pine-trees-instead-of-crude-oil/
* “Turpentine.” n.a. 2013.
* https://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/files/turpentfaq.pdf
* “Why Does a Pine Tree Produce Turpentine?” by Whit Gibbons. 2009.
* http://archive-srel.uga.edu/outreach/ecoviews/ecoview090222.htm
Cell Spitting Creature
* “Scientists Discover Clues to Aging and Healing from a Squishy Sea Creature.” by Ann Rogers, M.A. 2023.
* https://www.genome.gov/news/news-release/scientists-discover-clues…
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Aug 16, 2023
Smart Drugs, Frozen Organ Transplant, Curly Hair Cool
Today, you’ll learn about a new study that shows drugs like Ritalin aren’t so smart after all, how frozen rat kidneys could lead to a medical revolution, and a new study that shows how people with curly hair are extra cool.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/smart-drugs-frozen-organ-transplant-curly-hair-cool
Smart Drugs
* “'Smart Drugs' Make You Worse at Solving Complex Problems, New Study Finds.” by Elizabeth Bowman, et al. 2023.
* https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add4165
* “People who use ‘smart drugs’ worse at complex tasks, study finds.” by Melissa Davey. 2023.
* https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/15/people-who-use-smart-drugs-worse-at-complex-tasks-study-finds
Frozen Organ Transplant
* “Scientists Successfully Unfroze Rat Organs and Transplanted Them - a 'Historic' Step that Could Someday Transform Transplant Medicine.” by Marion Renault. 2023.
* https://www.sta…
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Aug 11, 2023
High Voice Gene, Egyptian Art X-Ray, Finding Fresh Water
Today, you’ll learn about a newly discovered genetic link between high voices and high blood pressure, a mysterious new discovery behind some ancient Egyptian art, and about freshwater lying underneath the ocean floor.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/high-voice-gene-egyptian-art-x-ray-finding-fresh-water
High Voice Gene
* “Have a High-Pitched Voice? It Might Be In Your Genes.”
* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01901-5
* “Do you have high-pitched voice? Note, it's in your genes.” by IANS. 2023.
* https://www.onmanorama.com/lifestyle/health/2023/06/13/you-have-high-pitched-voice-it-is-in-genes.amp.html
Egyptian Art X-Ray
* “Paint Like an Egyptian: X-Rays Reveal Creative Process Behind Ancient Tomb Art.” by Tanvi Dutta Gupta. 2023.
* https://www.science.org/content/article/paint-egyptian-xray-egyptian-tomb-art
* “Hidden mysteries in ancient Egyptian paintings from the Theban Necropolis…
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Aug 10, 2023
Octopus Death Frenzy, Wildlife Tracking, Fungi to the Rescue
Today, you’ll learn about a new discovery that explains what causes octopuses to go into a death frenzy when they have kids, how air pollution sensors could help track invasive species, and how fungi could save entire ecosystems.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/octopus-death-frenzy-wildlife-tracking-fungi-to-the-rescue
Octopus Torture
* “Octopuses Torture and Eat Themselves After Mating, Science Finally Knows Why.” by Stephanie Pappas. 2022.
* https://www.livescience.com/why-octopus-moms-self-destruct
* “Octopus Moms Enter Death Spiral Before Eight-Armed Bundles Are Born.” by Jeanna Bryner. 2018.
* https://www.livescience.com/63911-octopus-moms-death-spiral.html
Wildlife Tracking
* “Accidental DNA collection by air sensors could revolutionize wildlife tracking.” by Natasha Gilbert. 2023.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01850-z
* “Air Pollution Monitors Have Been Accidentally Harve…
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Aug 9, 2023
Space Swells Brain Cavity, Cave Fossils, Keeping Cool
Today, you’ll learn about a potential obstacle to human flight to Mars, a discovery in a Laotian cave that is sending archaeologists back to the drawing board, and how new technology could keep us cool in a warming world without adding to the problem of climate change.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/space-swells-brain-cavity-cave-fossils-keeping-cool
Space Swells Brain Cavity
* “Brain Cavities That Swell in Space May Need At Least 3 Years to Recover.” by McKenzie Prillman. 2023.
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/astronaut-brain-swell-space-recover
Cave Fossils
* “Laos Cave Fossils Prompt Rethink of Human Migration Map.” by Jude Coleman. 2023.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01903-3
* “Fossil bones found in Laotian cave are oldest evidence for modern humans in mainland South-East Asia, say scientists.” by Anna Salleh. 2023.
* https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-06-14/oldest-e…
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Aug 4, 2023
Vaccine Menstrual Length, Lonely in a Crowd, Aussie ‘Roos
Today, you’ll learn about a study linking the Covid vaccine to slightly longer menstrual cycles. How being social could actually hurt people who are lonely, and why you won’t find any kangaroos outside of Australia.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/vaccine-menstrual-length-lonely-in-a-crowd-aussie-roos
Vaccine Menstrual Length
* “Study Confirms Link Between COVID-19 Vaccination and Temporary Increase in Menstrual Cycle Length.” n.a. 2022.
* https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/study-confirms-link-between-covid-19-vaccination-temporary-increase-menstrual-cycle-length
Lonely in a Crowd
* “How To Deal With Loneliness: New Study Suggests That Social Contact May Not Be the Answer.” by Douglas Heingartner. 2023.
* https://www.psychnewsdaily.com/how-to-deal-with-loneliness-social-contact/
Aussie ‘Roos
* “Here's Why You Won't Find Kangaroos Outside of Australia.” by n.a. 2023.
* https://www.…
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Aug 3, 2023
Amino Acid Fountain of Youth, Plan Ahead, Keto for Cancer
Today, you’ll learn about a discovery that a common amino acid could slow the aging process, a new study that suggests we could get better at planning if we practiced, and research suggesting a ketogenic diet may help those with advanced cancer live longer.
Find episode transcripts here:https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/amino-acid-fountain-of-youth-plan-ahead-keto-for-cancer
Amino Acid Fountain of Youth
* “Scientists Discover That a Certain Nutrient Promotes Anti-Aging.” by Fundacao De Amparo. 2022.
* https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-that-a-certain-nutrient-promotes-anti-aging/
Plan Ahead
* “Can We Learn to Think Further Ahead?” NYU. 2023.
* https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2023/may/can-we-learn-to-think-further-ahead-.html
Keto for Cancer
* “Cancer Patients Who Adhered to a Ketogenic Diet for More Than 12 Months had Significantly Better Survival Rates.” by Ryuichiro Egashira. 2023.
* https://www.mdp…
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Aug 2, 2023
Cartilage Regeneration, Chatbot Virus, Hit Song Prediction
Today, you’ll learn how a stiff gel could one day repair your knee, the dangers of AI when it comes to creating the world’s next pandemic, and a brain-scanning AI song hit machine.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/cartilage-regeneration-chatbot-virus-hit-song-prediction
Cartilage Regeneration
* “Biodegradable Gel Shows Promise for Cartilage Regeneration.” n.a. 2023.
* https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/biodegradable-gel-shows-promise-for-cartilage-regeneration-375145
Chatbot Virus
* “Could Chatbots Help Devise the Next Pandemic Virus?” by Robert F. Service. 2023.
* https://www.science.org/content/article/could-chatbots-help-devise-next-pandemic-virus
Hit Song Prediction
* “Brain Data Analysis Predicts Chart Hit Songs with Near-Perfect Accuracy.” by Ruairi J. Mackenzie. 2023.
* https://www.technologynetworks.com/informatics/news/brain-data-analysis-predicts-chart-hit-songs-with-near-perf…
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Jul 28, 2023
Sharkphones, Cave Engravings, Diaper Houses
Today, you’ll learn about a new program that sort of gives sharks smartphones, the oldest known neanderthal engravings, and houses made of diapers.
Shark Week continues all week long on Discovery. For the latest, head to SharkWeek.com.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/sharkphones-cave-engravings-diaper-houses
Shark Sensors
* “‘Smartphones’ for Sharks: Scientists Upgrade Sensors to Keep Track of Cape Cod’s White Sharks.” by Mark Pratt. 2023.
* https://phys.org/news/2023-06-smartphones-sharks-scientists-sensors-track.html
Cave Engravings
* “Oldest Known Neanderthal Engravings Were Sealed in a Cave for 57,000 Years.” by Brian Handwerk. 2023.
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-discovered-in-french-cave-180982408/
* “Who were the Neanderthals?” by Lisa Hendry. N.d.
* https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/who-were-the-neanderthals.html
Diaper Houses
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Jul 27, 2023
Shark Deterrents, Earth Axis Tilt, Hair Loss Reversal
Today, you’ll learn about the good, the bad, and the ugly of shark repellents, how human’s thirst for groundwater is literally changing the tilt of the Earth, and how hairy moles might offer a clue to fighting hair loss.
Shark Week continues all week long on Discovery. For the latest, head to SharkWeek.com.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/shark-deterrents-earth-axis-tilt-hair-loss-reversal
Shark Deterrents
* “Shark Deterrents are Flooding the Market.” by Nick Kilvert. 2023.
* https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-06-24/when-it-comes-to-shark-deterrents-here-s-what-the-science-says/102399294
* “Yearly Worldwide Shark Attack Summary.” Florida Museum. 2023.
* https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/yearly-worldwide-summary/
Earth Axis Tilt
* “Rampant Groundwater Pumping Has Changed the Tilt of Earth's Axis.” by Davide Castalecchi. 2023.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01993…
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Jul 26, 2023
Shark-Eating Eels, Lonely Parrots, Whales Repair DNA
Today, you’ll learn about eels that burrow into the hearts of sharks and feast on their blood, parrots that love to gab on video calls, and the secret of the bowhead whale’s cancer fighting superpower.
Shark Week continues all week long on Discovery. For the latest, head to SharkWeek.com.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/shark-eating-eels-lonely-parrots-whales-repair-dna
Shark-Eating Eels
* “Eels Have Been Found Living and Feeding On Blood Inside the Heart of Sharks.” by Rachael Funnell. 2021.
* https://www.iflscience.com/eels-have-been-found-living-and-feeding-on-blood-inside-the-heart-of-sharks-58317
Lonely Parrots
* “Parrots Taught to Video Call Each Other Become Less Lonely, Finds Research.” by Hannah Devlin. 2023.
* https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/21/parrots-taught-to-video-call-each-other-become-less-lonely-finds-research
* “Birds of a Feather Video-Flock Together: Design and E…
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Jul 21, 2023
Catatonic Wake Up, Forever Chemicals, Crops With No Sun
Today, you’ll learn how a catatonic woman’s reawakening could shake up the entire field of psychiatry, plans to stop using forever chemicals, and how scientists plan on growing crops without sunshine.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/catatonic-wake-up-forever-chemicals-crops-with-no-sun
Catatonic Wake Up
* “A Catatonic Woman Awakened After 20 Years. Her Story May Change Psychiatry.” by Richard Sima. 2023.
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/06/01/schizophrenia-autoimmune-lupus-psychiatry/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjQyNTY5MzQiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjg1NTkyMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjg2ODg3OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2ODU1OTIwMDAsImp0aSI6ImYyMWIyZDEwLTk1ZjEtNDg0OC04MGExLWI3ZTRmNzhiMGYzNiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS93ZWxsbmVzcy8yMDIzLzA2LzAxL3NjaGl6b3BocmVuaWEtYXV0b2ltbXVuZS1sdXB1cy1wc3ljaGlhdHJ5LyJ9.83LQPVKW0IfmqRqj5vgUhWwdqhDw8tuEXq…
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Jul 20, 2023
Post-Paralysis Walking, Important Naps, History of Kissing
Today, you’ll learn about a high tech brain-spine interference that could revolutionize spinal injury treatments, why you might want to let your child nap as long as they want, and the ancient secrets of the smooch.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/post-paralysis-walking-important-naps-history-of-kissing
Post-Paralysis Walking
* “Walking Naturally After Spinal Cord Injury/Paralysis Using a Brain-Spine Interface.” by Henri Lorach, et al. 2023.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06094-5
* “This Brain-Spine Interface Sidesteps Spinal Cord Injuries.” by Michael Nolan. 2023.
* https://spectrum.ieee.org/brain-spine-interface
Important Naps
* “Study Highlights the Importance of Napping For Memory Consolidation in Early Childhood.” by Eric W. Dolan. 2023.
* https://www.psypost.org/2023/05/study-highlights-the-importance-of-napping-for-memory-consolidation-in-early-childhood-163785
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Jul 19, 2023
Space Hibernation, New York is Sinking, Baby Talk
Today, you’ll learn about a way we might, one day, be able to sleep our way to the stars, why some of the world’s cities are sinking, and how babies’ brain structures could be influenced by how much we speak to them.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/space-hibernation-new-york-is-sinking-baby-talk
Space Hibernation
* “Hibernation-Like State Induced by Ultrasound Could Enable Long-Distance Spaceflights.” by Ruairi J. Mackenzie. 2023.
* https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/hibernation-like-state-induced-by-ultrasound-could-enable-long-distance-spaceflights-373862
* “Alpha Centauri: Facts about the stars next door.” by Robert Lea. 2023.
* https://www.space.com/18090-alpha-centauri-nearest-star-system.html
New York is Sinking
* “New York City Is Sinking. It's Far From Alone.” by Matt Simon. 2023.
* https://www.wired.com/story/new-york-city-is-sinking-its-far-from-alone/
* “New Yo…
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Jul 14, 2023
Stem Cell Meat, Antarctica Cavern and Ants Playing Dead
Today you’ll learn about lab-grown meat, a world hundreds of feet below a West Antarctic glacier, and a new discovery about the mysterious behavior of ants.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/stem-cell-meat-antarctica-cavern-and-ants-playing-dead
Stem Cell Meat
* “Cultured Meat Produced Using Immortal Stem Cells.” by Molly Campbell. 2023.
* https://www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/news/cultured-meat-produced-using-immortal-stem-cells-373195
* “Meat accounts for nearly 60% of all greenhouse gases from food production, study finds.” by Oliver Milman. 2021.
* https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/13/meat-greenhouses-gases-food-production-study
* “Lab-Grown Meat’s Carbon Footprint Potentially Worse Than Retail Beef.” by Amy Quinton. 2023.
* https://www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/lab-grown-meat-carbon-footprint-worse-beef#:~:text=Under%20that%20scenario%2C%20researchers%20found,conventional%20bee…
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Jul 13, 2023
Brain Activity Decoder, No Pain Molecules and Psych Tech
Today you’ll learn how AI might be able to read your mind, what we can learn from a woman who doesn’t feel any physical pain, and a new app that aims to change our approach to mental health treatment.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/brain-activity-decoder-no-pain-molecules-and-psych-tech
Brain Activity Decoder
* “Brain Activity Decoder Can Reveal Stories in People’s Minds.” n.a. 2023.
* https://news.utexas.edu/2023/05/01/brain-activity-decoder-can-reveal-stories-in-peoples-minds/
* “A.I. Is Getting Better at Mind-Reading.” by Oliver Whang. 2023.
* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/science/ai-speech-language.html
No Pain Molecules
* “Study Reveals Unique Molecular Machinery of Woman Who Can't Feel Pain.” n.a. 2023.
* https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/may/study-reveals-unique-molecular-machinery-woman-who-cant-feel-pain
* “Molecular basis of FAAH-OUT-associated human pain insensitivity.” by…
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Jul 12, 2023
Hallucinations, Music, And Invasions
Today you’ll learn about the science behind near-death-experiences, why some music is made for summer, and how the lionfish is invading southern Brazil.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/hallucinations-music-and-invasions
Death Hallucinations
* “Scientists Detect Brain Activity in Dying People Linked to Dreams, Hallucinations.” by Becky Ferreira. 2023.
* https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3p3w/scientists-detect-brain-activity-in-dying-people-linked-to-dreams-hallucinations
* “Surge of neurophysiological coupling and connectivity of gamma oscillations in the dying human brain.” by Gang Xu, et al. 2023.
* https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2216268120
* “Taking Psychedelics Helps People Face Mortality Like a Near-Death Experience, Study Finds.” by Beccy Ferreira. 2022.
* https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxnxxw/taking-psychedelics-helps-people-face-mortality-like-a-near-death-experience-study-finds…
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Jul 7, 2023
Medicine Patch, Fast Learner Myth, Mediterranean Mega Flood
Today you’ll learn about a new patch that uses ultrasonic waves to deliver medicine through the skin, research that debunks the myth of the ‘fast learner’, and evidence that a megaflood ended an environmental crisis in the Mediterranean more than five million years ago.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/medicine-patch-fast-learner-myth-mediterranean-mega-flood
Medicine Patch
* “Wearable Patch Can Painlessly Deliver Drugs Through the Skin.” by Anne Trafton. 2023.
* https://news.mit.edu/2023/wearable-patch-can-painlessly-deliver-drugs-through-skin-0419
* “A Conformable Ultrasound Patch for Cavitation-Enhanced Transdermal Cosmeceutical Delivery.” by Chia-Chen Yu, et al. 2023.
* https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202300066
* “Applications of Synthetically Produced Materials in Clinical Medicine.” by Maleka P. Hashmi, et al. 2018.
* https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/transderm…
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Jul 6, 2023
Spider Silk, Family Meals, Pregnancy Ultrasounds
Today you’ll learn about how spider and silkworm silk is being used to repair injured nerves, about a simple trick backed by science to get your kids to eat their vegetables, and about a new study on third trimester ultrasounds and healthier babies.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/spider-silk-family-meals-pregnancy-ultrasounds
Spider Silk
* “Silk from spiders and silkworms found to be a promising material to repair injured nerves.” n.a. 2023.
* https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-04-03-silk-spiders-and-silkworms-found-be-promising-material-repair-injured-nerves-0
* “Peripheral nerve injuries.” Mayo Clinic. 2022.
* https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/peripheral-nerve-injuries/symptoms-causes/syc-20355631
Family Meals
* “Effect of Longer Family Meals on Children’s Fruit and Vegetable Intake.” by Mattea Dallacker, PhD, et al. 2023.
* https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticl…
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Jul 5, 2023
Lightning Material, Typing Stress, Domesticated Elephants
Today you’ll learn about how a bolt of lightning created a brand new, never before seen material, how researchers can tell how stressed you are by listening to you type on your keyboard, and a new study that suggests elephants are more like humans than we ever thought.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/lightning-material-typing-stress-domesticated-elephants
Lightning Material
* “USF geoscientist discovers new phosphorus material after New Port Richey lightning strike.” by Cassidy Delamarter. 2023.
* https://www.usf.edu/news/2023/usf-geoscientist-discovers-new-phosphorus-material-after-new-port-richey-lightning-strike.aspx
* “Routes to reduction of phosphate by high-energy events.” by Luca Bindi, et al. 2023.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00736-2
* “Lightning.” National Geographic. N.d.
* https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/lightning?loggedin=true&rnd=1681824031573
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Jun 30, 2023
Brain Language, Ancient Hallucinogens, Unreliable Memory
Today you’ll learn how the language we speak leaves a unique pattern in our brain’s wiring, about proof that people 3,000 years ago on an island in the Mediterranean were using hallucinogens, and how bad our memories actually are, and why.
Find episode transcripts here:https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/brain-language-ancient-hallucinogens-unreliable-memory
Brain Language
* “Your brain wires itself to match your native language.” by Elise Cutts. 2023.
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/brain-wires-native-language-neurons
* “Native language differences in the structural connectome of the human brain.” By Xuehu Wei, et al. 2023.
* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811923001015
* “Your brain wires itself to match your native language.” by Elise Cutts. 2023.
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/brain-wires-native-language-neurons
* “Native language differences in the structural connectome of the human brai…
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Jun 29, 2023
Lying Signals, Hibernation Blood Clots, Moon Creation
Today you’ll learn how to detect lies, how bears can help scientists prevent blood clots, and how the moon might have been created in just a few hours.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/lying-signals-hibernation-blood-clots-moon-creation
Lying Signals
* “LieLab: the devil is in the details.” University of Amsterdam. 2023.
* https://www.uva.nl/en/content/news/press-releases/2023/03/lielab-the-devil-is-in-the-details.html?cb&cb&cb&cb&cb
* “Top 10 Signs That Someone Is Lying.” by Rachel Drummond. N.d.
* https://www.forensicscolleges.com/blog/resources/10-signs-someone-is-lying
* “The Use The Best Heuristic facilitates deception detection.jpg.” Graphic. 2023.
* https://figshare.com/articles/poster/The_Use_The_Best_Heuristic_facilitates_deception_detection_jpg/22128818
Hibernation Blood Clots
* “Hibernating bears don’t get blood clots. Now scientists know why.” by Ole Frobert. 2023.
* https://…
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Jun 28, 2023
Shark Repellant, Brain Internal Compass, Sleeping Seals
Today you’ll learn about a gizmo that can repel sharks and potentially bring them back from the brink of extinction, how our brains’ internal compasses work, and how scientists learn about the sleeping habits of seals.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/shark-repellant-brain-internal-compass-sleeping-seals
Shark Repellant
* “These devices use an electric field to scare sharks from fishing hooks.” by Darren Incorvaia. 2022.
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/device-electric-field-scare-sharks-fishing-hooks
Brain Internal Compass
* “How the brain's 'internal compass' works” by McGill
* https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/how-brains-internal-compass-works-347094
* “Population dynamics of head-direction neurons during drift and reorientation” by Zaki Ajabi et al.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05813-2
Sleeping Seals
* “Seals snooze during 20-minute ‘sleeping dives’ t…
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Jun 23, 2023
Robotic Beehive, Oral Transmission, Cranberry Juice & UTIs
Today you’ll learn about a robot that can resurrect bees from near death, how oral transmission shapes the way music evolves, and the huge power of the tiny cranberry to stave off urinary tract infections.
Robotic Beehive
* “Robotic Beehive Resuscitates Honeybee Colony from Fatal Winter Cold.” by Abigail Eisenstadt. 2023.
* https://www.aaas.org/news/robotic-beehive-resuscitates-honeybee-colony-fatal-winter-cold
* “Are honeybees dying off? It depends on whom you ask.” by Stephanie Sigafoos & Molly Bilinski. 2021.
