

Curiosity Weekly
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Welcome to Curiosity Weekly from Discovery, hosted by Dr. Samantha Yammine. Once a week, we’ll bring you the latest and greatest in scientific discoveries and break down the details so that you don’t need a PhD to understand it. From neuroscience to climate tech to AI and genetics, no subject is off-limits. Join Sam as she interviews expert guests and investigates the research guiding some of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs affecting our world today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Aug 25, 2022 • 13min
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 Dvorskyhttps://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 Mackhttps://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 Smithhttps://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 Bowerhttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/pants-oldest-ancient-horseman-asia-culture-originMoth sound absorbers.“Moth wing-inspired sound absorbing wallpaper in sight after breakthrough” by The University of Bristolhttps://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2022/june/moth-wing-inspired-sound-absorbing-wallpaper.html“Moth wings as sound absorber metasurface” by Thomas R. Neil, Zhiyuan Shen, Daniel Robert, Bruce W. Drinkwater and Marc W. Holderiedhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.2022.0046Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/space-slingshot-ancient-modern-pants-lifesaving-silence Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 24, 2022 • 13min
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 Dinghttps://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/s41467-020-19651-7Lighting up cancer cells with pH-activated nanoparticles by Angus Chenhttps://www.statnews.com/2022/04/10/lighting-up-cancer-cells-with-ph-activated-nanoparticles/Cancer Statistics by National Cancer Institutehttps://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/statisticsMemory box.“A Single Memory is Stored Across Many Connected Brain Regions” by The Picower Institutehttps://picower.mit.edu/news/single-memory-stored-across-many-connected-brain-regions“Innovations and Inventions: SHIELD” by The Picower Institutehttps://picower.mit.edu/innovations-inventions/shield“Protection Of Tissue Physicochemical Properties Using Polyfunctional Crosslinkers” by Young-Gyun Park, et al.https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.4281?WT.feed_name=subjects_microscopy“Memory” by Queensland Brain Institutehttps://qbi.uq.edu.au/brain-basics/memory Don’t drink before you shop.“Caffeine Consumption Leads to Impulsivity during Shopping, New Study Shows” by Natali Andersonhttp://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/psychology/caffeine-shopping-impulsivity-10913.html“EXPRESS: Caffeine's Effects on Consumer Spending” by Dipayan Biswas, Patrick Hartmann, Martin Eisend, Courtney Szocs, Bruna Jochims, Vanessa Apaolaza, Erik Hermann, Cristina M. López, and Adilson Borges.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00222429221109247Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/nano-cancer-fight-memory-structure-coffee-buzz-days Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 19, 2022 • 13min
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 Kellyhttps://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/house-of-dragon-fire-breathing/“What Does Science Say About Flying and Fire Breathing Dragons?” by Anne Marie Helmenstinehttps://www.thoughtco.com/the-science-behind-flying-and-fire-breathing-dragons-4163130#:~:text=After%20all%2C%20a%20flying%2C%20fire,found%20in%20the%20wild%20todayBreak up with someone the right way.“Study finds “ghosting” short-term partners is associated with psychopathy and Machiavellianism” by Emily Manishttps://www.psypost.org/2022/04/study-finds-ghosting-short-term-partners-is-associated-with-psychopathy-and-machiavellianism-62982“Dark Triad” by Psychology Todayhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/dark-triadSpeed meets accuracy with covid tests.UT Dallas Researchers Develop Accurate Rapid Test for Viruses by University of Texas at Dallashttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950413COVID-19 and PCR Testing by Cleveland Clinichttps://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagnostics/21462-covid-19-and-pcr-testingDigital Plasmonic Nanobubble Detection for Rapid and Ultrasensitive Virus Diagnostics by Yaning Lui, et al.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29025-wFollow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/making-dragon-fire-dating-ghosts-blazing-fast-covid-tests Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 18, 2022 • 13min
