Curiosity Weekly

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-domestic...

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   ...

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...

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...

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-fat...

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 f...

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 Yasem...

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-i...

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...

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 odo...

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.htm...

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...

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....

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 Str...

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:/...

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-...

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/epis...

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-fee...

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...

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 Imm...

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 Rel...

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...

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 Rewar...

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 F...

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 R...