* https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-science-bees-4539519fb935484e017861a0c0cec79a
Oral Transmission
* “New Research Shows How Cultural Transmission Shapes the Evolution of Music.” n.a. 2023.
* https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-03-22-new-research-shows-how-cultural-transmission-shapes-evolution-music
* “Large-scale iterated singing experiments reveal oral transmission mechanisms underlying music evolution.” by Manuel Anglada-Tort,…
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Jun 22, 2023
Noise Pollution, Quantum Light, Pets & Food Allergies
Today you’ll learn about how scientists finally learned how to manipulate quantum light, the effects of noise on your health, and how kids today are developing fewer food allergies.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/noise-pollution-quantum-light-pets-food-allergies
Noise Pollution
* “Lizards at US Army installation are stress eating during flyovers” by Mischa Dijkstra
* https://blog.frontiersin.org/2023/03/29/frontiers-amphibian-reptile-science-colorado-checkered-whiptails-noise-pollution/
* “Behavior, stress and metabolism of a parthenogenic lizard in response to flyover noise” by Megen E. Kepas et al.
* https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/famrs.2023.1129253/full
* “The Effects of Noise on Health” by Stephanie Dutchen
* https://hms.harvard.edu/magazine/viral-world/effects-noise-health
* “SOUND LIMITERS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” by Graeme Nash
* https://www.daftonline.co.uk/sound-limit…
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Jun 21, 2023
Viagra, Inclusive AI, Mind-Body Connection in Dogs
Today you’ll learn about why younger men have started taking Viagra, how Meta is trying to get rid of bias in AI, and about a dog named Hacho with some mysterious behavioral issues.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/viagra-inclusive-ai-mind-body-connection-in-dogs
Viagra
* “In Conversation: How Viagra became a new ‘tool’ for young men.” by Yasemin Nicola Sakay. 2022.
* https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/in-conversation-how-viagra-became-a-new-tool-for-young-men#3-men-on-their-experiences-with-Viagra
* “The shocking reasons why thousands of young men are resorting to Viagra: With increasing numbers of the under-30s affected by impotence, experts warn that relying on the little blue pills may be masking serious health dangers.” by Lois Rogers. 2020.
* https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8783089/The-shocking-reasons-thousands-young-men-resorting-Viagra.html
Inclusive AI
* “Meta attempts a…
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Jun 16, 2023
Real Life Flash, Stomach Cancer, Hole in Coffee Bag
Today you’ll learn about a marathoner that can give DC superhero The Flash a run for his money, how drinking alcohol can lead to stomach cancer, and that your coffee bean bag is actually telling you something.
Watch THE FLASH only in theaters. Get Tickets Now. Rated PG 13.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/real-life-flash-stomach-cancer-hole-in-coffee-bag
Real Life Flash
* “The incredible science behind Eliud Kipchoge’s 1:59 marathon.” by Herbert Neubauer. 2019.
* https://www.wired.co.uk/article/eliud-kipchoge-ineos-159-marathon
Stomach Cancer
* “East Asians more likely to develop stomach cancer because of lower alcohol tolerance, new study says” by Angela Yang
* https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/east-asians-likely-develop-stomach-cancer-lower-alcohol-tolerance-new-rcna75329
* “Multiancestry genomic and transcriptomic analysis of gastric cancer” by Yasushi Totoki et al.
* https://www.nat…
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Jun 15, 2023
Psychedelic Brain Health, Giant Dinosaur, Donkey Family Tree
Today you’ll learn about how psychedelics may be making their way to the States, the longest necked animal that we know of, and how donkeys have been helping humanity for longer than we previously knew.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/psychedelic-brain-health-giant-dinosaur-donkey-family-tree
Psychedelic Brain Health
* “Destigmatizing the Medical Use of Psychedelics” by Eugene Rubin
* https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/demystifying-psychiatry/202303/destigmatizing-the-medical-use-of-psychedelics
* “Brain Wellness “Spas”—Anticipating the Off-label Promotion of Psychedelics” by Anna Wexler (FULL TEXT NOT FREE TILL 08/01/2023)
* https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/2793902
* “Psychedelic ‘brain spas’ may flourish in Denver” by David Heitz
* https://original.newsbreak.com/@david-heitz-561257/2695481441719-psychedelic-brain-spas-may-flourish-in-denver
* “Fro…
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Jun 14, 2023
Odor Receptors, Whale Vocal Fry, Body Donation
Today you’ll learn about what really happens when we get a whiff of something, about the mechanism that allows dolphins to communicate with vocal fry, and the dark and windy history of body donation.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/odor-receptors-whale-vocal-fry-body-donation
Odor Receptors
* “How do we smell? First 3D structure of human odour receptor offers clues.” by Miryam Naddaf. 2023
* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00818-3
* “First 3D model of human odor receptor tells us how we smell.” by Nergis Firtina. 2023.
* https://interestingengineering.com/science/first-3d-model-of-human-odor-receptor
* “Making Sense of Scents.” by Robin Marks. 2023.
* https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2023/03/424956/making-sense-scents
Whale Vocal Fry
* “Who’s Using Vocal Fry in the Ocean? Dolphins and Whaaaaaales.” by Sam Jones. 2023.
* https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/02/science/dolphins-whales-voca…
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Jun 9, 2023
Parkinson’s Chemical, Far Away Love, Secrets of Catnip
Today you’ll learn about new research that shows a link between a widely used chemical and Parkinson’s Disease, why where we live no longer determines who we love, and another reason cats rule.
Parkinson’s Chemical
* “Common dry cleaning chemical linked to Parkinson’s.” by University of Rochester Medical Center. 2023.
* https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-common-dry-chemical-linked-parkinson.html
* “Meet Amy Lindberg - ParkinsonTV Live: The Long Road To Hope.” YouTube Video. 2022.
* https://www.pmdalliance.org/portfolio/meet-amy-lindberg-parkinsontv-live-the-long-road-to-hope/
* “Trichloroethylene (TCE) and Your Health.” n.a. 2023.
* https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/hazardous/topics/tce.html
Far Away Love
* “Why People Look Farther Away for Love.” by Theresa E. DiDonato Ph.D. 2023.
* https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/meet-catch-and-keep/202303/why-people-look-farther-away-for-love
Secrets of Catnip
* “…
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Jun 8, 2023
Chronic Fatigue, Positive Thinking, Ancient Wine
Today you’ll learn about the relationship between the micro bacteria in our gut and chronic fatigue syndrome, the physical benefits of positive thinking, and how a new discovery reveals that wine has been around for way longer than we initially thought.
Chronic Fatigue
* “Studies find that microbiome changes may be a signature for ME/CFS” by NIH Press Release
* https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/studies-find-microbiome-changes-may-be-signature-mecfs
* “Microbiome Disturbances Reported as Signature of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis’ by Columbia University
* https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/microbiome-disturbances-reported-signature-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis
Positive Thinking
* “If you are happy and you know it… you may live longer” By David R. Topor
* https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/if-you-are-happy-and-you-know-it-you-may-live-longer-2019101618020#:~:text=Plenty%20of%20research%20su…
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Jun 7, 2023
Plastic Waste Fuel, Colds Got Worse?, Trees and Mushrooms
Today you’ll learn about a new process that could turn plastic waste and CO2 into lipstick, how cold and flu season isn’t different, you are, and a way to turn the forest into farmland without cutting down trees.
Plastic Waste Fuel
* “Could waste plastic become a useful fuel source?” by Katherine Latham. 2023.
* https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64703976
* “Our planet is choking on plastic.” n.a. N.d.
* https://www.unep.org/interactives/beat-plastic-pollution/
Colds Got Worse?
* “Colds Haven’t Changed. So Why Do They Suddenly Feel So Bad?” by Katherine J. Wu. 2023.
* https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/02/common-cold-virus-symptoms-immunity/673193/
* “The National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System.” CDC. 2023.
* https://www.cdc.gov/surveillance/nrevss/index.html
* “BIOFORE Syndromic Trends.” n.a. 2023.
* https://syndromictrends.com/
Trees and Mushrooms
* “Growing mushrooms alongside trees could fee…
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Jun 2, 2023
Chernobyl Dogs, Venus Volcanoes, Cold Mushrooms
Today you’ll learn about how dogs in Ukraine have survived nuclear fallout, how Venutian volcanoes can teach us about the planet’s climate, and how mushrooms maintain a colder temperature than their surroundings.
Find episode transcripts here:https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/chernobyl-dogs-venus-volcanoes-cold-mushrooms
Chernobyl Dogs
* “Why Scientists Are Studying the Stray Dogs Living at Chernobyl” by Will Sullivan
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-study-the-genetics-of-dogs-living-near-chernobyl-disaster-site-180981748/
* “There’s Something Odd About the Dogs Living at Chernobyl” by Katherine J. Wu
* https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/03/chernobyl-dog-radiation-exposure-genome-research/673273/
* “The dogs of Chernobyl: Demographic insights into populations inhabiting the nuclear exclusion zone” by GABRIELLA J. SPATOLA et al.
* https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade2537
* “Can t…
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Jun 1, 2023
Greenwashing, F1 Sustainability, Unhealthy Loneliness
Today you’ll learn about greenwashing, how Formula 1 is amping up their sustainability efforts, and how loneliness is scientifically proven to be bad for your health.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/greenwashing-f1-sustainability-unhealthy-loneliness
Greenwashing
* “The World Is Finally Cracking Down on ‘Greenwashing’” by Emma Marris
* https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/03/greenwashing-refuses-to-die/673241/
* “An overview of the contribution of the textiles sector to climate change” by Walter Leal Filho et al.
* https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.973102/full
* “Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2023” by Thomas Day et al.
* https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CorporateClimateResponsibilityMonitor2023.pdf
* “ARE COMPANIES DEVELOPING CREDIBLE CLIMATE TRANSITION PLANS?” by CDP
* https://cdn.cdp.net/cdp-production/cms/reports/do…
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May 31, 2023
Social Media Saves, Sickle Cell Cure, Breadcrumbs On Mars
Today you’ll learn about why social media could help us solve the global climate crisis, a possible cure for sickle cell disease that uses gene therapy, and a Hansel and Gretel-style system that could find places on other planets where humans could take shelter.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/social-media-saves-sickle-cell-cure-breadcrumbs-on-mars
Social Media Saves
* “New study shows social media content opens new frontiers for sustainability science researchers.” by Denise Spranger. 2023.
* https://news.umich.edu/new-study-shows-social-media-content-opens-new-frontiers-for-sustainability-science-researchers/
* “Social media data for environmental sustainability: A critical review of opportunities, threats, and ethical use.” by Andrew Ghermandi, et al. 2023.
* https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(23)00088-X
Sickle Cell Cure
* “A Gene Therapy Cure for Sickle Cell Is on the Horizon.” by…
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May 26, 2023
Hope for Mass Extinction, Mild Fever, Wax Worm Saliva
Today you’ll learn about how climate change research benefits from studying populations instead of species, how sometimes it’s better not to take any medication for your fever, and how worm saliva might solve the world’s plastic problem. Watch the premiere of The Lazarus Project on Sunday, June 4, at 9:00pm on TNT!
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/hope-for-mass-extinction-mild-fever-wax-worm-saliva
Hope for Mass Extinction
“Study: To save nature, focus on populations, not species” by University of Massachusetts Amherst
* https://phys.org/news/2022-12-nature-focus-populations-species.html
“Greater evolutionary divergence of thermal limits within marine than terrestrial species” by Matthew Sasaki et al.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01534-y
Mild Fever
* “Mild fever helps clear infections faster, new study suggests.” by Bev Betkowski. 2023.
* https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-mild…
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May 25, 2023
Sleep and Vaccines, Moth-Eating Bears, Feeling the Metaverse
Today you’ll learn about how getting a good night’s sleep is especially important for men when it comes to vaccine efficacy, how grizzly bears have taken to eating a specific kind of moth, and how technology is working to make physical touch a part of the AI experience.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/sleep-and-vaccines-moth-eating-bears-feeling-the-metaverse
Sleep and Vaccines
* “To ensure vaccines work properly, men should get a good night’s sleep” by The Economist
* https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/03/15/to-ensure-vaccines-work-properly-men-should-get-a-good-nights-sleep
* “A meta-analysis of the associations between insufficient sleep duration and antibody response to Vaccination” by Karine Spiegel et al.
* https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(23)00156-2.pdf
* “Next-generation vaccines could make a difference in 2023” by Slavea Chankova
* https://www.econo…
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May 24, 2023
Chocolate Mouthfeel, Teaching Moms, Daylight Saving
Today you’ll learn about the history of the ever controversial daylight saving time, how a mother’s level of education impacts children, and how researchers built a 3D tongue to study how chocolate melts.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/chocolate-mouthfeel-teaching-moms-daylight-saving
Chocolate Mouthfeel
* “Why chocolate feels so good - it is all down to lubrication.” University of Leeds. 2023.
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230113112804.htm
* “A Summary of Current Research on US Chocolate Consumption & Innovation.” by Shoshi Parks. 2022.
* https://www.thechocolateprofessor.com/blog/chocolate-consumption-united-states
Teaching Moms
* “How moms are taking the lead in shaping children's education.” Lancaster University. 2023.
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230308112110.htm
* “Gender, education expansion and intergenerational educational mobility around the wo…
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May 19, 2023
Immortality Tech, Please Is Not Polite, Snap Fit Physics
Today you’ll learn about new treatments the wealthy are using to try and stay young forever, the cultural and social evolution of the word please, and how the snap fit mechanism used in things like lego bricks is being updated for even bigger projects.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/immortality-tech-please-is-not-polite-snap-fit-physics
Immortality Tech
* “People are desperately trying to live forever. Here are the biggest anti-aging trends sweeping the nation.” by Lakshmi Varanasi
* https://finance.yahoo.com/news/people-desperately-trying-live-forever-090000189.html
* “Taking the Plunge: Is Cold Exposure Worthwhile?” by Lisa Fields
* https://www.cedars-sinai.org/blog/cold-exposure-therapy.html
* “How can fasting help fight aging?” by Linnea Zielinski
* https://ro.co/health-guide/fasting-and-aging/?irclickid=SG20AsU8gxyNTy0TnAXIvwzyUkAW13QJMWdhz80&irgwc=1&utm_source=impact&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_…
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May 18, 2023
Time Relationship, Aerosol Injections, Psych Participants
Today you’ll learn about how the pandemic has shifted our relationship with time, what a stratospheric aerosol injection entails, and the effects of a certain group of people who are more likely than others to volunteer for psychological research.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/time-relationship-aerosol-injections-psych-participants
Time Relationship
* “Our Relationship With Time Is Changing—Maybe for the Better” by Lily Rothman
* https://time.com/6260618/pandemic-relationship-with-time/
* “The Blursday database as a resource to study subjective temporalities during COVID-19” by Maximilien Chaumon et al.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01419-2?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction&utm_campaign=CONR_PF018_ECOM_GL_PHSS_ALWYS_DEEPLINK&utm_content=textlink&utm_term=PID100085446&CJEVENT=d24254efc80e11ed834602590a1cb82a
* “15+ AVERAGE COMMUTE TIME STATISTICS [2023]: HOW LONG IS TH…
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May 17, 2023
Double Lung Transplant, Blue Whale Behavior, Lie Detector
Today you’ll learn about how doctors are successfully using double lung transplants for cancer patients, how blue whale behavior changes with environmental conditions, and how the history of the polygraph machine may have been based on a lie.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/double-lung-transplant-blue-whale-behavior-lie-detector
Double Lung Transplant
* “New double lung transplant technique is successful in two late-stage cancer patients.” by Kaitlin Sullivan and Kate Snow. 2023.
* https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/new-double-lung-transplant-technique-successful-two-late-stage-cancer-rcna74886
* “250 days and counting: Waiting on new lungs after Covid.” by Erika Edwards. 2022.
* https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-lungs-patients-wait-new-lungs-covid-rcna22049
* “New guidelines would nearly double lung cancer screenings, benefit more women and Black people.” by Kelsie Sandoval. 2020.…
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May 12, 2023
Social Rewards, Broken Heart Syndrome, 5 Min Walks
Today you’ll learn about how being close to the ones you love makes your physical health better, how broken heart syndrome is actually real, and how walking for as little as five minutes every half hour can reverse a lot of damage caused by sitting.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/social-rewards-broken-heart-syndrome-5-min-walks
Social Rewards
* “Social Relationships Affect How Your Body Responds to Stress” by Jenalee Doom
* https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/origins-of-health/202303/social-relationships-affect-how-your-body-responds-to-stress
* “The Rewarding Nature of Social Interactions” by Sören Krach et al.
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2889690/
* “Social Relationships and Ambulatory Blood Pressure: Structural and Qualitative Predictors of Cardiovascular Function During Everyday Social Interactions” by Julianne Holt-Lunstad et al.
* https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio…
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May 11, 2023
Notre-Dame Fire, Hypoxia, Gravity and IBS
Today you’ll learn about how new discoveries are being made from the fire that nearly destroyed Notre-Dame, how there’s more hypoxia in our rivers than previously thought, and a new theory as to how gravity might be a cause of IBS.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/notre-dame-fire-hypoxia-gravity-and-ibs
Notre-Dame Fire
* “The 2019 Notre-Dame Fire Revealed Iron Staples Holding the Cathedral Together.” by Sarah Kuta. 2023.
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/notre-dame-is-held-together-with-large-iron-staples-180981824/
* “Unraveling the Secrets of the Sarcophagi Found Beneath Notre-Dame Cathedral.” by Sarah Kuta. 2022.
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/unraveling-the-secrets-of-the-sarcophagi-found-underneath-notre-dame-180981305/
* “Five Things We’ve Learned in the Aftermath of the Notre-Dame Fire.” by Meilan Solly. 2019.
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/five-things-w…
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May 10, 2023
SpaceX Crew Returns, Robots With Brains, Cancer Treatment
Today you’ll learn about the SpaceX Dragon Capsule, which recently landed back on Earth after visiting the ISS, how scientists are trying to build robots with a brain, and how a potential new treatment for cancer is seeing success in Israel.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/spacex-crew-returns-robots-with-brains-cancer-treatment
SpaceX Crew Returns
* SpaceX's Crew-5 mission returns to earth after five months in space
* https://finance.yahoo.com/news/spacexs-crew-5-mission-safely-returns-to-earth-after-five-months-in-space-184759470.html
* “CST-100 Starliner.” n.a. N.d.
* https://www.boeing.com/space/starliner/
* “Starship.” SpaceX Website.
* https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/
* “SpaceX Dragon capsule splashes down with Crew-5 astronauts after 157 days in space.” by Josh Dinner. 2023.
* https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-5-astronauts-splashdown-success
* “Crew Dragon Endurance returns t…
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May 5, 2023
Zoom Doom, Denali Fault, Modern Moon Suit
Today you’ll learn about how video calls can add to social anxiety, how new technology is able to discover the secrets of the Denali Fault, and what goes into designing a new spacesuit for astronauts!
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/zoom-doom-denali-fault-modern-moon-suit
Zoom Doom
* “Alcohol and Zoom: A Recipe for Depression?” by Renee Engeln PhD. 2023.
* https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beauty-sick/202303/alcohol-and-zoom-a-recipe-for-depression
* “Where to Look? Alcohol, Affect, and Gaze Behavior During a Virtual Social Interaction.” by Talia Ariss, et al. 2022.
* https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21677026221096449
* “Self-focused attention and negative affect: a meta-analysis.” by Nilly Mor & Jennifer Winquist. 2002.
* https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12081086/
Denali Fault
* “Researchers uncover secrets of how Alaska’s Denali Fault formed.” N.A. 2023.
* https://beta.ns…
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May 4, 2023
Ice Age Survivors, Micro Knots, Octopus Farm
Today you’ll learn about what long lost genomes from the last ice age teach us about ancient hunter-gatherers, how a covid-era obsession helped make a resilient new material, and a proposal to create something very controversial: the world’s first octopus farm.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/ice-age-survivors-micro-knots-octopus-farm
Ice Age Survivors
* “Ice age survivors” by Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
* https://www.mpg.de/19941740/0223-evan-ice-age-survivors-150495-x
* “Large-scale genomic analysis documents migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers” by UNM Newsroom
* https://news.unm.edu/news/large-scale-genomic-analysis-documents-migrations-of-ice-age-hunter-gatherers
Micro Knots
* “Knots smaller than human hair make materials unusually tough” by Robert Perkins
* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-smaller-human-hair-materials-unusually.html
* “Knots are not for naught: Design, properties, and topol…
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May 3, 2023
Anxiety Blood Test, Mommy Brain, Linkedin Spy
Today you’ll learn about a new blood test that’s been developed to assess anxiety, what’s really happening neurologically that causes “mommy brain”, and how a spy may be trying to contact you on Linkedin.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/anxiety-blood-test-mommy-brain-linkedin-spy
Anxiety Blood Test
* “New Blood Test Developed for Anxiety.” by Molly Campbell. 2023.
* https://www.technologynetworks.com/diagnostics/news/new-blood-test-developed-for-anxiety-370924
* “Towards precision medicine for anxiety disorders: objective assessment, risk prediction, pharmacogenomics, and repurposed drugs.” by K. Roseberry, et al. 2023.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-023-01998-0.epdf?sharing_token=A_OVn-2tf6gm60iaVPZdWdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0MyeujxVLAkzaxt_CaMLY7ZaRfpz9zAsO4tWHEF8YKxBLdDtmJkJRjAWo509jvwUBP5hijhPKQPxNuHjKsmH4tNQeZ0PMPrViLREnNhKOnJhhs24tbaOQChY251qZ_Qo9E%3D
* “Post-traumatic stress disorder.…
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Apr 28, 2023
Genetic Fertility, CO2 Suck Up, 2 Dad Mice
Today you’ll learn about how our genes can predict how many kids we’ll have, how scientists have created a new method of sucking up CO2 from the atmosphere, and how a baby mouse was born from two biologically male mice!
Genetic Fertility
* “Genetic variants influencing human fertility identified - new research.” n.a. 2023.
* https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-03-02-genetic-variants-influencing-human-fertility-identified-new-research
* “Genome-wide analysis identifies genetic effects on reproductive success and ongoing natural selection at the FADS locus.” By Mathieson, et al. 2023.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01528-6
* “The challenge of detecting recent natural selection in human populations.” by Mills & Mathieson. 2022.