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 Universityhttps://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/news/70366Orange–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 Hayneshttps://insights.samsung.com/2021/12/29/what-is-quantum-dot-display-technology/Exploring the Environmental Impact of Quantum Dots by Rachel Berkowitzhttps://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/pt.5.7339/full/Space weapons.Analysts Warn Anti-Satellite Weapons Have Evolved Beyond Missiles by Wiredhttps://www.wired.com/story/analysts-warn-anti-satellite-weapons-have-evolved-beyond-missiles/Russia Conducts Destructive Anti-Satellite Missile Test by Anthony Blinkenhttps://www.state.gov/russia-conducts-destructive-anti-satellite-missile-test/UK Presses UN on Treaty Over Space Weapons by Amanda Millerhttps://www.airforcemag.com/uk-un-treaty-to-ban-anti-satellite-tests/Satellite Debris Forces Space Station Crew to Take Shelter; U.S. Blames "Reckless" Russian Missile Test by William Harwoodhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/satellite-debris-space-station-crew-take-shelter/Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) by Atomic Heritage Foundationhttps://www.atomicheritage.org/history/strategic-defense-initiative-sdi100% Genome.Complete Human Genome Sequenced for First Time In Major Breakthrough by Becky Ferreirahttps://www.vice.com/en/article/y3v4y7/complete-human-genome-sequenced-for-first-time-in-major-breakthroughThe Complete Sequence of a Human Genome by Sergey Nurk, et al.https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj6987What is the Human Genome Project by The National Human Genome Research Institutehttps://www.genome.gov/human-genome-project/WhatA Brief Guide to Genomics by The National Human Genome Research Institutehttps://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/A-Brief-Guide-to-GenomicsFollow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/rice-tv-screen-satellite-warfare-unraveled-dna Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Aug 17, 2022 • 13min
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 Foundationhttps://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#Sec10What is Parkinsons by Ahmad Elkouzihttps://www.parkinson.org/understanding-parkinsons/what-is-parkinsonsOur Agenda by The Michael J. Fox Foundationhttps://www.michaeljfox.org/our-agendaSolar but at night.Stanford Engineers Invent a Solar Panel That Generates Electricity at Night by Grant Currinhttps://interestingengineering.com/stanford-solar-panel-nightNighttime Electric Power Generation at a Density of 50 mW/m2 Via Radiative Cooling of a Photovoltaic Cell by Sid Assawaworrarit, et al.https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0085205How Do Solar Panels Work by Michael Dhar and Ailsa Harveyhttps://www.livescience.com/41995-how-do-solar-panels-work.htmlSolar Panels That Can Generate Electricity at Night Have Been Developed at Stanford by Rina Torchinskyhttps://www.npr.org/2022/04/07/1091320428/solar-panels-that-can-generate-electricity-at-night-have-been-developed-at-stanfJellyfish: the secret to life.The Secrets of the Immortal Jellyfish, Earth's Longest-Living Animal by Thomas Linghttps://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/immortal-jellyfish/Turritopsis dohrnii: The Life Cycle of the Immortal Jellyfish by The Real Immortal Jellyfishhttps://therealimmortaljellyfish.com/Cellular Reprogramming and Immortality: Expression Profiling Reveals Putative Genes Involved in Turritopsis dohrnii’s Life Cycle Reversal by Yui Matsumoto and Maria Pia Migliettahttps://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab136Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/ai-vs-parkinsons-dark-sun-power-death-proof-jellyfish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 12, 2022 • 14min
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 Angliahttps://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. Cardinghttps://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-022-01243-wSearch and rescue roaches.“Robotised insects may search collapsed buildings for survivors” by The Economisthttps://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/robotised-insects-may-search-collapsed-buildings-for-survivors/21808326“S'pore team turning cockroaches into life-saving cyborg bugs at disaster sites” by Clara Chonghttps://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/spore-team-turning-cockroaches-into-life-saving-cyborg-bugs-at-disaster-sitesMushroom talks.“Language of Fungi Derived From Their Electrical Spiking Activity” by Andrew Adamatzkyhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.211926“Mushrooms may Communicate with Each Other Using Electrical Impulses” by Elizabeth Gamillohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mushrooms-may-communicate-with-each-other-using-electrical-impulses-180979889/“Fungi Appear to Talk in a Language Similar to Humans” by Hannah Osbornehttps://www.newsweek.com/fungi-language-communication-talk-similar-humans-1695146“The Fungus Among Us May Have Their Own Mushroom Language” by Melissa Truth Millerhttps://nerdist.com/article/mushrooms-fungus-may-communicate-via-language-50-words/“Do Trees Talk to Each Other?” by Richard Granthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/poop-of-youth-robot-roaches-chatty-fungus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 11, 2022 • 13min
