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.
- “Routes to reduction of phosphate by high-energy events.” by Luca Bindi, et al. 2023.
- “Lightning.” National Geographic. N.d.
Typing Stress
- “Detecting stress in the office from how people type and click.” by Christoph Elhardt. 2023.
- “Workplace Stress.” OSHA. N.D.
Domesticated Elephants
- “Elephants may be domesticating themselves.” by Virginia Morell. 2023.
- “Elephants as an animal model for self-domestication.” by Limor Raviv, et al. 2023.
- “You Asked: How are pets different from wild animals?” by Katherine J. Wu. 2018.
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