* https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2203237119
CO2 Suck Up
* “Climate change: New idea for sucking up CO2 from air shows promise.” By Matt McGrath. 2023.
* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-6488611…
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Apr 27, 2023
Basketball Positions, Self-Healing Plastic, IQ Decline
Today you’ll learn about how fruit flies are inspiring new forms of gameplay in basketball, how IQ levels are falling around the country, and a potential solution to difficult-to-recycle plastics!
Basketball Positions
* “Physics model could optimize basketball player positioning” by Kathy Hovis
* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-physics-optimize-basketball-player-positioning.html
* “Fruit flies and electrons: Researchers use physics to predict crowd behavior” by Linda B. Glaser
* https://phys.org/news/2018-08-fruit-flies-electrons-physics-crowd.html
* “Density-functional fluctuation theory of crowds” by J. Felipe Méndez-Valderrama et al.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05750-z#Abs1
Self-Healing Plastic
* “Researchers build hard, self-healing plastic that can be reshaped and recycled” by Wageningen University
* https://phys.org/news/2023-03-hard-self-healing-plastic-reshaped-recycled.html
* “Hard plastics can be recycled if they are c…
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Apr 26, 2023
Species-Ending Asteroids, Air Into Electricity, Female Mice
Today you’ll learn about controversial research by NASA suggesting that extinction-level asteroids may have hit Earth more often than we thought, how scientists are working to create electricity out of thin air, and the effects of using exclusively male mice in scientific research.
Species-Ending Asteroids
* “Species-Ending Asteroids Hit Earth More Often Than We Realized, NASA Research Suggests.” by Sarah Wells. 2023.
* https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kxpag/species-ending-asteroids-hit-earth-more-often-that-we-realized-nasa-research-suggests
* “REASSESSING THE PAST MILLION YEARS OF NEO IMPACT CRATERING ON EARTH VIA HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL TOPOGRAPHY.” by J.B. Garvin, et al. 2023.
* https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/2608.pdf
* “Dr. James B Garvin.” Bio. n.d.
* https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/james.b.garvin
Air Into Electricity
* “Newly discovered enzyme that turns air into electricity, providing a new clean source of energy” by…
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Apr 21, 2023
Zombie Virus, Back From the Brink, Bad Cholesterol
Today you’ll learn about a zombie virus recovered from the arctic permafrost and brought back to life, some good news about 26 Australian animal species that have been brought back from the brink, and how a new pill could potentially limit the levels of “bad” cholesterol in the body.
Zombie Virus
* “Scientists have revived a ‘zombie’ virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost.” By Katie Hunt. 2023.
* https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/08/world/permafrost-virus-risk-climate-scn/index.html
* “Arctic permafrost is thawing rapidly. It affects us all.” By Katie Hunt. 2022.
* https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/12/world/permafrost-climate-change-explainer-scn/index.html
Back From the Brink
* “Researchers find 26 Australian species recovered from the brink of extinction.” abc.net. 2023.
* https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-24/australian-animals-no-longer-meet-criteria-as-threatened-species/102020276
* “Lights at the end of the tunnel: The incidence a…
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Apr 20, 2023
Endometriosis Shot, Bee Puzzles, Lemonade Kidney Stones
Today you’ll learn about how scientists are working on developing an injection to treat endometriosis, how bees solve puzzles, and how lemon juice is able to block the formation of kidney stones.
Endometriosis Shot
* “An antibody injection could one day help people with endometriosis.” By Meghan Rosen. 2023.
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/antibody-injection-help-endometriosis
* “Endometriosis.” World Health Organization. 2021.
* https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/endometriosis#:~:text=Endometriosis%20is%20a%20disease%20characterized,other%20parts%20of%20the%20body.
* “A long-acting anti-IL-8 antibody improves inflammation and fibrosis in endometriosis.” By Ayako Nishimoto-Kakiuchi, et al. 2023.
* https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abq5858
Bee Puzzles
* “Bumblebees solve puzzles by watching other bees, just like humans do.” By Sarah Knapton. 2023.
* https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/07/bumblebees-solve-p…
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Apr 19, 2023
Remote Work Baby Boom, Acne Antibiotics, Chagas Infection
Today you’ll learn about how remote work is resulting in people having more children than before the pandemic, how scientists are searching for new treatments for acne, and how indigenous groups in South America have a genetic resistance to Chagas disease.
Remote Work Baby Boom
* “The Surprising Effects of Remote Work” by Derek Thompson
* https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/03/us-remote-work-impact-fertility-rate-babies/673301/
* “Early Remote Work Impacts on Family Formation” by Lyman Stone and Adam Ozimek
* https://eig.org/remote-work-family-formation/
* “Career Paths with a Two-Body Problem: Occupational Specialization and Geographic Mobility” by Valeria Rueda and Guillaume Wilemme
* https://research.upjohn.org/up_workingpapers/346/
* “The Great Pandemic Baby Bump” By Jerusalem Demsas
* https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/11/pandemic-baby-bump-fertility/671964/
Acne Antibiotics
* “Antibiotics for acne: Study s…
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Apr 14, 2023
Foreign Accent Syndrome, AI Reads Minds, Alien Marsh
Today you’ll learn about how foreign accent syndrome works, how an AI algorithm can create a physical copy of a mental picture, and how invasive marsh grass is taking over China’s coastline.
Foreign Accent Syndrome
* “Scientists reveal why American man with prostate cancer developed ‘uncontrolled’ Irish accent” by Vishwam Shankaran
* https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/american-man-irish-brogue-prostate-cancer-b2292537.html?utm_source=reddit.com
* “Foreign accent syndrome as a heralding manifestation of transformation to small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer” by Amanda Broderick et al.
* https://casereports.bmj.com/content/16/1/e251655
* “After Surgery: Discomforts and Complications” by Johns Hopkins Medicine
* https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/after-surgery-discomforts-and-complications
* “A Man’s Prostate Cancer Gave Him An 'Uncontrollable' Irish Accent” by Ed Cara
* https://gizmodo.com/pros…
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Apr 13, 2023
Men At Work, Whale Interrupted, Gender Equality
Today you’ll learn about how men with physically strenuous jobs have higher testosterone levels and, ahem, sperm counts, about how a researcher studying whales figured out an ancient mystery, and how providing women with more opportunities actually increases men’s life expectancy.
Men At Work
* “Physically Demanding Work Tied to Male Fertility.” By Miles Martin. 2023.
* https://hms.harvard.edu/news/physically-demanding-work-tied-male-fertility
* “Secular trends in semen parameters among men attending a fertility center between 2000 and 2017: Identifying potential predictors.” By Minguez-Alarcon, et al. 2018.
* https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30389382/
* “Why more men are suffering from infertility than ever before.” By Susannah Cahalan. 2021.
* https://nypost.com/2021/02/20/why-more-men-are-suffering-from-infertility-than-ever-before/
* “Occupational factors and markers of testicular function among men attending a fertility center.” By Minguez-Ala…
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Apr 12, 2023
Birth Order, Braincell Computers, Zimbabwe Hydro
Today you’ll learn about whether or not birth order affects how rebellious you are, how researchers are working to turn a human brain into a machine, and what Zimbabwe is doing to try and solve their energy crisis.
Birth Order
* “New study disputes the birth order theory that later-born are “born to rebel”” by Laura Staloch
* https://www.psypost.org/2023/02/new-study-disputes-the-birth-order-theory-that-later-born-are-born-to-rebel-68636
* “Birth order, personality, and tattoos: A pre-registered empirical test of the ‘born to rebel’ hypothesis” by Gareth Richards et al.
* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886922005487
* “Rebelling Against Born to Rebel” by Frederic Townsend (PAYWALL, first page free)
* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1061736197900096
* “Steppenwolf’s Jerry Edmonton: The Man With The ‘Born To Be Wild’ Beat” by Paul Sexton
* https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/jerry-edmon…
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Apr 7, 2023
3D-Printed Community, Secret Chamber in Giza, Migraine Hope
Today you’ll learn about neighborhood 3D-printed by a robot, a 4,500 year-old secret chamber recently discovered in the Great Pyramid of Giza, and about research that shows a genetic link between blood sugar and migraines.
3D-Printed Community
* “The World’s Largest 3D-Printed Neighborhood Is Here” by Todd Woody, 2023.
* https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2023-3d-printed-houses-austin-texas/?cmpid=BBD030323_GREENDAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=230303&utm_campaign=greendaily&sref=5p3yLRks
* “The Genesis Collection.” iconbuild.com, N.D. (no date).
* https://www.iconbuild.com/homes/genesis-collection-at-wolf-ranch
* “Is the Revolution of 3D-Printed Building Getting Closer?” by Thessa Lageman, 2019.
* https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-11/3d-printed-architecture-more-evolution-than-revolution?sref=aiiNijqZ
* “Construction Has an Immense Environmental Impact - and the Industry Must Change.” by Rayna Skiver, 2022.
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Apr 6, 2023
GERD Anxiety, Crowd Math, Insect Catapult
Today we discuss the link between gastrointestinal disorders and mental health, how the path you take walking through a crowd can be predicted by mathematics, and how we’ve now witnessed an example of super propulsion in nature for the first time!
GERD Anxiety
* “The causal role of gastroesophageal reflux disease in anxiety disorders and depression: A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study” by Youjie Zeng, Si Cao, and Heng Yang
* https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1135923/full
* “Linking the Gut and the Mind: New Evidence Shows GERD May Increase Risk of Anxiety and Depression” by Heng Yang, Youjie Zeng, and Si Cao
* https://oa.mg/blog/gerd-may-increase-risk-of-anxiety-and-depression/
* “Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)” by Mayo Clinic
* https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gerd/symptoms-causes/syc-20361940#:~:text=Gastroesophageal%20reflux%20disease%20(GERD)%20occurs,reflux%20from%20time%20to%20time.
* “GERD (…
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Apr 5, 2023
Same Sex Same Kids, Face Blindness, Paid Sick Leave
Today you’ll learn about how children raised by same sex couples are just as psychologically healthy as other kids, how face blindness might be way more common than we think, and how paid sick leave is now scientifically proven to benefit both businesses and employees.
Same Sex Same Kids
* “Children of same-sex couples fare at least as well as in other families - study.” By Nicola Davis. 2023
* https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/06/children-of-same-sex-couples-fare-at-least-as-well-as-in-other-families-study
* “Children raised by same-sex parents do as well as their peers, study shows.” by Anne Davies. 2017.
* https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/oct/23/children-raised-by-same-sex-parents-do-as-well-as-their-peers-study-shows
* “Family outcome disparities between sexual minority and heterosexual families: a systematic review and meta-analysis.” By Yun Zhang, et al. 2023
* https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/3/e010556
* “Kids Raised By Sa…
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Mar 31, 2023
Ancient Brain Surgery, 3D Heart, Supermassive Black Hole
Today you’ll learn about how archaeologists have found evidence of brain surgery from the Bronze era in the Middle East, how 3D-printed hearts are becoming closer to a reality than ever before, and the recent discovery of how a black hole is eating a dust cloud in space.
Ancient Brain Surgery
* “Archaeologists uncover early evidence of brain surgery in Ancient Near East” by Brown University
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230222141115.htm
* “Cranial trephination and infectious disease in the Eastern Mediterranean: The evidence from two elite brothers from Late Bronze Megiddo, Israel” by Rachel Kalisher et al.
* https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281020
* “Ancient Legacy of Cranial Surgery” by Mohammad Ghannaee Arani, Esmaeil Fakharian, and Fahimeh Sarbandi
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3876527/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20French%20physician,mentally%20ill%20people%20(4).
* “Clues to B…
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Mar 30, 2023
Infant Common Sense, Magnetoreception, Depression Posture
Today we discuss how infants beat out AI when it comes to common sense, how fruit flies’ use of magnetoreceptors can teach about humans, and what depression has to do with your posture.
Infant Common Sense
* “Commonsense psychology in human infants and machines” by Gala Stojnić et al.
* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027723000409
* “Infants Outperform AI in “Commonsense Psychology”” by James Devitt
* https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2023/february/infants-outperform-ai-in--commonsense-psychology-.html
* “Careers Up Close: Moira R. Dillon on Infants and Children, Humanlike AI, and Commonsense Psychology” by Moira R. Dillon
* https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/careers-up-close-moira-dillon
* “AI-powered Bing Chat spills its secrets via prompt injection attack [Updated]” by BENJ EDWARDS
* https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/ai-powered-bing-chat-spills-its-secrets-via-prompt-in…
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Mar 29, 2023
One Drop Robot, Malaria Forecast, Naked Mole Rat Fertility
Today you’ll learn about a robot with the ability to pick up a single drop of water, how scientists have created a computer algorithm that can predict Malaria hotspots, and what naked mole rats have to teach us about human fertility.
One Drop Robot
* “New robot can pick up a single drop of liquid” by Stephen Ornes
* https://www.snexplores.org/article/innovation-2023-robot-can-pick-up-drop-of-liquid
* “On-demand, remote and lossless manipulation of biofluid droplets” by Wei Wang et al. (PAYWALL)
* https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/mh/d2mh00695b
* “Novel soft robotic droplet manipulator for hazardous liquid cleanup” by ASHWINI SAKHARKAR
* https://www.inceptivemind.com/novel-soft-robotic-droplet-manipulator-hazardous-liquid-cleanup/28367/
* “Soft Robotics” by Techopedia
* https://www.techopedia.com/definition/32895/soft-robotics
Malaria Forecast
* “WHO Coronavirus Dashboard”
* https://covid19.who.int/
* “New analysis…
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Mar 24, 2023
AI Animal Translator, Big Old Galaxies, Inner Inner Core
Today you’ll learn about how scientists are using AI to talk to animals, the discovery of new, very big, very old candidate galaxies, and how there just may be an extra layer in the earth’s inner core.
AI Animal Translator
* “How Scientists Are Using AI to Talk to Animals” by Sophie Bushwick
* https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-scientists-are-using-ai-to-talk-to-animals/
* “Bat Chatter Is More Than a Cry in the Dark” By Christopher Intagliata
* https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bat-chatter-is-more-than-a-cry-in-the-dark/
* “In Honeybee Dance, Direction Is Key” By Kate Wong
* https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-honeybee-dance-directi/
Big Old Galaxies
* “Webb telescope spots super old, massive galaxies that shouldn’t exist” by Daniel Strain
* https://www.colorado.edu/today/2023/02/22/webb-telescope-spots-super-old-massive-galaxies-shouldnt-exist
* “A population of red candidate massive galaxies ~600…
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Mar 23, 2023
School Sleep, Ancient Runestone, Postpartum Depression Pill
Today we discuss how early morning classes at universities could be leading to poor academic performance, how scientists uncovered the world’s oldest runestone, and a new breakthrough treatment in postpartum depression.
School Sleep
* “Early morning university classes are associated with impaired sleep and academic performance” by Sing Chen Yeo et al.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01531-x
* “Study: Early Classes Connected to Poor Academic Performance” by Safia Abdulahi
* https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2023/02/22/study-early-classes-connected-poor-academic-performance#:~:text=A%20new%20study%20found%20that,analyzed%20university%20students'%20digital%20traces.
* “Early Morning College Classes Correlated With Poor Academic Performance, Large Study Finds” by James Felton
* https://www.iflscience.com/early-morning-college-classes-correlated-with-poor-academic-performance-large-study-finds-67627
* “New Study: Lack of Sleep Hurts St…
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Mar 22, 2023
Male Contraceptive, Winter Snooze, Whale Fight Songs
Today you’ll learn about how scientists are developing a form of birth control for men, why humans need more sleep during the winter, and how whales are giving up singing their love songs in favor of fighting for mates.
Male Contraceptive
* “Sperm-Slowing Male Contraceptive Reversibly Inhibits Mouse Fertility” by Ruairi J Mackenzie
* https://www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discovery/news/sperm-slowing-male-contraceptive-reversibly-inhibits-mouse-fertility-370207
* “On-demand male contraception via acute inhibition of soluble adenylyl cyclase” by Melanie Balbach et al.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36119-6
Winter Snooze
* “Humans ‘may need more sleep in winter’, study finds” by Jane Clinton
* https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/feb/17/humans-may-need-more-sleep-in-winter-study-finds
* “Seasonality of human sleep: Polysomnographic data of a neuropsychiatric sleep clinic” by Aileen Seidler et al.
* https://www.frontier…
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Mar 17, 2023
Poseidon Temple, Time to Exercise, Queen of Scots Letters
Today we discuss how the lost temple of Poseidon may have been discovered, how our circadian rhythms show what time of day is best to exercise, and how researchers decoded a stack of letters written by Mary Queen of Scots during her imprisonment.
WATCH SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS ONLY IN THEATERS MARCH 17. (Rated PG-13)
Poseidon Temple
* “A lost temple for Poseidon may have finally been rediscovered” by Sara Kiley Watson
* https://www.popsci.com/science/poseidon-temple-tsunami-greece/
* “Strabo” by Duane W. Roller
* https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780195389661/obo-9780195389661-0230.xml
* “Poseidon” by Greek Gods and Goddesses Encyclopedia
* https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net/gods/poseidon/#:~:text=Poseidon%20was%20god%20of%20the,%2C%20Demeter%2C%20Hestia%20and%20Hera.
* “Scientists May Have Discovered the Long Lost Temple of Poseidon” by Amanda Kooser
* https://www.cnet.com/science/scientists-may-have-discovered-long-lost-t…
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Mar 16, 2023
Moon Dust, Mammal Groups, Roman Sex Toy
Today we discuss whether or not firing a gun filled with moon dust into space could cool down the planet, how animals that live in social groups usually live longer than solitary creatures, and a saucy discovery from ancient Rome.
To Re-Caf Choose Decaf
* “A solution to the climate crisis: mining the moon, researchers say” by Oliver Milman
* https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/08/moon-dust-moonshot-geoengineering-climate-crisis
* “Dust as a solar shield” by Benjamin C. Bromley ,Sameer H. Khan, and Scott J. Kenyon
* https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000133
* “Can geoengineering fix the climate? Hundreds of scientists say not so fast” by Oliver Milman
* https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/25/can-controversial-geoengineering-fix-climate-crisis
* “Space dust as Earth's sun shield” by University of Utah
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230208155658.htm#:~:text=Summary%3A,the%20impacts…
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Mar 15, 2023
Fingerprint Formation, I Love This Song, Ancient Tools
Today you’ll learn about how fingerprints form, how quickly you can determine whether or not you like a song, and how ancient ancestors to homo sapiens were using tools way earlier than we thought!
Fingerprint Formation
* “How fingerprints form was a mystery — until now” by McKenzie Prillaman
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fingerprints-form-mystery
* “The developmental basis of fingerprint pattern formation and variation” by James D. Glover et al.
* https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(23)00045-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867423000454%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
* “All Patterns Great and Small” By Tina Hesman Saey
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/all-patterns-great-and-small
* “Pigment pas de deux puts stripes on zebrafish” by Tina Hesman Saey
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pigment-pas-de-deux-puts-stripes-zebrafish
I Love This Song
* “Knowing We Like a Song Takes Only Second…
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Mar 10, 2023
Peanut Allergy Blocker, Unreachable Itch, Debt Fear
Today you’ll learn about how a cure for peanut allergies could be on the way to being a reality, how scientists are looking into treatments for an unreachable itch, and how a new study reports that talking about your financial debt makes you more likely to pay it off.
Peanut Allergy Blocker
* “Researchers Block Allergic Reactions to Peanuts in Mice” by Sarah Wheelan
* https://www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discovery/news/researchers-block-allergic-reactions-to-peanuts-in-mice-370063
* “Peanut allergen inhibition prevents anaphylaxis in a humanized mouse model” by NADA S. ALAKHRAS et al.
* https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.add6373
* “When peanuts are poison” by Julie McDowell
* http://pubsapp.acs.org/subscribe/archive/mdd/v05/i05/html/05health.html#:~:text=About%203%20million%20Americans%E2%80%94children,those%20are%20attributed%20to%20peanuts.
* “Racial and Ethnic Data Reported for Peanut Allergy Epidemiology Do Little to Advance Its C…
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Mar 9, 2023
To Re-Caf Choose Decaf, How Smart Are Rich People?, Cavities
Today we discuss how decaf coffee can curb symptoms of caffeine withdrawal, how a recent study revealed that those who are rich in money aren’t necessarily rich in intelligence, and a study that looked into cheap and effective preventative cavity treatment.
To Re-Caf Choose Decaf
* “Decaf coffee reduces caffeine withdrawal – even when you know it’s decaf” by Matthew Warren
* https://www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/decaf-coffee-reduces-caffeine-withdrawal-even-when-you-know-its-decaf
* “Reduction in caffeine withdrawal after open-label decaffeinated coffee” by Llewellyn Mills et al.
* https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/02698811221147152
How Smart Are Rich People?
* “The plateauing of cognitive ability among top earners” by Marc Keuschnigg, Arnout van de Rijt, and Thijs Bol
* https://academic.oup.com/esr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/esr/jcac076/7008955?login=false
* “Extreme earners are not necessarily extremely smart” by Jonas Roslund…
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Mar 8, 2023
Rockets Ruin Ozone, Neanderthal Smells, Orca Moms
Today you’ll learn about how rockets are preventing the ozone layer from healing properly, how researchers are figuring out the smells of the ancient world, and how mother orca whales take care of their sons to ensure the survival of their species.
Rockets Ruin Ozone
* “A rapidly growing rocket industry could undo decades of work to save the ozone layer – unless we act now” by Laura Revell, Michele Bannister, and Tyler Brown
* https://theconversation.com/a-rapidly-growing-rocket-industry-could-undo-decades-of-work-to-save-the-ozone-layer-unless-we-act-now-198982
* “Rocket industry could undo decades of work to save the ozone layer” by University of Canterbury
* https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/news/2023/rocket-industry-could-undo-decades-of-work-to-save-the-ozone-layer.html
* “Ozone layer recovery is on track, due to success of Montreal Protocol” by United Nations
* https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/01/1132277
* “Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion…
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Mar 3, 2023
Young Blood, Cinnamon Memory, Microplastic Filter
Today you’ll learn about how scientists are using a drug meant for arthritis to mimic blood transfusions, how cinnamon could potentially be improving our brain’s health, and how a new filter is capable of removing 99% of microplastics from water.
