The Evolution of Please in Fiction

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_campaign=10078&utm_content=1262348&utm_term=businessinsider.com&ro_con=1&ro_ch=pubs&ro_p=impact&ro_n=Skimbit%20Ltd.&ro_c=10078&ro_g=Online%20Tracking%20Link&ro_t=1262348&survey_code=Skimbit%20Ltd.
• “Telomeres, DNA Damage and Ageing: Potential Leads from Ayurvedic Rasayana (Anti-Ageing) Drugs” by Rohit Sharma and Natália Martins
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7465058/
• “Red Light Therapy” by Cleveland Clinic
  • https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22114-red-light-therapy

Please Is Not Polite 

• “How Please Stopped Being Polite” By Walker Mimms
  • https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/03/polite-words-is-please-rude/673397/
• “Oh Please Stop Saying Please” by Choire Sicha
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/business/ghosting-your-job.html
• “7 words you probably didn't know were acronyms” by BBC
  • https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2grMKJ29Ghlw36WXCHGJvKk/7-words-you-probably-didnt-know-were-acronyms

Snap Fit Physics  

• “From LEGOs to Ziploc: The Science of the Snap Fit” by Katharine Gammon
  • https://www.insidescience.org/news/legos-ziploc-science-snap-fit
• “Mechanics of a Snap Fit” by Keisuke Yoshida and Hirofumi Wada
  • https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.194301
• “LEGO ‘snap-fit’ inspires scientific study” by Adam Basch
  • https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-snap-fit-inspires-scientific-study

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