Young Blood
* “Arthritis drug mimics "young blood" transfusions to reverse aging in mice” By Michael Irving
* https://newatlas.com/medical/arthritis-drug-young-blood-reverses-aging-mice/
* “Stromal niche inflammation mediated by IL-1 signalling is a targetable driver of haematopoietic ageing” by Carl A. Mitchell et al. (PAYWALL)
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41556-022-01053-0
* “Will revitalizing old blood slow aging?” by COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IRVING MEDICAL CENTER
* https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/978861
Cinnamon Memory
* “Cinnamon and cognitive function: a systematic review of preclinical and clinical studies” by Samaneh Nakhaee et al.
* https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10284…
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Mar 2, 2023
Social Media Fatigue, Brainwave Tuning, Self-Cooling Tent
Today we discuss what causes a sense of social media fatigue, how scientists are tuning into our brainwaves to make us learn new tasks faster, and how a researcher invented a self-cooling tent that only needs sunshine and water to work.
Social Media Fatigue
* “Too much overload and concerns: Antecedents of social media fatigue and the mediating role of emotional exhaustion” by Nan Sheng et al.
* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S074756322200320X
* “New research sheds light on the underlying psychological mechanisms linked to social media fatigue” by Emily Manis
* https://www.psypost.org/2023/02/new-research-sheds-light-on-the-underlying-psychological-mechanisms-linked-to-social-media-fatigue-67670
Brainwave Tuning
* “Tuning into brainwave rhythms speeds up learning in adults” by Fred Lewsey
* https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/brainwavelearning
* “Learning at your brain’s rhythm: individualized entrainment boosts learning for percept…
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Mar 1, 2023
Global Singlehood, Anti-Drinking Pill, Moon Ice
Today you’ll learn about how a groundbreaking new study explores the nature of singlehood across the globe, how a new drug might be able to treat alcohol addiction, and how scientists have created a new type of ice that has never been seen on Earth before!
Global Singlehood
* “Large-scale cross-cultural study provides insights into mating performance and singlehood” by Mane Kara-Yakoubian
* https://www.psypost.org/2023/01/large-scale-cross-cultural-study-provides-insights-into-mating-performance-and-singlehood-67199
* “Mating Performance and Singlehood Across 14 Nations” by Menelaos Apostolou et al.
* https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14747049221150169
Anti-Drinking Pill
* “Pre-clinical and clinical evidence for suppression of alcohol intake by apremilast” by Kolter B. Grigsby
* https://www.jci.org/articles/view/159103
* “The FDA-approved drug apremilast suppresses alcohol intake: clinical and pre-clinical validation” by Kolter B. Grigsby e…
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Feb 24, 2023
Speech Signals of Depression, What Time to Eat?, Monet Haze
Today you’ll learn about how we are able to measure depression through speech patterns, a recent study that explores whether or not eating at a certain time of day affects weight, and how researchers used paintings to assess pollution levels during the industrial revolution.
Speech Signals of Depression
* “New research indicates signs of depression can be detected in speech patterns” by Laura Staloch
* https://www.psypost.org/2023/01/new-research-indicates-signs-of-depression-can-be-detected-in-speech-patterns-65196
* “Detecting subtle signs of depression with automated speech analysis in a non-clinical sample” by Alexandra König et al.
* https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-022-04475-0
What Time to Eat?
* “Association of Eating and Sleeping Intervals With Weight Change Over Time: The Daily24 Cohort” by Di Zhao et al.
* https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/JAHA.122.026484#d2071692e1
* “Total Meals, Not Timing, Dri…
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Feb 23, 2023
Pandemic Brain, Magnetic Migration, Short Pregnancies
Today we discuss how the pandemic has caused physical changes in the brains of teenagers, how geomagnetic disturbances can cause bird migration to go haywire, and why pregnancies in the US are a week and a half shorter on average than they are elsewhere.
Pandemic Brain
* “Brain scans suggest the pandemic prematurely aged teens’ brains” by Freda Kreier
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-pandemic-prematurely-aged-teens-brains
* “Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Brain Maturation in Adolescents: Implications for Analyzing Longitudinal Data” by Ian H. Gotlib et al.
* https://www.bpsgos.org/article/S2667-1743(22)00142-2/fulltext
* “Why Do Some Brains Look Old Prematurely?” by Technology Networks
* https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/why-do-some-brains-look-old-prematurely-355981#:~:text=Individuals%20can%20have%20brains%20that,bigger%20ventricles%20and%20thinner%20cortex.
Magnetic Migration
* “When migrating…
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Feb 22, 2023
Melatonin Anxiety, Lightning Laser, Toddler’s Best Friend
Today you’ll learn about whether or not melatonin can be used to treat anxiety, the development of a laser that can change the path of lightning, and how a recent study shows that children are hard-wired to empathize with dogs!
Melatonin Anxiety
* “Melatonin as a Potential Approach to Anxiety Treatment” by Kristina Repova et al.
* https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/24/16187
* “How Melatonin for Sleep May Help Your Anxiety Symptoms” by Atlanova
* https://atlanova.com/how-melatonin-for-sleep-may-help-your-anxiety-symptoms/
* “Can You Use Melatonin to Help Ease Anxiety?” by Alan Carter
* https://www.healthline.com/health/anxiety/melatonin-for-anxiety
* “Melatonin for anxiety: effectiveness, dosage, side effects” by Patricia Weiser
* https://ro.co/health-guide/melatonin-for-anxiety/
* “Free radicals, antioxidants and functional foods: Impact on human health” by V. Lobo et al.
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249911/#:~:text=If%…
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Feb 17, 2023
Roman Concrete Magic, Virovore, Placebo Guilt
Today you’ll learn about how ancient Roman concrete can heal itself, the recent discovery of a virovore, and how a new study looks into whether or not we can control feelings of guilt through the placebo effect.
Roman Concrete Magic
* “Scientists may have found magic ingredient behind ancient Rome’s self-healing concrete” by Jacklin Kwan
* https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-may-have-found-magic-ingredient-behind-ancient-romes-self-healing-concrete#:~:text=The%20Romans%20were%20not%20the,majority%20of%20their%20construction%20projects.
* “Why modern mortar crumbles, but Roman concrete lasts millennia” by ZAHRA AHMAD
* https://www.science.org/content/article/why-modern-mortar-crumbles-roman-concrete-lasts-millennia
Virovore
* “First "virovore" discovered: An organism that eats viruses” By Michael Irving
* https://newatlas.com/science/first-virovore-eats-viruses/
* “The consumption of viruses returns energy to food chains” by John P…
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Feb 16, 2023
Gasthma, Sleep Memory, Frozen Reefs
Today we discuss how using gas stoves has caused a huge uptick in childhood asthma, how motor memory is developed while we sleep, and how scientists are working to save the larvae of coral reefs!
Gasthma
* “Population Attributable Fraction of Gas Stoves and Childhood Asthma in the United States” by Talor Gruenwald et al.
* https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/1/75
* “Gas stove pollution causes 12.7% of childhood asthma, study finds” by Maxine Joselow and Vanessa Montalbano
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/06/gas-stove-pollution-causes-127-childhood-asthma-study-finds/
Sleep Memory
* “During sleep, brain regions synchronize to create motor memory” by UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - SAN FRANCISCO
* https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/974905
* “Cortical–hippocampal coupling during manifold exploration in motor cortex” by Jaekyung Kim et al.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05533-z
Frozen Reefs
* “Scientists freeze G…
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Feb 15, 2023
Covid Brain Fog, Freemium Failure, Fungal Vaccine
Today you’ll learn about a potential new treatment for those suffering from brain fog after Covid, how freemium models of mental health apps might cause you to be more stressed out, and how developments in creating a vaccine for fungal infections might make them a thing of the past!
Covid Brain Fog
* “Potential New Treatment for “Brain Fog” in Long COVID Patients” by Isabella Backman
* https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/potential-new-treatment-for-brain-fog-in-long-covid-patients/
* “Clinical experience with the α2A-adrenoceptor agonist, guanfacine, and N-acetylcysteine for the treatment of cognitive deficits in “Long-COVID19”” by Arman Fesharaki-Zadeh et al.
* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667257X22001000
Freemium Failure
* “"Money Doesn't Buy You Happiness": Negative Consequences of Using the Freemium Model for Mental Health Apps” by Tessa Eagle et al.
* https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3555155
* “What Is Fleecewar…
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Feb 10, 2023
The Puppy Bowl, Human Candles, Cancer Rate Down
Today we have an extra special episode where we talk to Dan Schachner about this year’s Puppy Bowl, then we’ll learn about the truths and myths of spontaneous human combustion, and how cancer rates in the US have gone down by 33% since the ‘90s!
The Puppy Bowl
Human Candles
* “Strange reports have claimed humans spontaneously burst into flames, but science can explain how bodies sometimes act like a candle wick” by Paola Rosa-Aquino
* https://www.businessinsider.com/is-spontaneous-human-combustion-real-or-myth-scientific-evidence
* “Man died from spontaneous human combustion, inquest finds” by Brian McDonald
* https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/man-died-from-spontaneous-human-combustion-inquest-finds-26774631.html
* “Spontaneous Human Combustion in the Light of the 21st Century” by Virve Koljonen, MD, PhD and Nicolas Kluger, MD (PAYWALL)
* https://academic.oup.com/jbcr/article-abstract/33/3/e102/4588696?login=false
Cancer Rate Down
* “US can…
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Feb 9, 2023
Net Energy Gain, Weak Ankles, Hot Musicians
Today we discuss recent updates to powering the world through nuclear fusion, why ankle sprains are so common, and how we perceive musicians to be more attractive than those who don’t play an instrument.
Net Energy Gain
* “US scientists reach long-awaited nuclear fusion breakthrough, source says” By Ella Nilsen and René Marsh
* https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/12/politics/nuclear-fusion-energy-us-scientists-climate/index.html
* “U.S. to reveal scientific milestone on fusion energy” By Timothy Gardner
* https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-announce-scientific-breakthrough-fusion-energy-sources-2022-12-12/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20Dec%2012%20(Reuters),knowledge%20of%20the%20matter%20said.
* “WHEN WILL FOSSIL FUELS RUN OUT?” by MET
* https://group.met.com/en/mind-the-fyouture/mindthefyouture/when-will-fossil-fuels-run-out#:~:text=Conclusion%3A%20how%20long%20will%20fossil,our%20reserves%20can%20speed%20up.
Weak Ankles
* “The Science Behind Why You Spr…
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Feb 8, 2023
Mauna Loa Eruption, Wifi Windows, Catching Vapor
Today you’ll learn about the recent eruption of the world’s biggest active volcano, how researchers have created wifi-emitting windows, and how we might be able to use evaporating ocean water as a new freshwater source.
Mauna Loa Eruption
* “Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano is erupting. Here’s what you need to know” by Carolyn Gramling
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hawaii-mauna-loa-volcano-erupting-what-you-need-to-know
* “Mauna Loa Eruption Webpage” By Mauna Loa
* https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/mauna-loa/mauna-loa-eruption-webpage
* “Historic Keeling Curve Observation Interrupted by Volcanic Eruption” by Rob Monroe
* https://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu/2022/11/29/historic-keeling-curve-observation-interrupted-by-volcanic-eruption/
* “Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano is erupting for the first time since 1984” By James Dinneen and Madeleine Cuff
* https://www.newscientist.com/article/2348871-hawaiis-mauna-loa-volcano-is-erupting-for-the-first-time-s…
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Feb 3, 2023
Helicon Thruster, Smart Bandage, Stress IBS
Today we discuss how new technology is making faster and more efficient rockets, a new bandage that might be able to heal wounds faster than the body, and how we’ve seen some new connections between the brain and the gut through a study of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Helicon Thruster
* “Can plasma instability in fact be the savior for magnetic nozzle plasma thrusters” by Staff Writers
* https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Can_plasma_instability_in_fact_be_the_savior_for_magnetic_nozzle_plasma_thrusters_999.html
* “Wave-driven electron inward transport in a magnetic nozzle” by Kazunori Takahashi, Christine Charles & Rod W. Boswell
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-24202-9
* “PLASMA PROPULSION DISCOVERY COULD HERALD A ‘NEW ERA OF SPACE EXPLORATION’” by MICAH HANKS
* https://thedebrief.org/plasma-propulsion-discovery-could-herald-a-new-era-of-space-exploration/
* “How Plasma Rockets Work” By Meisa Salaita
* https://science.howstuffworks.…
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Feb 2, 2023
Cancer-Fighting Grapes, Dog Brain, Sea Forests
Today you’ll learn about how grapes have the potential to reduce the risk of skin cancer, how dogs’ behaviors are hardwired into their genes, and how underwater seaweed forests might be able to combat climate change.
Cancer-Fighting Grapes
* “Short-Term Grape Consumption Diminishes UV-Induced Skin Erythema” by John M. Pezzuto
* https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/11/12/2372#B4-antioxidants-11-02372
* “The potential of grape consumption to modulate UV-induced skin erythema” by Dr. Priyom Bose
* https://www.news-medical.net/news/20221202/The-potential-of-grape-consumption-to-modulate-UV-induced-skin-erythema.aspx
* “How Many Grapes In A Bottle Of Wine” BY ANTHONY ZHANG
* https://www.vinovest.co/blog/how-many-grapes-in-a-bottle-of-wine
Dog Brain
* “Dog behavior is a product of their genes: Dog Genome Project Revealed.” by Peter Barnes
* https://www.shutterbulky.com/dog-behavior/
* “Domestic dog lineages reveal genetic drivers of behavioral divers…
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Feb 1, 2023
Dangerous Dishwashers, PTSD Prevention, Game Brain
Today we discuss how the rinse cycle in some commercial dishwashers might be negatively affecting your gut, how a groundbreaking new study might have found a solution to PTSD, and how video games have been proven to improve our executive functioning skills.
Dangerous Dishwashers
* “Commercial dishwashers destroy protective layer in gut” by University of Zurich
* https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/973024
* “Industrial dishwashers may harm your gut’s protective inner lining” by Tibi Puiu
* https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/industrial-dishwashers-may-harm-your-guts-protective-inner-lining/
PTSD Prevention
* “Taking hydrocortisone immediately after a traumatic event may help prevent PTSD” by Vladimir Hedrih
* https://www.psypost.org/2022/11/taking-hydrocortisone-immediately-after-a-traumatic-event-may-help-prevent-ptsd-64410
* “Accelerated forgetting of a trauma-like event in healthy men and women after a single dose of hydrocortisone” by Vane…
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Jan 27, 2023
Winchcombe Meteorite, Aya-What Now?, Toxic Cleanup
Today we explore how a recent meteorite that landed in the UK is giving us clues to the mysteries of the universe, the positive and negative side-effects found in a recent study on ayahuasca, and how some toxic “forever chemicals” were found to be completely eradicated with new technology.
Winchcombe Meteorite
* “Pristine meteorite found within hours of hitting Earth” by Eleanor K. Sansom
* https://astronomy.com/news/2022/11/pristine-meteorite-found-within-hours-of-hitting-earth
* “The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system” by ASHLEY J. KING et al.
* https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq3925
Aya-What Now?
* “How Safe Is Ayahuasca? Large-Scale Study Explores” by Molly Campbell
* https://www.technologynetworks.com/biopharma/news/how-safe-is-ayahuasca-large-scale-study-explores-367665
* “Adverse effects of ayahuasca: Results from the Global Ayahuasca Survey” by José Carlos Bouso et al.
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Jan 26, 2023
World Population Reaches 8 Billion, Leprosy, Planet-Killer
Today you’ll learn about what it means for the planet now that we’ve reached a global population of 8 billion people, how leprosy might be able to repair damaged livers, and some information about an asteroid that’s been dubbed a, “Planet-killer.”
World Population Reaches 8 Billion
* “The world population has now reached 8 billion” by Allison Gasparini
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/world-population-8-billion-humans-earth
* “Day of 8 Billion” by United Nations
* https://www.un.org/en/dayof8billion
* “World population hits 8 billion: What does it mean for the planet?” by CGTN
* https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2022-11-19/World-population-hits-8-billion-What-does-it-mean-for-the-planet--1f47kiG46qs/index.html#:~:text=On%20November%2015%202022%2C%20the,billion%20people%20in%20around%202080.
* “The World Population Just Hit 8 Billion and Here’s How It Will Continue to Grow” by David Adam
* https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-w…
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Jan 25, 2023
Internet Chip, Tomato Diet, Wrong Time Meds
Today we discuss how a new piece of technology is able to transfer the data of the entire internet in just one second, how eating a lot of tomatoes can improve your gut health, and how scientists are looking into how medicine is processed in the body at different times of day.
Internet Chip
* “Record-breaking chip can transmit entire internet's traffic per second” By Michael Irving
* https://newatlas.com/telecommunications/optical-chip-fastest-data-transmission-record-entire-internet-traffic/
* “Petabit-per-second data transmission using a chip-scale microcomb ring resonator source” by A. A. Jørgensen et al.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-022-01082-z
* “A New Chip Is Capable of Transmitting All of the Internet's Traffic Every Second” by Anthony Wood
* https://www.ign.com/articles/world-record-data-transfer-internet-chip
Tomato Diet
* “Tracing tomatoes’ health benefits to gut microbes” by Emily Caldwell
* https://news.osu.edu/tracing-…
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Jan 20, 2023
Podcast Friends, Drunk Plants, Hot Temper
Today we discuss the psychological effects of listening to podcasts, how climate change actually makes us more likely to engage in hate speech, and how giving plants alcohol in the form of ethanol can make them resistant to drought.
Podcast Friends
* “Listening to podcasts may help satisfy our psychological need for social connection, study finds” by Beth Ellwood
* https://www.psypost.org/2022/11/listening-to-podcasts-may-help-satisfy-our-psychological-need-for-social-connection-study-finds-64395
* “Why people listen: Motivations and outcomes of podcast listening” by Stephanie J. Tobin
* https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265806
Drunk Plants
* “Getting Plants ‘Drunk’ Insulates them Against Drought, According to New Research” by Andy Corbley
* https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/getting-plants-drunk-insulates-them-against-drought-according-to-new-research/
* “Pretreating soil with ethanol protects plants from drought, st…
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Jan 19, 2023
Strong Muscle Gene, The Secrets of Viking Poop, Parrot Chat
Today you’ll learn about how some researchers have activated a specific gene in the body that can make your muscles stronger without exercise, how a parasite that can still be found today was discovered in ancient viking poop, and how parrots understand timing when it comes to communication.
Strong Muscle Gene
* “Researchers Discover a Gene That Makes Your Muscles Significantly Stronger” by The University of Melbourne
* https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-discover-a-gene-that-makes-your-muscles-significantly-stronger/
The Secrets of Viking Poop
* “Viking Poop Helps Scientists Reconstruct Genome of Ancient Human Parasite” by Michelle Starr
* https://www.sciencealert.com/viking-poop-helps-scientists-reconstruct-genome-of-ancient-human-parasite
* “DNA in Viking poop sheds new light on 55,000-year-old relationship between gut companions” by University of Copenhagen
* https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/963666
* “Dietary Inulin and Trichuris suis I…
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Jan 18, 2023
3-Parent Babies, Shrinking Moles, Being Kind to Narcissists
Today you’ll learn about how researchers have been able to grow embryos that have three genetic parents, how European moles can shrink down to a tenth of their size during winter, and whether or not being kind to narcissists makes any difference in their behavior.
3-Parent Babies
* “Study reveals how babies born from 3 parents are surprisingly similar to normal babies” by Rupendra Brahambhatt
* https://interestingengineering.com/science/spindle-transfer-embryo-development
* “Single-cell multiomics analyses of spindle-transferred human embryos suggest a mostly normal embryonic development” by Shuyue Qi
* https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001741
Shrinking Moles
“European moles can shrink by a tenth in winter to save energy” By James Ashworth
* https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/september/european-moles-can-shrink-by-tenth-winter-save-energy.html
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Jan 13, 2023
Aging Clock, Mental Health in Your Gut, Brain Tumor Vaccine
Today we explore how scientists are trying to find a way to make an “aging clock” that can determine your age and health by looking at your DNA, how looking at our gut could help us treat mental health disorders, and how there may be a new treatment option in the form of a vaccine for people suffering from brain tumors!
Aging Clock
* “Aging clocks aim to predict how long you’ll live” by INfotech Group
* https://infotechgroup.co.uk/blog/aging-clocks-aim-to-predict-how-long-youll-live/
* “Want to know when you’re going to die?” By Karen Weintraub
* https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/10/19/139463/want-to-know-when-youre-going-to-die/
Mental Health in Your Gut
* “Gut Microbes May Lead to Therapies for Mental Illness” By UT Southwestern
* https://neurosciencenews.com/gut-microbes-mental-health-21385/
* “Is there a link between gut health and anxiety?” by Rosie Slater
* https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/gut-health-and-anxiety#link
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Jan 12, 2023
Pain Worse at Night, Who Needs Water, Covid Nasal Spray
Today you’ll learn about the development of a potential new Covid vaccine in the form of a nasal spray, how your circadian rhythm affects how intensely you feel pain, and how the old saying that you need 8 glasses of water a day could be a myth.
Pain Worse at Night
* “Why pain feels worse at night” by Allison Whitten
* https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/why-pain-feels-worse-at-night/
* “Circadian rhythmicity of pain sensitivity in humans” by Inès Daguet, Véronique Raverot, Didier Bouhassira, and Claude Gronfier
* https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/145/9/3225/6637506?guestAccessKey=e94c8f79-7fca-42ca-98e2-085eb26400c3&login=false
Who Needs Water?
* “Stop counting cups. There’s an ocean of difference in our water needs” by UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
* https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/972344
* “Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors” by YOSUKE YAMADA et al.
* https://www.scie…
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Jan 11, 2023
Delusion Science, S.A.D. About Day Length, Fentanyl Vaccine
Today we discuss the science of delusion, how changes in the length of our days can cause changes in our behavior, and a potential new life saving drug to fight the current opioid crisis.
Delusion Science
* “What is walking corpse syndrome?” by Victoria Shepherd
* https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/walking-corpse-syndrome/
* “Glass Bones and Walking Corpses: 9 Delusions from History” by Amy Irvine
* https://www.historyhit.com/common-delusions-in-history/
S.A.D. About Day Length
* “How changes in length of day change the brain and subsequent behavior” by Scott LaFee
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220907093419.htm
* “Seasonal changes in day length induce multisynaptic neurotransmitter switching to regulate hypothalamic network activity and behavior” by Alessandra Porcu
* https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abn9867
Fentanyl Vaccine
* “An Immunconjugate Vaccine Alters Distribution and Reduces the Antinociceptive,…
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Jan 6, 2023
Boyhood Nickname, Vampire Grave, Wrecked By Success
Today we discuss how nicknames for young boys can help them socialize better, how archaeologists in Poland have unearthed the grave of a woman people feared might return from the dead, and a new study that disproves Freud’s theory that more successful people are unhealthier than less successful people.
Boyhood Nickname
* “Why You Should Ask Men About Their Boyhood Nicknames” By Jett Stone
* https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-souls-men/202209/why-you-should-ask-men-about-their-boyhood-nicknames
* “Why Men Need to Prioritize, and Celebrate, Their Friendships” by Jett Stone
* https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-souls-men/202202/why-men-need-prioritize-and-celebrate-their-friendships
Vampire Grave
* “Archaeologists unearth remains of 17th-century female “vampire” in Poland” by Jennifer Oullette
* https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/archaeologists-unearth-remains-of-17th-century-female-vampire-in-poland/
* “Ancient human bloodsuck…
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Jan 5, 2023
Mosquito Magnets, Laughing Rats, Roman Relics
Today you’ll learn about why some people are more popular with mosquitoes than others, what tickling rats tells us about being human, and how a recent discovery of ancient statues re-writes what we believed about historical Tuscany.
Mosquito Magnets
* “Why Are Some People Mosquito Magnets and Others Unbothered? A Medical Entomologist Points to Metabolism, Body Odor and Mindset” by Jonathan Day
* https://theconversation.com/why-are-some-people-mosquito-magnets-and-others-unbothered-a-medical-entomologist-points-to-metabolism-body-odor-and-mindset-187957
* “Blood-feeding ecology of mosquitoes in two zoological gardens in the United Kingdom” by Arturo Hernandez-Colina, Merit Gonzalez-Olvera, Emily Lomax, Freya Townsend, Amber Maddox, Jenny C. Hesson, Kenneth Sherlock, Dawn Ward, Lindsay Eckley, Mark Vercoe, Javier Lopez & Matthew Baylis
* https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-021-04735-0
* “Comparison of people who request mosquito…
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Jan 4, 2023
Decluttering the Mind, Never Forget Faces, Paralysis Neurons
Today we discuss how watching cleaning or decluttering videos affects our mental state, the abilities of super-recognizers, and a recent discovery into how manipulating the neurons in paralysis patients might be able to improve their mobility.
Decluttering the Mind
* “Why Watching Decluttering Videos Feels So Good” by Abby Alten Schwartz
* https://www.wired.com/story/why-watching-decluttering-videos-feels-so-good/
* “How to Stop Doomscrolling—With Psychology” by Kenneth R. Rosen
* https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-stop-doomscrolling-psychology-social-media-fomo/
Never Forget Faces
* “I Never Forget a Face: The Science of Super-Recognizers' Amazing Feat of Recognition” by Leah Thayer
* https://neurosciencenews.com/super-recognizers-visual-learning-21379/
* ‘They never forget a face. Research delves into how ‘super-recognizers’ can do this.” By Marlene Cimons
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/super-recognizer-facial-memory/2021/10/29/…
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Dec 30, 2022
Re-release: Covid’s Bright Side, Frog’s 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.
Covid’s Bright Side
* 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/pandemic-era-street-spaces-parklets-patios-and-the-future-of-th…
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Dec 29, 2022
Re-release: 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.
Solar Salads
* “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/
Cursed Caffeine
* “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-addic…
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Dec 28, 2022
Re-release: 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.
Fabric with Ears
* 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.cd…
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Dec 23, 2022
Re-release: 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.
To the Moon Artemis
* 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_reference_guide_2022_w…
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Dec 22, 2022
Re-release: 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.
True Cavity Culprit
* “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
Modular Meds
* “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-container…
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Dec 21, 2022
Re-release: 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 His…
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Dec 16, 2022
The Power of the Face, Ultrasound Glasses, Listening Cat
Today you’ll learn about how using a face in marketing makes people more likely to align themselves with social causes, how scientists in China have developed a pair of glasses that use ultrasound technology to measure our eyes blinking, and how cats can distinguish between speech directed at them and other humans.
The Power of the Face
* “The Power of Putting a Human Face on Social Causes” by Association for Psychological Science
* https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/please-feed-me-the-power-of-putting-a-human-face-on-social-causes.html
* “Helping Fellow Beings: Anthropomorphized Social Causes and the Role of Anticipatory Guilt” by Hee-Kyung Ahn, Hae Joo Kim, and Pankaj Aggarwal (PAYWALLED)
* https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797613496823
* “Reasons Why Putting a Human Face in Your Marketing Campaign Is an Essential Strategy” by Alan Draper
* https://www.business2community.com/marketing/reasons-why-putting-a-human-face-in-yo…
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Dec 15, 2022
Time Flies, Human Microbiome, Smartphone Death Predictor
Today you’ll learn about how time flies as we age, how scientists are learning more and more about the microbiome within a human body, and the potential for a new phone app that can predict when you might die.
Time Flies
* “Why Does 'Time Fly' As We Get Older?” by Christopher Dwyer
* https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/thoughts-thinking/202209/why-does-time-fly-we-get-older
* “Why time flies so fast as we get older” BY ABIGAIL SAWYER
* https://www.biotechniques.com/cell-and-tissue-biology/why-time-flies-as-we-get-older/
Human Microbiome
* “Scientists Have Made A Human Microbiome From Scratch” by Carl Zimmer
* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/06/science/human-microbiome-bacteria.html
* “Design, construction, and in vivo augmentation of a complex gut microbiome” by Alice G. Cheng et al.
* https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00990-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867422009904%3Fshowall%3Dtr…
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Dec 14, 2022
Body Map, Brain 2.0, Pig Bystanders
Today we discuss how the body can physically feel emotions, how axolotls can regenerate their brains, and how pigs can play peacemakers during pig-on-pig fights.
Body Map
* “Where Are Emotions Felt In The Body?” by Juliana Ukiomogbe
* https://greatist.com/connect/emotional-body-maps-infographic#infographic
* “Bodily maps of emotions” by Lauri Nummenmaa, Enrico Glerean, Riitta Hari, and Jari K. Hietanen
* https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1321664111
Brain 2.0
* “Axolotl Weirdos Can Regrow Their Brains, A New Map Reveals Their Regeneration Secret” by Ashley Maynard
* https://www.livescience.com/axolotls-can-regenerate-their-brains
* “Adult axolotls can regenerate original neuronal diversity in response to brain injury” by Ryoji Amamoto, Violeta Gisselle Lopez Huerta, Emi Takahashi, Guangping Dai, Aaron K Grant, Zhanyan Fu, and Paola Arlotta
* https://elifesciences.org/articles/13998
Pig Bystanders
* “Pig bystanders are pretty good at…
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Dec 9, 2022
Astronaut Blood, Screen Wrinkles, Save the Snow Crab
Today we explore how astronauts’ blood mutates when coming back from space, how our screens are aging us, and the potential extinction event of the snow crab.
Astronaut Blood
* “Astronauts' blood shows signs of DNA mutations due to spaceflight” by Elizabeth Howell
* https://www.space.com/astronaut-spaceflight-cancer-dna-mutations-study
* “Researchers Find Spaceflight May Be Associated With DNA Mutations and Increased Risk of Developing Heart Disease and Cancer” by Mount Sinai
* https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2022/fesearchers-find-spaceflight-may-be-associated-with-dna-mutations-and-increased-risk-of-developing-heart-disease-and-cancer
Screen Wrinkles
* “Your phone screen could be making you age quicker” by Alex Hughes
* https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/your-phone-screen-could-be-making-you-age-quicker/
* “Too much blue light can accelerate aging ... at least for flies” by Sarah Sloat
* https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/much…
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Dec 8, 2022
Happy Healthy Kids, Hearing Data, Oystersong
Today you’ll learn about how kids’ well-being can affect adult heart health, what our ears can tell us about the cosmos, and how playing music meant for oysters can help them adapt to climate change.
Happy Healthy Kids
* “Protecting Children’s Psychological Well-being Could Help Strengthen Their Hearts as Adults” by Boehm, J. K.
* https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/obsonline/2022-sept-childhood-psychological-health-adult-hearts.html
* “Psychological Well-Being in Childhood and Cardiometabolic Risk in Middle Adulthood: Findings From the 1958 British Birth Cohort” by Julia K. Boehm
* https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09567976221075608
Hearing Data
* “Scientists are turning data into sound to listen to the whispers of the universe (and more)” by Jeffrey Cooke
* https://www.space.com/astronomy-sonification-turn-data-to-music
* “Sonification and Sound Design for Astronomy Research, Education and Public Engagement” by A…
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Dec 7, 2022
Healthy Breaks, Diarrhea Gene, Motorcycle Light
Today we discuss the benefits of taking breaks during work, how milk led to death, and a new configuration of lights that might lead to a massive decrease in the amount of motorcycle accidents that happen at night.
Healthy Breaks
* “Microbreaks may help to prevent workplace burnout” by Neil McKim
* https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/microbreaks-may-help-to-prevent-workplace-burnout/
* “Microbreaks can increase your well-being, but only if you do these types of activities, experts say” by Megan Marples
* https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/31/health/microbreaks-benefits-report-wellness/index.html
Diarrhea Gene
* “Famine and disease may have driven ancient Europeans’ lactose tolerance” by Bruce Bower
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/lactose-tolerance-milk-famine-disease-ancient-europe
* “Famine and disease drove the evolution of lactose tolerance in Europe” by University of Bristol
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/07/220727110700.htm
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Dec 2, 2022
Techno-Lonely, TV Glasses, Snooze Button
Today we explore how technology is making us lonely, how a new pair of glasses may be expanding your idea of a computer screen, and how hitting the snooze button too many times could ruin your sleep hygiene.
Techno-Lonely
* “Cultivate Deeper Connections Using the Science of Friendship” BY Ryan Jenkins
* https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-case-connection/202209/cultivate-deeper-connections-using-the-science-friendship
* “Teens around the world are lonelier than a decade ago. The reason may be smartphones” by Tara Bahrampour
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/teens-loneliness-smart-phones/2021/07/20/cde8c866-e84e-11eb-8950-d73b3e93ff7f_story.html
TV Glasses
* “Lenovo’s New Glasses Project A Computer Display Inches From Your Eyes” by Daniel Gyllhem
* https://vigourtimes.com/lenovos-new-glasses-project-a-computer-display-inches-from-your-eyes/
* “The Lenovo Glasses T1 are a monitor you wear on your face” by Joseph Foley
*…
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Dec 1, 2022
Mental Health Robot, Seaweed Coffee, Brain Stimulation for ED
Let’s talk about a recent study that shows children are more likely to be honest with their emotions when talking to a robot, a revolutionary new way to make single-use coffee pods from seaweed, and, trigger warning, how deep brain stimulation might help those suffering from eating disorders.
Mental Health Robot
* “Children more candid about mental health when talking to robot, study finds” by Hannah Devlin
* https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/sep/01/children-mental-health-talking-robot-study-cambridge
* “Robots may be better at spotting mental wellbeing issues in children than traditional methods” by Luke Hurst
* https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/09/01/robots-may-be-better-at-spotting-mental-wellbeing-issues-in-children-than-traditional-meth
Seaweed Coffee
* “‘Revolutionary’ seaweed coffee balls could save thousands of tons of plastic waste” by Samuel Webb
* https://www.yahoo.com/news/revolutionary-seaweed-coffee-balls-could-103117132.html…
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Nov 30, 2022
Health and Connection, 3D Dam, Reliance on English
Today you’ll learn about the behaviors researchers say can make us more connected with each other, how China is building an AI-powered, 3D Printed dam, and how an over-reliance on the English language is causing problems in the field of cognitive science.
Health and Connection
* “Feeling connected enhances mental and physical health – here are 4 research-backed ways to find moments of connection with loved ones and strangers” by Dave Smallen
* https://theconversation.com/feeling-connected-enhances-mental-and-physical-health-here-are-4-research-backed-ways-to-find-moments-of-connection-with-loved-ones-and-strangers-185012
* “Infant-Mother Face-to-Face Interaction: Age and Gender Differences in Coordination and the Occurrence of Miscoordination” by Edward Z. Tronick and Jeffery F. Cohn1
* https://www.jstor.org/stable/1131074?origin=crossref
3D Dam
* “China Proposed To Build A Dam with a Distributed 3D Printer” by RUPENDRA BRAHAMBHATT
* https://arstechni…
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Nov 25, 2022
Shower Ideas, Medicinal Chocolate, Black Holes Burping
Today we explore the science behind getting great ideas in the shower, how regular chocolate consumption can slow down cognitive decline, and how a black hole recently burped out the remnants of a star it absorbed four YEARS ago!
Shower Ideas
* “The Science of Why You Have Great Ideas in The Shower” by Stacey Colino
* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-science-of-why-you-have-great-ideas-in-the-shower/ar-AA10ANav
* “An improved neuroanatomical model of the default-mode network reconciles previous neuroimaging and neuropathological findings” by Pedro Nascimento Alves, Chris Foulon, Vyacheslav Karolis, Danilo Bzdok, Daniel S. Margulies, Emmanuelle Volle & Michel Thiebaut de Schotten
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-019-0611-3
Medicinal Chocolate
* “Daily Chocolate May Rescue The Brain From Cognitive Decline” by Gary Wenk
* https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-brain-food/202209/daily-chocolate-may-rescue-the-brain-cognitive-decline…
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Nov 24, 2022
Smart Contacts, Stoned Dolphins, Birdsongs vs Traffic
We discuss how scientists have developed a cancer-detecting contact lens, the behaviors of inebriated dolphins, and how listening to birds singing can help our mental health!
Smart Contacts
* “Scientists Create Smart Contact Lenses That Diagnose Cancer” by Ophthalmology Breaking News
* https://ophthalmologybreakingnews.com/scientists-create-smart-contact-lenses-that-diagnose-cancer
* “A Microchambers Containing Contact Lens for the Noninvasive Detection of Tear Exosomes” by Shaopei Li, Yangzhi Zhu, Reihaneh Haghniaz, Satoru Kawakita, Shenghan Guan, Jianjun Chen, Zijie Li, Kalpana Mandal, Jamal Bahari, Shilp Shah, Juchen Guo, Heemin Kang, Wujin Sun, Han-Jun Kim, Vadim Jucaud, Mehmet R. Dokmeci, Pete Kollbaum, Chi Hwan Lee, and Ali Khademhosseini
* https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202206620?af=R
Stoned Dolphins
* “Dolphins 'Deliberately Get High' on Puffer Fish Nerve Toxins By Carefully Chewing and Passing Them Around” by Adam Withnall
* htt…
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Nov 23, 2022
Cognitive Bias, Body Battery, 3D Printed School
Today you’ll learn about the science of cognitive bias, how scientists may have found a way to turn your body into a battery, and how the first 3D-printed school in Europe is about to be built in Ukraine.
Cognitive Bias
* “Cognitive Biases and Brain Biology Help Explain Why Facts Don't Change Minds” by Keith M. Bellizzi
* https://theconversation.com/cognitive-biases-and-brain-biology-help-explain-why-facts-dont-change-minds-186530
* “Misinformation and Its Correction: Continued Influence and Successful Debiasing” by Stephan Lewandowsky, Ullrich K. H. Ecker, Colleen M. Seifert, Norbert Schwarz, and John Cook.
* https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1529100612451018
Body Battery
* “Scientists Found a Way To Turn Your Body Into a Battery With Your Clothes On” by Drew Turney
* https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a40807192/clothes-that-power-electronics/
* “Stretchable, Breathable, and Stable Lead-Free Perovskite/Polymer Nanofiber Composit…
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Nov 18, 2022
Asthma Cure, Shark Intestines, Human Brain Cells in Rats
Today we explore whether there is a potential long-term cure for asthma based on recent studies, how shark intestines are shaped exactly like a Tesla Valve, and what happens when you transplant human brain cells in newborn rats.
Asthma Cure
* “Potential Long-Term Treatment for Asthma Found” by Aston University
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220809141233.htm
* “A Potential Long-Term Asthma Treatment Has Passed Early Trials in Mice” by DAVID NIELD
* https://www.sciencealert.com/a-potential-long-term-asthma-treatment-has-passed-early-trials-in-mice
* Most Recent Asthma Data
* https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/most_recent_national_asthma_data.htm
Shark Intestines
* “Shark Intestines Spiral Like a Valve Invented By Nikola Tesla” by Alex Fox
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sharks-intestines-spiral-valve-invented-nikola-tesla-180978307/
* “Shark spiral intestines may operate as Tesla valves” by Samantha C. Leigh, Adam P. Summers,…
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Nov 17, 2022
Small Talk, Crab Battery, Ancient Dragons
Today we discuss how only four minutes of small talk with a stranger can help you predict their personality traits, an exciting biodegradable battery option on the horizon, and a new discovery into the origins of dragons!
Small Talk
* “Four Minutes of Small Talk Can Reveal Key Personality Traits” by Sascha Pare
* https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/31/four-minutes-of-small-talk-can-reveal-key-personality-traits-study-says
* “Small Talk and Theory of Mind in Strategic Decision-Making” by Neha Bose and Daniel Sgroi
* https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/dsgroi/theoryofmind.pdf
Crab Battery
* “Crab and Lobster Shells Could Be Used To Make Renewable Batteries” by Sofia Quaglia
* https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/01/crab-lobster-shells-could-used-make-renewable-batteries
* “A sustainable chitosan-zinc electrolyte for high-rate zinc-metal batteries” by Meiling Wu, Ye Zhang, Lin Xu, Chunpeng Yang, Min Hong, Mingjin Cui, Bryson…
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Nov 16, 2022
Remote Mines, Mouse Embryos, Down Syndrome Treatment
Let’s talk about a potential new high-tech mine in Minnesota, how scientists have created a synthetic mouse embryo using stem cells, and a major breakthrough in the cause of and treatment for Down Syndrome.
Remote Mines
* “This Remote Mine Could Foretell the Future of America’s Electric Car Industry” by Ana Swanson
* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/business/economy/electric-cars-us-nickel-mine.html
* “Fight over Minnesota nickel mine plan by Talon Metals is local — and global, too” by Mark Reilly
* https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2022/08/31/talon-metals-nickel-mine-minnesota.html
Mouse Embryos
* “Scientists Use Stem Cells To Create Synthetic Mouse Embryos” by Associated Press
* https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/scientists-use-stem-cells-create-synthetic-mouse-embryos-rcna44881
* “Post-gastrulation synthetic embryos generated ex utero from mouse naive ESCs” by Shadi Tarazi, Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon, Carine Joubran,…
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Nov 11, 2022
A Wandering Mind, Song of the Humpback, Robocap
Today we discuss the science behind a wandering mind, the ins and outs of songs composed by humpback whales, and how an innovative new robotic capsule might help our digestive systems absorb drugs that aren’t as effective to take orally.
A Wandering Mind
* “The science of a wandering mind” By Tim Vernimmen
* https://knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2022/science-wandering-mind
* “How Self-Generated Thought Shapes Mood—The Relation between Mind-Wandering and Mood Depends on the Socio-Temporal Content of Thoughts” by Florence J. M. Ruby, Jonathan Smallwood, Haakon Engen, and Tania Singer
* https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0077554
Song of the Humpback
* “Humpback Whales Pass Their Songs Across Oceans” by Carl Zimmer
* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/science/humpback-whale-songs-cultural-evolution.html
* “Humpback Whales Almost 9,000 Miles Apart Have Been Caught Singing The Same Song” by Carly Casella
* https:/…
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Nov 10, 2022
Frog Skin Cells, Shrimp Robots, Oral Insulin Tablet
Today we discuss how frog skin stem cells were recently used to create microscopic living machines, how scientists are trying to replicate the powerful punch of a mantis shrimp, and a new breakthrough in the creation of an oral insulin tablet.
Frog Skin Cells
* “Frog skin cells turned themselves into living machines” by Laura Sanders
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/frog-skin-cells-self-made-living-machines-xenobots
* “A cellular platform for the development of synthetic living machines” by Douglas Blackiston, Emma Lederer, and Michael Levin
* https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.abf1571
Shrimp Robots
* “Small, Mighty Robots Mimic the Powerful Punch of Mantis Shrimp” by US Army Research Laboratory
* https://neurosciencenews.com/mantis-shrimp-robot-19301/
* “Robot mimics the powerful punch of the mantis shrimp” by Harvard University
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If4IURa2Joo
Oral Insulin Tablet
* “Breakthrough results in d…
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Nov 9, 2022
Robot Squirrels, AI Labor Prediction, Dolphin Gangs
Today you’ll learn about how squirrels are parkour experts and can be used to teach robots to move in a similar way, how artificial intelligence can help expectant mothers predict childbirth risks, and the gangs of dolphins that are roaming our oceans.
Robot Squirrels
* “Science’s next great leap: using squirrels to teach robots how to ‘parkour’” by Joe Pinkstone
* https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/08/05/sciences-next-great-leap-using-squirrels-teach-robots-parkour/
* “Squirrel parkour: How leaping squirrels could inspire more nimble robots” by Lucia F. Jacobs, Nathaniel Hunt & Robert J. Full
* https://bigthink.com/life/squirrel-biomechanics/
* “SCIENCE’S NEXT GREAT LEAP: USING SQUIRRELS TO TEACH ROBOTS HOW TO ‘PARKOUR’” by Joe Pinkstone
* https://www.impactlab.com/2021/08/15/sciences-next-great-leap-using-squirrels-to-teach-robots-how-to-parkour/
AI Labor Prediction
* “Successful Labor Outcomes in Expectant Mothers Using AI” by Ma…
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Nov 4, 2022
Music and Dementia, Microbe Rocket Fuel, Bitcoin Mining
Today you’ll learn about how music is being used to combat dementia, how scientists are making more efficient rocket fuel from bacteria, and the environmental effects of bitcoin mining.
Music and Dementia
* “Music Helps Patients With Dementia Connect With Loved Ones” by Marla Paul
* https://neurosciencenews.com/music-alzheimers-connection-21316/
* “Music: Bridging Memories for People With Alzheimer's” by Dennis Thompson
* https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-09-06/music-bridging-memories-for-people-with-alzheimers
Microbe Rocket Fuel
“Bacteria for Blastoff: Using Microbes to Make Supercharged New Rocket Fuel” by Aliyah Kovner
* https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2022/06/30/bacteria-for-blastoff/
“Microbes May Hold the Secret to Creating More Powerful Rocket Fuel” By Kevin Hurler
* https://gizmodo.com/microbes-produce-powerful-and-cleaner-rocket-fuel-1849142045
Bitcoin Mining
* “Technology: University of New Mexico researchers find B…
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Nov 3, 2022
The Myth of Man Flu, Arctic Lakes, Buzzing Bats
Let’s talk about whether “man flu” is fact or fiction, how the Arctic lakes just threw a curveball at our climate change projections, and the genius new way bats are tricking their predators.
The Myth of Man Flu
* “Man flu is not a thing – Gender-specific secondary analysis of a prospective randomized-controlled trial for acute rhinosinusitis” by Reidl et al.
* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022399922003324?via%3Dihub
* “Stop accusing men of overreacting – 'man flu' really does exist, doctor claims” by Nicola Davis
* https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/dec/11/stop-accusing-men-of-overreacting-man-flu-really-does-exist-claims-doctor
* “'Man Flu' May Be Real After All, Study Says” by Alice G. Walton
* https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2017/12/12/man-flu-may-be-an-actual-thing-study-finds/?sh=723fbdb31240
* “The science behind “man flu”” by Kyle Sue
* https://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5560
*…
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Nov 2, 2022
Hacking Device, Designer Seaweed, Accent Exposure
We discuss the latest in phone hacking technology, how aquaculture may be able to help the global food crisis, and how engaging with people who speak in a foreign accent may help us retain language.
Hacking Device
* “Hacking device can secretly swipe and tap your smartphone screen” by Jeremy Hsu
* https://www.newscientist.com/article/2335970-hacking-device-can-secretly-swipe-and-tap-your-smartphone-screen/
* “‘Invisible finger’ demo hacks the touchscreen” by Billy Hurley
* https://www.itbrew.com/stories/2022/08/22/invisible-finger-demo-hacks-the-touchscreen
Designer Seaweed
* “New aquaculture technology can help ease the global food crisis” by Tel-Aviv University
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220831094703.htm
* “Enriched seaweed may be a key element in the fight against world hunger, experts flag” by William Bradford Nichols
* https://www.nutritioninsight.com/news/enriched-seaweed-may-be-a-key-element-in-the-fight-against-wo…
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Oct 28, 2022
Flirting Cats, Walking Sharks, Preventing Cerebral Palsy
We discuss a new app that can translate a cat’s meow into human languages, how the Epaulette shark is teaching us about climate change, and a potential treatment that might prevent cerebral palsy.
Flirting Cats
* “Did My Cat Just Hit On Me? An Adventure in Pet Translation” by Emily Anthes
* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/29/science/cats-pets-ommunication-artificial-intelligence.html
* “Melody matters: An acoustic study of domestic cat meows in six contexts and four mental states” by Susanne Schötz, Joost van de Weijer, and Robert Eklund
* https://peerj.com/preprints/27926/
* “The Animal Translators” by Emily Anthes
* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/science/translators-animals-naked-mole-rats.html
Walking Sharks
* “These Sharks Can Walk, and They Might Help Us Understand More About Climate Change” by Orlando Mayorquin
* https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/08/25/walking-epaulette-shark-climate-change/7879031001/
* “A…
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Oct 27, 2022
Geckos & Skin Cancer, Music in Childhood, Underwater Camera
Today we discuss the connection between skin cancer and a leopard gecko named Mr. Frosty, how playing a musical instrument in childhood can affect brain function as we age, and how a new underwater camera can help us explore previously-unseen parts of the ocean.
Geckos & Skin Cancer
* “This Gecko Named Mr. Frosty and His 900 Babies May Inspire Human Skin Cancer Treatments” by Elizabeth Gamillo
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/reptiles-frosty-yellow-skin-may-reveal-future-treatments-skin-cancers-humans-180978075/
* “Leopard Gecko Skin Tumors Traced to Cancer Gene” by Longua Guo et al.
* https://www.hhmi.org/news/leopard-gecko-skin-tumors-traced-to-cancer-gene
Music in Childhood
* “Playing music in childhood linked to a sharper mind in old age, study suggests” by Guardian Staff
* https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/aug/29/playing-music-in-childhood-linked-to-a-sharper-mind-in-old-age-study-suggests
* “Experience of playing music in chi…
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Oct 26, 2022
Pee and Seagrass, Heart Sound Maps, Modified Mosquitos
Today we talk about how crystallizing human urine can help save seagrass, a new AI program that can detect early signs of heart disease, and how mosquitos can be used to vaccinate against malaria.
Pee and Seagrass
* “Human Pee Might Just Be the Key to Saving Seagrass” by Jesse Kathan
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/human-pee-might-just-be-the-key-to-saving-seagrass-180980368/
* “Use of a wastewater recovery product (struvite) to enhance subtropical seagrass restoration” by C. MacDonnella, F. Bydalek, T.Z. Osborne, A. Beard, S.Barbour, D.Leonard, J. Makinia, and P.W. Ingletta.
* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969722028133
Heart Sound Maps
* “Low-cost disease diagnosis by mapping heart sounds” by American Institute of Physics
* https://phys.org/news/2022-08-low-cost-disease-diagnosis-heart.html
* “Low-Cost Disease Diagnosis By Mapping Heart Sounds” by Addrew Shawn
* https://vervetimes.com/low-cost-disease-dia…
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Oct 21, 2022
The Dead Speak, Egyptian Discoveries, Pyramid Building
Join us for a deep dive into the latest and wildest new discoveries from Ancient Egypt to get you ready for the release of DC’s new film Black Adam, only in theaters. The dead speak! Yes, scientists have recreated the voice of a 3,000 year old mummy and we’ll tell you all about it as well as how some ancient Egyptian tombs contain more than just gold, and a recent discovery as to how the pyramids were built.
The Dead Speak
* “The dead speak! Scientists recreate voice of 3000-year-old mummy” by Erin Malsbury
* https://www.science.org/content/article/dead-speak-scientists-re-create-voice-3000-year-old-mummy
* “We can now hear the voice of a mummy 3,000 years after the Egyptian priest last spoke” by Doyle Rice
* https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/24/scientists-recreate-voice-ancient-egyptian-mummy/4557044002/
* “Synthesis of a Vocal Sound from the 3,000 year old Mummy, Nesyamun ‘True of Voice’” by D. M. Howard, J. Schofield, J. Fletcher, K…
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Oct 20, 2022
Magic Addiction Fix, Parkinson’s Detection, Wind Turbines
Today we talk about how psilocybin from magic mushrooms can help those struggling with alcohol addiction, a new device that can detect Parkinson’s disease from breathing patterns, and how we can recycle wind turbines.
Magic Addiction Fix
* “Psychedelic ‘Magic Mushroom’ Ingredient Could Help Treat Alcohol Addiction” by Margaret Osborne
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/psychedelic-magic-mushroom-ingredient-could-help-treat-alcohol-addiction-180980658/
* “Psilocybin shows promise for treating alcohol addiction, new study finds” by Oliva Goldhill
* https://www.statnews.com/2022/08/24/psilocybin-shows-promise-for-treating-alcohol-addiction-study/
Parkinson’s Detection
* “Artificial intelligence model can detect Parkinson's from breathing patterns, researchers show” by ScienceDaily
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220825120322.htm
* “Artificial intelligence-enabled detection and assessment of Parkinson’s disease using noc…
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Oct 19, 2022
Reverse Aging, Cooperation Increase, Time & Covid
Today we explore a potential scientific fountain of youth, how cooperation among strangers has, contrary to popular belief, actually increased in recent years, and how the pandemic has caused the perception of time distortion.
Reverse Aging
* “Scientists actually reversed human aging using a revolutionary new treatment” by Mike Wehner
* https://bgr.com/science/age-reversal-oxygen-therapy/
* “Human aging process biologically reversed in world first” by Sarah Knapton
* https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/11/18/human-ageing-process-biologically-reversed-world-first/
Cooperation Increase
* “New study shows that cooperation among strangers in the US has increased since the 1950s” by Douglas Heingartner
* https://www.psychnewsdaily.com/cooperation-among-strangers-is-increasing/
* “Cooperation among strangers has increased since the 1950s” by Yu Kou
* https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2022/07/cooperation-among-strangers
Time & Covid
* “Study…
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Oct 14, 2022
Parents & Screens, BFFs Smell the Same, Locusts Find Cancer
We discuss how digital media affects parents and caregivers, how friends often have similar body odor, and the cancer-sniffing abilities of locusts.
Parents & Screens
* “Using digital media to relax is related to lower-quality parenting” by Media Relations, University of Waterloo
* https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/using-digital-media-relax-related-lower-quality-parenting
* “Parents attached to digital devices more likely to yell at their kids, are less ‘present’ in their lives” By Chris Melore
* https://studyfinds.org/digital-media-lousy-parents/
BFFs Smell the Same
* “Scent of a friend: Similarities in body odor may contribute to social bonding” by Noah Sobel
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220627125010.htm
Locusts Find Cancer
* “Locusts can 'sniff' out human cancer” by Matt Davenport
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220805154405.htm
* “Locusts Can Smell Cancer, And It Could Give Us A Brilliant New Way to…
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Oct 13, 2022
Food for Climate Change, New Water Planet, Stormchasers
We delve into which foods that research shows will become more popular as we adjust to climate change, the discovery of a new planet covered in water, and the effects of Arctic storms on ice levels.
Food for Climate Change
* “These six foods may become more popular as the planet warms” by Anna Gibbs
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/food-climate-future-nutrition-millet-seaweed-cassava-mussels
* “What Is Cassava? Health Benefits and How to Prepare It” by Healthline
* https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/cassava
New Water Planet
* “An extrasolar world covered in water?” By University of Montreal
* https://phys.org/news/2022-08-extrasolar-world.html
* “Newly discovered exoplanet may be a ‘Super Earth’ covered in water” by Laura Baisas
* popsci.com/science/extrasolar-planet-ocean-water-space/
Stormchasers
* “Arctic storm chasers brave giant cyclones to understand how they chew up sea ice” by Eric Hand
* https://www.science.org/cont…
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Oct 12, 2022
VR & Transcendence, Stonehenge Calendar, Pregnant With Covid
We discuss how VR is as effective as psychedelics at helping people reach transcendence, whether Stonehenge may have been an ancient calendar, and how COVID-19 has affected women in late pregnancy.
VR & Transcendence
* “VR is as good as psychedelics at helping people reach transcendence” by Hana Kiros
* https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/08/06/1056727/vr-virtual-reality-psychedelics-transcendence/
* “VR Experience Simulates The Feeling Of LSD & Mushrooms” by Kyle Melnick
* https://vrscout.com/news/vr-experience-simulates-the-feeling-of-lsd-mushrooms/#
Stonehenge Calendar
* “Stonehenge May Have Been an Ancient Solar Calender” by Tom Metcalfe
* https://www.nbcnews.com/science/weird-science/stonehenge-may-ancient-solar-calendar-study-finds-rcna18020
* “Stonehenge may be an ancient solar calendar” by Sara Novak
* https://astronomy.com/news/2022/07/stonehenge-may-be-an-ancient-solar-calendar
Pregnant With Covid
* “Higher rates of preter…
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Oct 7, 2022
Dating App Data, Mass Frog Grave, Cure for Colorblind
Let’s talk about how dating apps stress us out, the discovery of a massive ancient frog grave, and how gene therapy can potentially cure colorblindness.
Dating App Data
* “The agony of partner choice: The effect of excessive partner availability on fear of being single, self-esteem, and partner choice overload” by Marina F. Thomas, Alice Binder, and Jörg Matthes.
* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563221003009
* “Science of Dating: How Many Times Should You Swipe on a Dating App?” by Ellen Nguyen.
https://medium.com/tinglymind/science-of-dating-how-many-times-should-you-swipe-on-a-dating-app-acb28e6e709a
Mass Frog Grave
“Ancient frogs in mass grave died from too much sex – new research” by Daniel Falk
* https://theconversation.com/ancient-frogs-in-mass-grave-died-from-too-much-sex-new-research-188562
* “How Frogs Benefited From The Dinosaurs' Extinction” by Merrit Kennedy
* https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/03/…
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Oct 6, 2022
Bee Venom Kills Cancer, Giant Manatees, Monkey Masturbation
Our stories today discuss how bee venom can potentially help fight cancer, the history of manatees, and recent discoveries in how monkeys use tools.
Bee Venom Kills Cancer
* “Honeybee venom kills aggressive breast cancer cells: Australian study” by Rachel Arthur
* https://www.biopharma-reporter.com/Article/2020/09/07/Honeybee-venom-kills-aggressive-breast-cancer-cells-study
* “Honeybee venom 'kills some breast cancer cells'” by BBC
* https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-53994058
* “Honeybee venom kills aggressive breast cancer cells” by James Kingsland
* https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/honeybee-venom-kills-aggressive-breast-cancer-cells#Blocking-messages
Giant Manatees
* “New research tracks the history of manatees across Earth's oceans” by Karl Bates
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220825120334.htm
* “History of Manatees Across World’s Oceans Tracked by New Research” by Cristen Hemingway Jaynes
* https://…
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Oct 5, 2022
Online Learning, Alcohol Cravings, Manipulative Dogs
We explore how online learning affects the body, how mood affects alcohol cravings in both men and women, and how dogs have evolved to manipulate us!
Online Learning
* “Online teaching triggers a different response in the body” by Meike Drießen
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220817104031.htm
* “Neuroanatomy, Parasympathetic Nervous System” by Jacob Tindle & Prasanna Tadi.
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK553141/#:~:text=The%20parasympathetic%20nervous%20system%20predominates,digestion%20and%20urination.%5B1%5D
Alcohol Cravings
* “Mood Influences Alcohol Craving Differently in Men and Women” by Neuroscience News
* https://neurosciencenews.com/mood-alcohol-cravings-21321/
* “Liking, Wanting and the Incentive-Sensitization Theory of Addiction” by Kent C. Berridge and Terry E Robinson
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5171207/#:~:text=The%20incentive%2Dsensitization%20theory%20posits,an%20amplification%20of%20'li…
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Sep 30, 2022
PPE Concrete, Steroid Use and ADHD, Butterfly Chastity
Today we discuss how recycling used personal protective equipment can make stronger concrete, a rise in ADHD symptoms among male weightlifters who take steroids, and the battle of the sexes among male and female butterflies!
PPE Concrete
* “PPE can be recycled to make stronger concrete” by Gosia Kaszubska and Will Wright
* https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2022/august/ppe-concrete
* “Recycled PPE could strengthen concrete” by The Engineer
* https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/recycled-ppe-could-strengthen-concrete
Steroid Use and ADHD
* “ADHD symptoms and use of anabolic androgenic steroids among male weightlifters” by Emilie Kildal, Bjørnar Hassel & Astrid Bjørnebekk
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-12977-w#:~:text=AAS%20use%20among%20weightlifters%20is,drug%20prevention%20strategies%20in%20sports.
* “ADHD symptoms are more prevalent in male weightlifters who use steroids, study finds” by Patricia Y. Sanchez
* https://ww…
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Sep 29, 2022
DNA & Lookalikes, Extinct Lineage Found, Alzheimer’s Viruses
Today we learn about how doppelgangers can share similar DNA, a recent discovery of a lost lineage in Indonesia, and recent advancements in finding out what causes Alzheimer’s.
DNA & Lookalikes
* “People with similar faces likely have similar DNA, study finds” by Cell Press
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220823115609.htm
* “Your Doppelgänger Is Out There and You Probably Share DNA With Them” by Kate Golembiewski
* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/23/science/doppelgangers-twins-dna.html
Extinct Lineage Found
* “Ancient remains found in Indonesia belong to a vanished human lineage” by Laura Geggel
* https://www.livescience.com/mysterious-ancient-human-lineage-indonesia.html
* “Genome of a middle Holocene hunter-gatherer from Wallacea” by Selina Carlhoff, Akin Duli, Kathrin Nägele, Muhammad Nur, Laurits Skov, Iwan Sumantri, Adhi Agus Oktaviana, Budianto Hakim, Basran Burhan, Fardi Ali Syahdar, David P. McGahan, David Bulbeck, Yinika…
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Sep 28, 2022
Anti-Hangover Pill, Perks of Whale Poop, Found Dino Tracks
A Swedish company has created a new anti-hangover pill that reduces the short-term effects of drinking, whale poop is helping our ocean’s ecosystems, and a recent drought in Texas revealed the footprints from a dinosaur over 100 million years ago.
Anti-Hangover Pill
* “Myrkl: new anti-hangover pill said to break down up to 70% of alcohol in an hour – what you need to know“ by Ashwin Dhanda
* https://theconversation.com/myrkl-new-anti-hangover-pill-said-to-break-down-up-to-70-of-alcohol-in-an-hour-what-you-need-to-know-186357
* “'Anti-Hangover' Pill Myrkl Now Available in the UK: Does It Work?” by Taylor Leamey
* https://www.cnet.com/health/nutrition/anti-hangover-pill-myrkl-now-available-in-the-uk-does-it-work/
Perks of Whale Poop
* “Why you should care about whale poo” by Dr. Asha de Vos
* https://www.ted.com/talks/asha_de_vos_why_you_should_care_about_whale_poo?language=en
* “ALUMNI STORIES: 'A PILE OF WHALE POOP INSPIRED ME TO WORK IN CONSERVATI…
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Sep 23, 2022
Undead Spiders, Dandelion Drones, Dark Energy Made Light
Researchers are making small claws out of dead spiders, dandelion seeds are inspiring scientists to mimic their distribution with small sensors to be able to better track ecological information, and the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is helping us create a 3D map of the universe.
Undead Spiders
* “How researchers at Rice University in Texas figured out how to revive dead spiders (sort of)” by Orlando Mayorquin
* https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/28/texas-dead-spiders-necrobotic-grippers/10176634002/?utm_source=usatoday-EveryonesTalking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=baseline&utm_term=hero&utm_content=USAT-8872UT-E-Everyones-Talking
* “Necrobotics: Biotic Materials as Ready-to-Use Actuators” by Te Faye Yap, Zhen Liu,Anoop Rajappan, Trevor J. Shimokusu, and Daniel J. Preston
* https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202201174
Dandelion Drones
* Tiny Battery-Free Devices Float in the Wind Like Dandelion Seeds by Sarah McQuate…
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Sep 22, 2022
Gates of Hell, Cancer Clues, Hidden Jungle Cities
Today we discuss how a fiery pit in Turkmenistan has been burning for more than 50 years, new clues to the origins of cancer, and how ancient cities are hiding beneath the cover of forest canopies!
Gates of Hell
* The Quest to Extinguish the Flames of Turkmenistan’s Terrifying ‘Gates of Hell’ Firepit by Jane Recker
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-quest-to-extinguish-the-flames-of-turkmenistans-terrifying-gates-of-hell-firepit-180979458/
* The 'Gates of Hell' May Finally Be Closed, Turkmenistan's President Announces by Brandon Specktor
* https://www.livescience.com/turkmenistan-gates-of-hell-finally-closed
* The ‘Gates of Hell’ Could be Closed After Blazing for 50 Years by Sophia Smith Galer
* https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7v74n/turkmenistan-gates-of-hell-karakum-desert-fire
* The Gates of Hell by Atlas Obscura
* https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-gates-of-hell-turkmenistan
* Visiting Turkmenistan's 'Gates Of Hell' by Amos Chappl…
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Sep 21, 2022
Mushrooming Minds, Super Plants, Plz Call Your Friends
Magic mushrooms are giving researchers hope in treating conditions like anxiety and depression, a new study may have found the key to increasing photosynthesis efficiency in plants, and research shows that we love being reached out to by old friends!
Mushrooming Minds
* 'They Broke My Mental Shackles': Could Magic Mushrooms be the Answer to Depression? by Josh Jacobs
* https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/10/magic-mushrooms-treatment-depression-aztecs-psilocybin-mental-health-medicine
* Psilocybin Produces Substantial and Sustained Decreases in Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Life-Threatening Cancer: A Randomized Double-Blind Trial by Roland R. Griffiths, et al.
* https://dx.doi.org/10.1177%2F0269881116675513
* Rapid and Sustained Symptom Reduction Following Psilocybin Treatment for Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Life-Threatening Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Stephen Ross, et al.
* https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881116675512
* Psilocy…
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Sep 16, 2022
Fry Flying, Gas Giants at Home, Entangled Atoms
Today we are discussing new sustainable fuels for airplanes, creating other worldly heat at home, and a new record for quantum entanglement.
Fry Flying
* “Cooking Oil Could Be the New Jet Fuel” by Caroline Delbert
* https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a39612851/airbus-a380-flies-on-cooking-oil/
* “Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Status, Challenges and Prospects of Drop-In Liquid Fuels, Hydrogen and Electrification in Aviation” by Ausilio Bauen, et al.
* https://doi.org/10.1595/205651320X15816756012040
* “Global Biorenewable Development Strategies for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production” by Kok Siew Ng, et al.
* https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111502
* “A Step Change Towards Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Sewage Sludge” by Muhammad Asif Bashir, et al.
* https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2022.105498
Gas Giants at Home
* “Finally, a Practical Use for Nuclear Fusion” by Amit Katwala
* https://www.wired.com/story/nuclear-fusion-spac…
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Sep 15, 2022
Octopus Culture, Schizophrenia Origins, Killing Cancer
Learn about octopi forming communities, clues to the origins of schizophrenia, and a new compound giving researchers hope for fighting tough to treat cancers.
Octopus Culture
* “Hidden World of Octopus Cities and Culture Shows why it’s Wrong to Farm These Sentient Creatures” by Guardian Magazine
* https://www.guardianmag.press/2022/04/hidden-world-of-octopus-cities-and-culture-shows-why-its-wrong-to-farm-these-sentient-creatures.html/
* “The question of animal emotions” by Frans B. M. De Waal and Kristin Andrews
* https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo2378
* “Why octopuses are building small “cities” off the coast of Australia” by Annalee Newitz
* https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/why-octopuses-are-building-small-cities-off-the-coast-of-australia/
* “A second site occupied by Octopus tetricus at high densities, with notes on their ecology and behavior” by David Scheel, et al.
* https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2017.1369851
* Animal Cultu…
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Sep 14, 2022
Glass Rain Dinosaur Pain, Snarge Science, Human Skin Cyborg
A new archeological discovery might be from the day of the big asteroid strike that took down the dinosaurs, bird goo is helping us understand airplane accidents, and find out about the most human-like robot finger you’ve ever seen!
Glass Rain Dinosaur Pain
* Tanis: Fossil of Dinosaur Killed in Asteroid Strike Found, Scientists Claim by Jonathan Amos
* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61013740
* Scientists Claim They've Found a Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Fossil Killed When the Mass Extinction Asteroid Hit the Earth 66 Million Years Ago by Marianne Guenot and Alia Shoaib
* https://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/scientists-claim-theyve-found-a-perfectly-preserved-dinosaur-fossil-killed-when-the-mass-extinction-asteroid-hit-the-earth-66-million-years-ago/articleshow/90760067.cms
* The Day the Dinosaurs Died by Douglas Preston
* https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-day-the-dinosaurs-died
* A Seismically Induced Onshore Surge Deposit at t…
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Sep 9, 2022
Big Brain Bestfriends, Mars Exploration Fleet, Brain Unpain
Discover how our brains physically reflect how social we are, a new proposal for Mars exploration vehicles, and patterns in our brain that reveal how we process pain!
Social brains.
* “Brain regions linked to empathy bigger in monkeys with more friends” by Alice Klein
* https://www.newscientist.com/article/2316110-brain-regions-linked-to-empathy-bigger-in-monkeys-with-more-friends/
* “Social connections predict brain structure in a multidimensional free-ranging primate society” by Camille Testard, et al.
* https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abl5794
* “Online social network size is reflected in human brain structure” by R. Kanai, et al.
* https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.1959
* “Social relationships and physiological determinants of longevity across the human life span” by Yang Claire Yang, et al.
* https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1511085112
* “An ecocultural model predicts Neanderthal extinction through competition with modern humans” by William Gi…
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Sep 8, 2022
Asteroid-eating Fungi, Psychedelic…Maybe, Printing Organs
Today, you’ll learn about mushrooms that can eat asteroids to make space soil, how our thoughts affect us as we microdose psychedelics, and efforts to 3D print organs like kidneys and lungs!
Hungry mushrooms.
* Fungi Could Make Soil From Asteroids and Homes on Mars by Madeleine Gregory
* https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/fungi-could-make-soil-from-asteroids-and-homes-on-mars
* Making Soil for Space Habitats by Seeding Asteroids with Fungi by Jane Shevtsov
* https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2021_Phase_I/Making_Soil_for_Space_Habitats/
* Could Future Homes on the Moon and Mars Be Made of Fungi? by Frank Tavares
* https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/myco-architecture
* Future Space Travel Might Require Mushrooms by Nick Hilden
* https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/space-travels-most-surprising-future-ingredient-mushrooms/
Far out thoughts.
* Citizen Scientists Show Placebo Effect May Explain Benefits of Microdosing by Ryan O’h…
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Sep 7, 2022
Fake Paint Real Carbon, Vanishing Vikings, Sweeping Smarts
Tune in to understand how new tech to find fake paintings, the mysterious reason a viking colony collapsed, and how doing chores might make kids smarter!
Goodbye forgaries.
* Police Rely on Radiocarbon Dating to Identify Forged Paintings by Carolyn Wilke
* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00582-w
* Detecting Recent Forgeries of Impressionist and Pointillist Paintings with High-Precision Radiocarbon Dating by Lucille Beck, et al.
* https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111214
* Discovering Forgeries of Modern Art by the 14C Bomb Peak by L. Caforio, et al.
* https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2014-14006-6
* Uncovering Modern Paint Forgeries by Radiocarbon Dating by Laura Hendricks, et al.
* https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1901540116
Water: the life force.
* Greenland’s Vikings May Have Vanished Because They Ran Out of Water by Colin Barras
* https://www.science.org/content/article/greenland-s-vikings-may-have-vanished-because-they-ran-out…
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Sep 2, 2022
Super X-Ray, Seeing Future Weather, Vitamin D-ementia
Discover a new x-ray giving us incredible sight into ourselves, the future of weather prediction, and a surprising potential link between dementia and vitamin D.
Ultra visible insides.
* Human Organ Atlas
* https://human-organ-atlas.esrf.eu/
* Brightest Ever X-ray Shows Lung Vessels Altered by COVID-19 by University College London
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211104100646.htm
* Drawing Up a ‘Google Earth’ of the Human Body by Jon Cartwright
* https://physicsworld.com/a/the-body-exposed/
* Imaging Intact Human Organs with Local Resolution of Cellular Structures Using Hierarchical Phase-Contrast Tomography by C.L. Walsh, et al.
* https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-021-01317-x
Hotter summers are coming.
* Skillful seasonal prediction of North American summertime heat extremes by Liwei Jia, et al.
* https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0364.1
* GFDL’s New Modeling System for Seasonal Predictions by Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
*…
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Sep 1, 2022
Neanderthal Roommates, Sea Dragons, Hidden Egyptian
Hear about a new archeological site that suggests humans arrived in Europe 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, what a giant fossil could teach us about the fearsome sea dragon, and a massive archeological find in Egypt!
European humans.
* Homo Sapiens May Have Reached Europe 10,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought by Bruce Bower
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/homo-sapiens-humans-europe-migration-earlier-france-rock-shelter
* Modern Human Incursion into Neanderthal Territories 54,000 Years Ago at Mandrin, France by Ludovic Slimak, et al.
* https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj9496
* Apidima Cave Fossils Provide Earliest Evidence of Homo sapiens in Eurasia by Katerina Harvati, et al.
* https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1376-z
Dragons of the sea.
* Huge Prehistoric 'Sea Dragon' Fossil Discovered in U.K. Reservoir by Rachel Elbaum
* https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/prehistoric-sea-dragon-ichthyosaur-fossil-discovered-uk-reservoir-rcna11565
*…
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Aug 31, 2022
Skin Print, Testing Birth Control, Race To Bring Mars Home
You’re going to learn about efforts to print astronaut skin in space with their own blood, the mystifying side effects of birth control, and the race to bring soil samples back from Mars!
Blood skin.
* 3D Bioprinting Artificial Bone for Emergency Medicine in Space by European Space Agency
* https://scitechdaily.com/3d-bioprinting-artificial-bone-for-emergency-medicine-in-space/
* Upside-Down 3D-Printed Skin and Bone, for Humans to Mars by European Space Agency
* https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Upside-down_3D-printed_skin_and_bone_for_humans_to_Mars
* Regenerative Medicine and 3D Bioprinting for Human Space Exploration and Planet Colonization by Tommaso Ghidini
* https://dx.doi.org/10.21037%2Fjtd.2018.03.19
* 3D Bioprinting of Tissues and Organs by Sean V. Murphy & Anthony Atala
* https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2958
Birth control plus extra.
* Why Birth Control Side Effects Have Eluded Science by Saima Sidik
* https://undark.…
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Aug 26, 2022
Hot Testes, Blasting Diabetes, Robo Fish Cleans Ocean
Come along with us to figure out how heating up testicles could be an effective male contraceptive, how ultrasounds might help us cure Type 2 diabetes, and how a robotic fish might soon clean our oceans.
Heating up testes isn’t what you think.
* “Heating Up Testicles Could Solve a Major Male Contraceptive Issue” by Jeffrey Mo
* https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/heating-up-testicles
* “Magnetic Testis Targeting and Magnetic Hyperthermia for Noninvasive, Controllable Male Contraception via Intravenous Administration” by Weihua Ding, et al.
* https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02181
Type 2 diabetes potential cure.
* “Diabetes Successfully Treated Using Ultrasound in Preclinical Study” by Rich Haridy
* https://newatlas.com/medical/focused-ultrasound-prevents-reverses-diabetes-ge-yale/
* “Treating Diabetes Without Drugs? Novel Non-Pharmacological Treatments on the Horizon” by Jane E. Dee
* https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/treating…
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Aug 25, 2022
Space Slingshot, Ancient Modern Pants, Lifesaving Silence
Hear about a slingshot launching payloads into space, the impressively modern looking world’s oldest pants, and how moth wings are able to absorb sound to avoid detection from bats.
A different kind of slingshot.
* “NASA Will Test Gigantic Centrifuge for Hurling Objects Into Space” by George Dvorsky
* https://gizmodo.com/nasa-will-test-gigantic-centrifuge-for-hurling-objects-1848784359
* “NASA to Test SpinLaunch, a Giant Slingshot for Launching Satellites Into Space” by Eric Mack
* https://www.cnet.com/science/space/nasa-to-test-spinlaunch-a-giant-slingshot-for-launching-satellites-into-space/
Very very old pants.
* “The world’s oldest pants are a 3,000-year-old engineering marvel” by Kiona Smith
* https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/the-worlds-oldest-pants-are-a-3000-year-old-engineering-marvel/
* “The world’s oldest pants stitched together cultures from across Asia” by Bruce Bower
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pants-oldest-anc…
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Aug 24, 2022
Nano Cancer Fight, Memory Structure, Coffee Buzz Days
You’re going to learn about how our body’s pH is helping us fight cancer, how memories aren’t stored where we thought they were, and how drinking coffee could have you spending a lot more at the store.
Ph power.
* “pH-Responsive Nanoparticles for Cancer Immunotherapy: A Brief Review” by Yunfeng Yan and Hangwei Ding
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7466692/
* Polycarbonate-based ultra-pH sensitive nanoparticles improve therapeutic window by Xu Wang, et al.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19651-7
* Lighting up cancer cells with pH-activated nanoparticles by Angus Chen
* https://www.statnews.com/2022/04/10/lighting-up-cancer-cells-with-ph-activated-nanoparticles/
* Cancer Statistics by National Cancer Institute
* https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/statistics
Memory box.
* “A Single Memory is Stored Across Many Connected Brain Regions” by The Picower Institute
* https://picower.mit.edu/news/single-memory-s…
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Aug 19, 2022
Making Dragon Fire, Dating Ghosts, Blazing Fast Covid Tests
Tune in to learn about how fire-breathing creatures are possible, what makes a bad breaker-upper, and new blazing fast, cheap, and accurate COVID tests.
Dragons could be real.
* “House Of The Dragon: Yes, fire-breathing animals could really exist” by Stephen Kelly
* https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/house-of-dragon-fire-breathing/
* “What Does Science Say About Flying and Fire Breathing Dragons?” by Anne Marie Helmenstine
* https://www.thoughtco.com/the-science-behind-flying-and-fire-breathing-dragons-4163130#:~:text=After%20all%2C%20a%20flying%2C%20fire,found%20in%20the%20wild%20today
Break up with someone the right way.
* “Study finds “ghosting” short-term partners is associated with psychopathy and Machiavellianism” by Emily Manis
* https://www.psypost.org/2022/04/study-finds-ghosting-short-term-partners-is-associated-with-psychopathy-and-machiavellianism-62982
* “Dark Triad” by Psychology Today
* https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basic…
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Aug 18, 2022
Rice TV Screen, Satellite Warfare, Unraveled DNA
Do you want to know about a new environmentally friendly way to make TV Screens, what future space warfare might look like, and how we have finally completely unraveled the human genome?
Rice is more than food. It’s TV.
* World’s First LED Lights Developed from Rice Husks by Hiroshima University
* https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/news/70366
* Orange–Red Si Quantum Dot LEDs from Recycled Rice Husks by Shiho Terada, et al.
* https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c04985#
* What is Quantum Dot Display Technology? by Dave Haynes
* https://insights.samsung.com/2021/12/29/what-is-quantum-dot-display-technology/
* Exploring the Environmental Impact of Quantum Dots by Rachel Berkowitz
* https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/pt.5.7339/full/
Space weapons.
* Analysts Warn Anti-Satellite Weapons Have Evolved Beyond Missiles by Wired
* https://www.wired.com/story/analysts-warn-anti-satellite-weapons-have-evolved-beyond-missiles/
* Russia Conduc…
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Aug 17, 2022
AI vs. Parkinson’s, Dark Sun Power, Death Proof Jellyfish
Ever wonder about the artificial intelligence helping us find and fight Parkinson’s disease? What about the new methods for collecting energy from solar panels at night or how the tiny immortal jellyfish may help us massively extend our lifespans. Tune in to learn more!
Robots that help.
* Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Uncover Hidden Signatures of Parkinson’s Disease by New York Stem Cell Foundation
* https://neurosciencenews.com/parkinsons-ai-robotics-20259/
* Integrating Deep Learning and Unbiased Automated High-Content Screening to Identify Complex Disease Signatures in Human Fibroblasts by Lauren Schiff, et al.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28423-4#Sec10
* What is Parkinsons by Ahmad Elkouzi
* https://www.parkinson.org/understanding-parkinsons/what-is-parkinsons
* Our Agenda by The Michael J. Fox Foundation
* https://www.michaeljfox.org/our-agenda
Solar but at night.
* Stanford Engineers Invent a Solar Panel That Generates Electri…
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Aug 12, 2022
Poop of Youth, Robot Roaches, Chatty Fungus
Learn about how we might be flushing the secret to anti-aging down the toilet, how cyborg cockroaches could save your life one day and how mushrooms may be talking to each other!
The connection between poop and aging.
* “Fecal Transplants Reverse Hallmarks of Aging in the Gut, Eyes, and Brain” by The University of East Anglia
* https://scitechdaily.com/fecal-transplants-reverse-hallmarks-of-aging-in-the-gut-eyes-and-brain/
* “Fecal Microbiota Transfer Between Young and Aged Mice Reverses Hallmarks of the Aging Gut, Eye, And Brain” by Aimée Parker, Stefano Romano, Rebecca Ansorge, Asmaa Aboelnour, Gwenaelle Le Gall, George M. Savva, Matthew G. Pontifex, Andrea Telatin, David Baker, Emily Jones, David Vauzour, Steven Rudder, L. Ashley Blackshaw, Glen Jeffery & Simon R. Carding
* https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-022-01243-w
Search and rescue roaches.
* “Robotised insects may search collapsed buildings for survivors” by The Ec…
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Aug 11, 2022
Nostalgia Blocks Pain, Uploaded Brains, Sand vs. Nanoplastic
Listen in to hear how nostalgic thoughts can be a method of physical pain relief, the recent progress made in the effort to one day upload our minds to the digital world, and how getting nanoplastic out of our drinking water could be as simple as sand!
Memories can be pain free.
* “Scientists Find a Surprising Connection Between Nostalgia and Pain Relief” by Nick Keppler
* https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/nostalgia-pain-relief-connection
* “Nostalgia Can Reduce Perception of Pain, Study Shows” by Lauren Kent
* https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/health/nostalgia-pain-relief-study-wellness/index.html
Digital thoughts.
* “Could We Really Use Science To Upload Our Minds?" by Tara Yarlagadda
* https://www.inverse.com/science/upload-amazon-real-science
* “Will We Ever Be Able to Upload Our Brains?” By K. Thor Jensen
* https://www.pcmag.com/news/will-we-ever-be-able-to-upload-our-brains
* “Elon Musk says humans could eventually download their brains into…
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Aug 10, 2022
A.I. and Angina, Undead Tigers, Electrici-sweets
Discover how artificial intelligence can help prevent heart attacks, how scientists are working to bring an extinct species back from the dead, and how sugar in our own body might soon make electricity!
Heart attack prevention.
* “AI Predicts If and When Someone Will Experience Cardiac Arrest” by Jill Rosen
* https://hub.jhu.edu/2022/04/07/trayanova-artificial-intelligence-cardiac-arrhythmia/
* “Arrhythmic sudden death survival prediction using deep learning analysis of scarring in the heart” by Dan M. Popescu, et al.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s44161-022-00041-9
* “Heart Attack” by Mayo Clinic
* https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-attack/symptoms-causes/syc-20373106
* “How the body regulates scar tissue growth after heart attacks” by University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200706100815.htm
* “Artificial intelligence in healthcare: past, present and future”…
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Aug 5, 2022
The Explorers Club - An Interview With Joe Rohde
Hear from Joe Rohde, a former Disney Imagineer and the Experience Architect for Virgin Galactic. As an Imagineer, he was the leader of the team behind Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Joe is also Co-Chair of the Explorers Club 50 program.
* Joe Rohde Interview from 4/23/22
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Aug 4, 2022
Healing Hearing Hairs, Sun Phones, Chicken Gods
Hear about a new treatment that may be able to reverse hearing loss, how new solar energy storage technology could eventually power our phones, and the surprisingly grand history of chickens.
Reversing hearing loss.
* “Reversing hearing loss with regenerative therapy” by Zach Winn
* https://news.mit.edu/2022/frequency-therapeutics-hearing-regeneration-0329
* “What are Progenitor Cells? Exploring Neural, Myeloid and Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells” by Nicole Gleichmann
* https://www.technologynetworks.com/cell-science/articles/what-are-progenitor-cells-exploring-neural-myeloid-and-hematopoietic-progenitor-cells-329519
* “Quick Statistics About Hearing” by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
* https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/statistics/quick-statistics-hearing
* “PCA Approach” and “About Hearing Loss” by Frequency Therapeutics
* https://www.frequencytx.com/science/pca-approach/
* https://www.frequencytx.com/hear…
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Aug 3, 2022
Murdering Murder Hornets, ADHD & Hoarding, Pain Pill Ills
Learn about how Japanese honey bees protect themselves from murder hornets, how a new link has been discovered between ADHD and hoarding disorder, and how your over the counter pain meds, might actually be making your pain worse!
Honey avoiding murder.
* “Key genes enable Japanese honey bees to roast hornets” by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
* https://www.pnas.org/post/journal-club/key-genes-enable-japanese-honey-bees-roast-hornets
* “Murder Hornets vs. Honeybees: A Swarm of Bees Can Cook Invaders Alive” by Mike Baker
* https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/us/murder-hornets-asian-giant-hornet-bees.html
Does having ADHD mean you’re more likely to be a hoarder?
* “A Curious Link Between Inattention and Hoarding Could Lead to New ADHD Therapies” by Sarah Sloat”
* https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/adhd-hoarding
* “Hoarding: People With ADHD are More Likely to Have Problems - New Research” by Sharon Mor…
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Jul 29, 2022
Extinct Super Sharks, Mysterious Die Offs, Stopping Attacks
Today, you’ll learn about a new project trying to keep humans and sharks separate and safe, how all sharks almost mysteriously went extinct 19 million years ago, and how great white sharks may have contributed to the extinction of a shark twice its size!
Boundaries between sharks and humans.
* "DR. CRAIG O’CONNELL INTERVIEW" by James Lynch
* https://docs.google.com/document/d/11cCRcmKohhTGOf67QtF_tQ59cMr2w6pq0DaA5pLrOcI/edit?usp=sharing
* About O’Seas Foundation by O’Seas Foundation
* https://www.oseasfdn.org/about
Near extinction.
* “Something mysteriously wiped out about 90 percent of sharks 19 million years ago” by Carolyn Gramling
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/shark-die-off-mystery-fossils-pacific-ocean-paleontology
* “Rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide rise unprecedented” by Thomas Sumner
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rate-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide-rise-unprecedented
* “An early Miocene extinction in pelagic sharks” by…
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Jul 28, 2022
Blood Brothers, Seeing-Eye Shark, Bark vs. Bite
Today, you’ll learn about how some sharks have social relationships, how shark attacks often happen because swimming humans look like other sea creatures, and how your cat might be snacking on endangered sharks!
Sharkship.
* “Not a lone shark: bull sharks may form ‘friendships’ with each other, study finds” by Tom Vierus
* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/01/not-a-lone-shark-bull-sharks-may-form-friendships-with-each-other-study-finds
* “Companions and Casual Acquaintances: The Nature of Associations Among Bull Sharks at a Shark Feeding Site in Fiji” by Thibaut Bouveroux, Nicolas Loiseau, Adam Barnett, Natasha D. Marosi and Juerg M. Brunnschweiler
* https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.678074/full
Sharks could use glasses.
* "Great whites don’t hunt humans—they just have blind spots" by Hannah Seo
* https://www.popsci.com/animals/great-white-shark-attack-reason/
* “Great white sharks can't see a difference between hu…
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Jul 27, 2022
Sleepy Sharks, Sharks Love Grass, Glow-In-The-Shark
Today, you’ll learn about how some sharks do in fact sleep, how sharks are fighting climate change, and how some sharks glow in the dark!
Shark nap time.
* “Sharks Sleep, Even When Both Eyes Are Wide Open” by Veronique Greenwood
* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/science/sharks-sleep.html
* “Behavioural Sleep in Two Species of Buccal Pumping Sharks” by Michael Kelly, et al.
* https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsr.13139
* “Analysis of Draughtsboard Sharks’ Metabolic Rates Suggests They Sleep” by Bob Yirka
* https://phys.org/news/2022-03-analysis-draughtsboard-sharks-metabolic.html
* “Catshark” by Wikipedia
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catshark
* “Snake” by The San Diego Zoo
* https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/snake
* “Meet the Animals That Literally Sleep with One Eye Open” by Gian Gastone Mascetti
* https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-the-animals-that-literally-sleep-with-one-eye-open/
Sharks…
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Jul 22, 2022
The Explorers Club - An Interview with Natalie Schmitt
Today, we are continuing our Explorers Club series today with a very special guest, Dr. Natalie Schmitt. Dr. Schmitt can do it all - really. She’s not only a conservation geneticist, but she’s a marine ecologist and documentary host.
* Natalie Schmitt Interview from 4/23/22
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Jul 21, 2022
Wait Less Weight Loss, Birth Control For Men, Seed Bombing
Today, you’ll learn about a new drug that could help you safely lose up to a fifth of your body weight, a new, non-hormonal birth control pill that is made for men, and how drones may hold the key to reforestation.
Weight loss five times faster.
* “Diabetes drug helps patients lose never-before-seen amounts of weight, study shows” by Karen Weintraub
* https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/06/04/diabetes-drug-could-game-changer-obesity-new-study-shows/7490446001/
* “Tirzepatide Once Weekly for the Treatment of Obesity” by Ania M. Jastreboff, M.D., Ph.D., Louis J. Aronne, M.D., Nadia N. Ahmad, M.D., M.P.H., Sean Wharton, M.D., Pharm.D., Lisa Connery, M.D., Breno Alves, M.D., Arihiro Kiyosue, M.D., Ph.D., Shuyu Zhang, M.S., Bing Liu, Ph.D., Mathijs C. Bunck, M.D., Ph.D., and Adam Stefanski, M.D., Ph.D.
* https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206038?query=featured_home
Men entering the world of birth control.
* “This birth control pill for men c…
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Jul 20, 2022
Why Symmetry Wins, Solar-Covered Canals, Plants on the Moon
Today, you’ll learn about why symmetry dominates the natural world, how it may be possible to conserve water using solar panels, and why growing vegetables might soon involve a trip to the Moon.
Two halves make a whole.
* “Life’s Preference for Symmetry Is Like “A New Law of Nature” by Kate Golembiewski
* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/science/symmetry-biology-evolution.html
* “What is RNA?” by Michael Dhar
* https://www.livescience.com/what-is-RNA.html
* “The Origins of Asymmetry: A Protein That Makes You Do the Twist” by Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
* https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181123135026.htm
Sun = more water.
* “California Is About to Test Its First Solar Canals” by Roger Bales
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/california-is-about-to-test-its-first-solar-canals-180979637/
* “Project Nexus: Water & Energy Integration for the Future” by TID Water and Power
* https://www.tid.org/ab…
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Jul 15, 2022
The Explorers Club - An Interview with Victor Vescovo
Today, we’re hearing from an explorer's explorer, Victor Vescovo. His Five Deeps Expedition made him the first person to reach the deepest point of the Atlantic, Southern Ocean, and set a depth record in the Mariana Trench at 35,853 ft. He was the first person to reach the Mollow Deep in the Arctic Ocean, and thus has been to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd deepest points in the ocean.
* Victor Vescovo Interview from 4/23/22
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Jul 14, 2022
Rapamycin For Rover, H-Fueled Flight, Mind-Controlled Arms
Today, you’ll learn about how a drug that helps in human organ transplants might be able to extend the lives of man’s best friend, the airline industry's potential but difficult switch to hydrogen fuel, and how a high school student is transforming prosthetics with brain waves.
All dogs go to heaven.
* “New Drug May Help Dogs Live Longer” by Naomi Ruchim
* https://www.krtv.com/news/u-s-and-the-world/new-drug-may-help-dogs-live-longer
* “A Drug Discovered on Easter Island May Help Dogs Live up to Three Years Longer” by Tod Perry
* https://www.upworthy.com/a-drug-discovered-on-easter-island-may-help-dogs-live-up-to-three-years-longer?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2
* “Rapamycin’s Secrets Unearthed” by Bethany Halford
* https://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i29/Rapamycins-Secrets-Unearthed.html
Planes, planes, planes.
* “The epic attempts to power planes with hydrogen” by Mark Piesing
* bbc.com/future/article/20220316-the-epic-attempts-to-power-planes-wi…
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Jul 13, 2022
Cyanide Seeds, Workout When?, Covid But Ghosts
Today, you’ll learn about whether the cyanide in apple seeds could do you any real harm, how working out in the morning and at night are both beneficial but in different ways, and how researchers have found evidence that patients with long Covid may often have fragments of the virus lingering in their gut.
Snow White wasn’t far off with the poisonous apple.
* “Can Apple Seeds Cause Cyanide Poisoning? A Toxicologist Digs Into The Details” by Elana Spivack
* https://www.inverse.com/science/stone-fruits-poisonous-seeds
* “Here’s How Many Apple Cores It Would Take to Poison You” by Jennifer Chaussee
* https://www.wired.com/2016/09/heres-many-apple-cores-take-poison
What time should I work out?
“Is It Better to Exercise in the Morning or Evening?" by Gretchen Reynolds
● https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/well/exercise-timing.html
“This is the Best Time of Day to Work Out, According to Science" by Jamie Ducharme
● https://time.com/5533388/best-time-to-e…
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Jul 8, 2022
The Explorers Club - An Interview with Sian Proctor
Today, we are lucky enough to hear from a highly accomplished explorer who has some incredible experiences to share with us. Dr. Sian Proctor was the mission pilot for the Inspiration4, which is the all-civilian orbital mission to space and she’s the first African American woman to pilot a spacecraft. She also lived in a Mars analog environment to simulate what it might be like to live on the red planet.
* Sian Proctor Interview from 4/23/22
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sian_Proctor
* https://www.drsianproctor.com/
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Jul 7, 2022
Blood Pressures, Mercury’s Crusty Diamonds, Dad or Mom Genes
Today, you’ll learn about how high blood pressure can reduce the gray matter in your brain, why scientists think the surface of Mercury is covered in diamonds, and how while we have gene pairs from both parents, our bodies will use one parent’s gene over the other’s depending on the circumstances.
50 Shades of Gray Matter
* “Study: An Early Spike in Blood Pressure Can Pummel Your Brain” by Nick Keppler
* https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/high-blood-pressure-brain-health
* “10 Ways to Control High Blood Pressure Without Medication” by Mayo Clinic Staff
* https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-pressure/in-depth/high-blood-pressure/art-20046974
Diamonds a Plenty
* “Diamonds may stud Mercury’s crust” by Nikk Ogasa
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mercury-diamond-surface-crust-meteorite-impact-graphite
* “Mercury Could Be Littered With Diamonds” by Ramin Skibba
* https://www.wired.com/story/mercury-could-be-littered-wit…
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Jul 6, 2022
Orangu-slang, Easing Car Queasing, Kicked Across Space
Today, you’ll learn about how orangutans use slang a lot like we do, what causes and can alleviate everyday motion sickness, and how one black hole kicked another across the galaxy.
Orangutans are dope.
* “Orangutans use Slang to Show off Their “Coolness”, Study Suggests" by Nicola Davis
* https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/mar/21/orangutans-use-slang-to-show-off-their-coolness-study-suggests
* “Orangutan Squeaks Reveal Language Evolution Says Study" by Victoria Gill
* https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38907681
* “What did Language Grow From? Ape Hands, Mouths, or Both? – Kristen Marie Gillespie-Lynch, Emily Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Heidi Lyn, and Patricia Greenfield
* https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2019.00061
* “Apes Communicate, Humans Have Language" by Max Planck Institute
* https://www.cbs.mpg.de/research-topics/language-interview
A solution beyond not looking at your phone.
* “How To Fight Motion Sickness…
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Jul 1, 2022
The Explorers Club - An Interview with Steve Elkins
Today, we’re hearing from an explorer and filmmaker named Steve Elkins. Steve spent decades searching for a legendary lost city deep in the jungles of Honduras. His search for the city was documented in the New York Times best selling book, “The Lost City of the Monkey God,” by Douglas Preston.
* Steve Elkins Interview from 4/23/22
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Jun 30, 2022
Drink = Brain Shrink, Secret Tree Species, L.H.C. Round 3
Today, you’ll learn about how a single drink a day can add years to the age of your brain, how scientists figured out that thousands of tree species are yet to be discovered, and how the world’s biggest and best particle accelerator is powering up for its third run.
A drink away does not keep the doctor away.
* “Just One Beer or Glass of Wine a Day may Cause Your Brain to Shrink, Study Suggests” by Mike Snider
* https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/03/09/beer-glass-wine-daily-brain-shrink/9425508002/
* “Just One Extra Drink a Day may Change the Brain” by Tara Haelle
* https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/news/20220310/one-extra-drink-a-day-changes-brain
* “It’s Time to Rethink How Much Booze May be too Much” by Julia Belluz
* https://www.vox.com/2018/4/24/17242720/alcohol-health-risks-facts
* “The ‘French Paradox’ Turned out to be an Illusion, but it led to some Interesting research” by Emma Wightman
* https://theconve…
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Jun 29, 2022
Nightlight Plight, Cancer Stinks, Literal Green Energy
Today, you’ll learn about how that light coming in through your window at night is in fact ruining your sleep, how some diseases—including cancer—can be smelled by dogs and we’re on the verge of being able to smell them with modern technology, and how algae may one day provide the power for our smallest devices.
Close your blinds.
* “Light exposure during sleep impairs cardiometabolic function” by Ivy C. Mason, Kathryn J. Reid, Chloe D. Warlick, Roneil G. Malkani, Sabra M. Abbott, and Phyllis C. Zee
* https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2113290119
* “Sleeping with a light on may be bad for your heart and blood sugar” by Nicoletta Lanese
* https://www.livescience.com/sleep-in-lit-room-worse-heart-metabolic-health
* “Sleeping with the light on may be harmful to you” by Erin Blakemore
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/03/20/sleep-lights-health/
* “What is the difference between lux and lumens?” by Waveform Lighting
* https://…
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Jun 24, 2022
The Explorers Club - An Interview with Peter Tattersfield
Today we are speaking to another member of the Explorers Club, Peter Tattersfield. Peter has an awesome story for us today about his work finding the shipwreck of the Steamship Independence, which sank off the coast of Baja, Mexico in 1853.
* Peter Tattersfield Interview from 4/23/22
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Jun 23, 2022
Gray Matter Gabfest, Our Pulsating Earth, Smarty Cats
Today, you’ll learn about how a man with advanced ALS, who can’t move a muscle, was able to communicate with his family using his thoughts, about a sixty-year-old mystery involving the earth and why it pulsates every twenty-six seconds, and how cats can learn the names of their fellow cats under the right conditions.
A man with ALS can communicate with his thoughts.
* “Brain Implant Allows Fully Paralyzed Patient to Communicate” by Jonathan Moens
* https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/science/brain-computer-als-communication.html
* “Brain Implants Allow Paralyzed Man to Communicate Using His Thoughts” by Margaret Osborne
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brain-implants-allow-paralyzed-man-to-communicate-180979817/
The earth pulsates underneath your feet.
* “Earth Pulsates Every 26 Seconds. Know One Knows Why” by Caroline Delbert
* https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a34531984/earth-pulsates-every-26-seconds/
* “Earth is Pu…
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Jun 22, 2022
Hungry Plants, Concussion Confusion, An Alzheimer’s Theory
Today, you’ll learn about how carnivorous plants evolved from their more peaceful ancestors, how there’s an apparent difference in the frequency and severity of head injuries between male and female athletes, and about a new theory regarding the cause of Alzheimer’s.
Plants that eat flesh?
* “How Carnivorous Plants Evolved” by Stephanie Pain
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-carnivorous-plants-evolved-180979697/
* “Adapted to kill: How the pitcher plant traps its prey” by Alun Salt
* https://botany.one/2013/10/adapted-kill-pitcher-plant-traps-prey/
Male and female concussions are not the same.
* “Why Sports Concussions are Worse for Women” by Katharine Sanderson
* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02089-2
* “Sports-Related Concussions in Female Athletes: A Systematic Review” by Neil McGroarty, Symone Brown, and Mary Mulcahey
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7366411/
Hope for Alzheimer's research.…
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Jun 17, 2022
The Explorers Club - An Interview with George Nield
Today, we’re talking to Explorers Club member, Dr. George C. Nield. Dr. George C. Nield is currently the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation at the Federal Aviation Administration (or FAA). He has over 30 years of aerospace experience and has worked with the Air Force and NASA. Dr Nield came to the FAA from the Orbital Sciences Corporation, where he served as a Senior Scientist for the Advanced Programs Group. He has a wealth of experience from working as an Astronautical Engineer at the Space and Missile Systems Organization to working on the Shuttle/Mir Program and the International Space Station Program.
* George Nield Interview from 4/23/22
* Autonomous Flight: What We Mean and Why It’s First - Wisk Blog
* https://wisk.aero/news/blog/autonomous-flight-what-we-mean-and-why-its-first/#:~:text=By%20autonomy%2C%20we%20mean%20that,remote%20pilot%20on%20the%20ground
* International Astronautical Federation (IAF) - Biographies - George Nield
* http…
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Jun 16, 2022
Shoo Shoes!, Murmuration Information, Nanoplastic Particles
Today, you’ll learn about why it's best to leave your shoes at the door when you come inside, how animals form and maintain their mesmerizing murmurations, and how certain food storage products release sub-microscopic, plastic particles when exposed to hot water.
Your mom was right about taking your shoes off inside.
* “The science is in: wearing shoes inside your home is just plain gross” by Mark Patrick Taylor and Gabriel Filippelli
* https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/17/the-science-is-in-wearing-shoes-inside-your-home-is-just-plain-gross
* “Scientists Discover Why You Should Take Off Your Shoes Before Entering Your Home” by Robert Locke
* https://www.lifehack.org/317735/scientists-discover-why-you-should-take-off-your-shoes-before-entering-your-home
* “Should You Take Your Shoes Off While Indoors?” by Ally Spier
* https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/should-you-take-your-shoes-off-while-indoors
Murmurations not murmuring.
* “The S…
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Jun 15, 2022
Fusion: Homeward Bound, The Last Light Show, Burnout Blues
Today, you’ll learn about how the next step in nuclear fusion is actually a real estate question, how the death of our sun would be a beautiful thing to see if we were around to witness it, and how an athlete’s desire for perfection can lead to them burning out with their sport altogether.
Nuclear plants near the nuclear family.
* “The World's First Nuclear Fusion Power Plant Is Coming” by Caroline Delbert
* https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a34850835/worlds-first-nuclear-fusion-power-plant/
* “The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has asked residents in five areas to provide feedback on potential plans to construct a prototype nuclear fusion power plant.” by Jack Loughran
* https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2022/01/locations-for-the-uk-s-first-fusion-energy-power-plant-revealed
A new take on sun flares.
* “Scientists Figured Out How And When Our Sun Will Die, And It's Going to Be Epic” by Michelle Starr
* https://www.scienceale…
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Jun 10, 2022
The Explorers Club - An Interview with Nina Lanza
Today for our Explorers Club series, we are about to be hit by a meteorite of space knowledge as we have a wildly accomplished scientist and researcher entering our atmosphere, Dr. Nina Lanza. She is the Team Lead for Space and Planetary Exploration in Space and Remote Sensing at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She is also the Principle Investigator of the ChemCam instrument on the Mars Curiosity Rover (sadly not sponsored by us) and a team member for the SuperCam instrument on the Mars Perseverance rover. She’s an expert on Mars and does a lot of research on meteorites and minerals that can tell us about the interactions between rocks, soil, atmosphere, and water on the planet.
* Nina Lanza Interview from 4/23/22
* Dr. Nina Lanza - About Nina
* https://www.ninalanza.com/about-nina/
* NASA's Curiosity Rover Measures Intriguing Carbon Signature on Mars
* https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9113/nasas-curiosity-rover-measures-intriguing-carbon-signature-on-mars/?site=msl
* 2020 M…
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Jun 9, 2022
Human Venom, Car Battery Blues, Magic and Personalities
Today, you’ll learn about how humans could potentially evolve to be venomous, the challenges of repurposing used electric car batteries, and how people who hate magic are more likely to have certain socially aversive traits, like needing to control social situations.
The good and the bad side of snake venom.
* “Could Humans Ever be Venomous?” by Stephanie Pappas
* https://www.livescience.com/could-humans-be-venomous.html
* “How Snake Venom Kills… and Saves Lives” by James Paterson
* https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/stem-in-context/how-snake-venom-kills-and-saves-lives
* “Protein Folding: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” by Harvard University
* https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2010/issue65/
* “This Animal Can Kill 10 Grown Men, But Its Body Adapted To Save Itself” by Tara Yarlagadda
* https://www.inverse.com/science/the-strange-reason-why-poisonous-animals-survive-their-own-toxins
A new era for batteries.
* “Cars are Goin…
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Jun 8, 2022
An Eternal Hug, Flea Jump Facts, Fitness Feedback Loops
Today, you’ll learn about an ancient couple found buried in an embrace, why it’s so darn hard to keep fleas off your beloved pets, and how your body’s natural chemistry can help you get a leg up on diet and exercise if you begin to build the habits.
They took “til death do you part” seriously.
* “1,500-year-old burial in China holds lovers locked in eternal embrace” by Laura Geggel
* https://www.livescience.com/buried-lovers-embrace-china.html
* “1,500-Year-Old Skeletons Found Locked in Embrace in Chinese Cemetery” by Livia Gershon
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1500-year-old-chinese-skeletons-found-locked-embrace-180978509/
Fleas won’t be making it to the Olympics
* “How Do Fleas Jump?” by Kate Latham
* https://insectcop.net/how-do-fleas-jump/
* “A Flea’s Fantastic Jump Takes More Than a Muscle” by Josh Cassidy
* https://www.kqed.org/science/1957872/a-fleas-fantastic-jump-takes-more-than-muscle
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Jun 3, 2022
The Explorers Club - An Interview with Richard Garriott
Today, you’ll hear our interview with Richard Garriott, the president of the Explorers Club. Garriott is not only the first American second generation astronaut, but also the first person to visit both poles, outer space and dive to the Mariana Trench. He started out as a video game designer, and as soon as he made enough money, he began investing in human space flight, creating a company called Space Adventures.
* Richard Garriott Interview from 4/23/22
* https://app.trint.com/editor/_xFCb8WQRFyO4qID1o4q4A
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Jun 2, 2022
The Amazon’s Future, Sugar Rush Retcon, A Study on Studies
Today, you’ll learn about the state of the Amazon rainforest, the truth behind the mythical sugar rush, and how studies involving MRI scans may have been too small to produce significant results, but researchers may have found a solution.
The forest needs attention - not the company.
* “75% of Amazon rainforest shows signs of loss, a 'tipping point' of dieback, study shows” by Doyle Rice
* ttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/03/07/amazon-rainforest-dieback-deforestation-climate-change-study/9380372002
* “Fires in the Amazon are out of Control. Again” by Benji Jones
* https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/2021/8/27/22639885/amazon-rainforest-fires-climate-change-2021
* “Heaviest Object on Earth Weighs 116B Pounds” by Jenn Gidman
* https://www.newser.com/story/259238/the-10-heaviest-objects-on-earth.html
* “A Framework for Quantifying Resilience to Forest Disturbance” by Timothy Bryant, Kristen Waring, Andrew Sánchez Meador, and John B. Bradfor…
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Jun 1, 2022
A Clutterful Mind, Heir To The Earth, Partnership
Today, you’ll learn about why our ability to remember things seems to get worse with age—it’s not memory loss, which animals could become the new dominant species in the event of our extinction, and how an unsupportive romantic partner can actually affect the way you think and feel about yourself.
Maybe your mom was right about cleaning your room.
* “How Memory ‘Clutter’ Makes it Harder to Remember Things as we Get Older” by Alexander Easton
* https://theconversation.com/how-memory-clutter-makes-it-harder-to-remember-things-as-we-get-older-176767
* “Memory Issues for Older People Could be the Result of ‘Clutter’” by Sarah Sloat
* https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/memory-issues-older-people-result-clutter-rcna15133
The next era for animals.
* “When humans are gone, what animals might evolve to have our smarts and skills?” by Joanna Thompson
* https://www.livescience.com/what-animals-will-fill-human-niches
* “Can introduced anim…
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May 27, 2022
The Explorers Club - An Interview with Josh Gates
Calli and Nate interview members of The Explorers Club, and today you’re going to hear from a man who largely represents what The Explorers Club is all about - Josh Gates. Josh Gates is a fearless explorer and adventurer and host of Discovery's popular, long running series _Expedition Unknown_. He's also hosting a brand new series that chronicles the incredible history of the club, called _Tales from The Explorers Club_.
* Interview conducted with Josh Gates on 5/3/22.
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May 26, 2022
Seeing Stars, Seagull Staredown, Itsy Bitsy Microdrones
Today, you’ll learn about how cultures across the world often make constellations from the same groups of stars due to the nature of vision and perception, what to do when an animal tries to steal your food during a picnic on the beach, and drones smaller than a red blood cell that can be controlled using only the power of light.
Does your star pattern look like my star pattern?
* “Constellations Across Cultures: How Our Visual Systems Pick Out Patterns in the Night Sky” from the Association for Psychological Science
* https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/2022-march-constellations-across-cultures.html
* “Perceptual Grouping Explains Similarities in Constellations Across Cultures” by Charles Kemp, Duane W. Hamacher, Daniel R. Little, and Simon J. Cropper
* https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09567976211044157
* “The Big Dipper (the Plough)”
* https://nineplanets.org/the-big-dipper
* The Astronomical League
* https://www.astroleague.…
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May 25, 2022
Whiff of Victory, Bones be Chattin’, Desalination Innovation
Today, you’ll learn about how the human sense of smell may be much better than we ever thought, how the bones inside your body are having interesting conversations with your organs, and a new innovation in desalination technology that uses significantly less energy than its predecessors.
What’s that smell?
* “Let’s obliterate the myth that humans have a bad sense of smell” by Brian Resnick
* https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/5/11/15614748/human-smell-good-science
* “Mechanisms of scent-tracking in humans” by Jess Porter et Brent Craven, Rehan M Khan, Shao-Ju Chang, Irene Kang, Benjamin Judkewitz, Jason Volpe, Gary Settles & Noam Sobel
* https://www.nature.com/articles/nn1819
* “Humans Can Discriminate More than 1 Trillion Olfactory Stimuli” by C. Bushdidm, O. Magnascol, B. Vosshalland, and A. Keller
* https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1249168
* “Poor human olfaction is a 19th-century myth” by John P. Mcgann
* https://www.s…
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May 20, 2022
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/…
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May 19, 2022
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
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May 18, 2022
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-peo…
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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/…
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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 dyin…
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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
* http…
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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 His…
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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 chang…
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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-…
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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/10.33…
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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_…