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 Kepplerhttps://www.inverse.com/mind-body/nostalgia-pain-relief-connection“Nostalgia Can Reduce Perception of Pain, Study Shows” by Lauren Kenthttps://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/health/nostalgia-pain-relief-study-wellness/index.htmlDigital thoughts.“Could We Really Use Science To Upload Our Minds?" by Tara Yarlagaddahttps://www.inverse.com/science/upload-amazon-real-science“Will We Ever Be Able to Upload Our Brains?” By K. Thor Jensenhttps://www.pcmag.com/news/will-we-ever-be-able-to-upload-our-brains“Elon Musk says humans could eventually download their brains into robots — and Grimes thinks Jeff Bezos would do it” by Megan Sauerhttps://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/08/elon-musk-humans-could-eventually-download-their-brains-into-robots.html“100 Trillion Connections: New Efforts Probe and Map the Brain's Detailed Architecture” by Carl Zimmerhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/100-trillion-connections/“Ted Williams Frozen In Two Pieces” by Associated Presshttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/ted-williams-frozen-in-two-pieces/Water without plastic.“Water Treatment Plants Would Be Ready For The Removal Of Nanoplastics” by Andri Brynerhttps://www.eawag.ch/en/news-agenda/news-portal/news-detail/water-treatment-plants-would-be-ready-for-the-removal-of-nanoplastics“Nanoplastics Removal During Drinking Water Treatment: Laboratory- And Pilot-Scale Experiments And Modeling” by Gerardo Pulido-Reyesa, Leonardo Magherini, Carlo Bianco, Rajandrea Sethi, Ursvon Guntenac, Ralf Kaegi, and Denise M. Mitranodhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389422008007?via%3Dihub“How Does a Sand Filter Work?” by Joshua Reijnenhttps://royalbrinkman.com/knowledge-center/technical-projects/water-filter-technologies-horticulture/sand-filter“Methodologies to Characterize, Identify and Quantify Nano- And Sub-Micron Sized Plastics in Relevant Media For Human Exposure: A Critical Review” by Carlo Roberto de Bruin, Eva de Rijke, Annemarie P. van Wezel, and A. Astefanei.https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2022/va/d1va00024aFollow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here:https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/nostalgia-blocks-pain-uploaded-brains-sand-vs-nanoplastic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 10, 2022 • 14min
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 Rosenhttps://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 Clinichttps://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 Scienceshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200706100815.htm“Artificial intelligence in healthcare: past, present and future” by Fei Jiang, et al.https://svn.bmj.com/content/svnbmj/2/4/230.full.pdfBack from the dead.“De-Extinction Scientists Are Planning To Bring a Long-Lost 'Tiger' Species Back to Life” by Orlando Jenkinsonhttps://www.newsweek.com/de-extinction-scientists-planning-long-lost-tiger-species-life-1683993“Thylacine” by The Australian Musemhttps://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/the-thylacine/“Pathways to de-extinction: how close can we get to resurrection of an extinct species?” by Beth Shapirohttps://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2435.12705“The Roar of the Tiger is Fading from Our Planet” by Project CAThttps://projectcat.discovery.com/Sugar: it’s electric.“Ultrathin fuel cell uses the body’s own sugar to generate electricity” by Jennifer Chuhttps://news.mit.edu/2022/glucose-fuel-cell-electricity-0512“This Ultrathin Fuel Cell Uses Your Body’s Sugar to Make Electricity” by Tony Ho Tranhttps://news.yahoo.com/ultrathin-fuel-cell-uses-body-152533024.html#:~:text=The%20ultrathin%20fuel%20cell%20is,on%20your%20body's%20natural%20sugars.&text=The%20team%20behind%20the%20new,like%20artificial%20hearts%20or%20pacemakers.“There’s No Such Thing as a Sugar Rush, According to Science” by Joshua A. Krischhttps://www.fatherly.com/health-science/theres-no-thing-sugar-rush-according-science“Ultrathin Fuel Cells Could Use Your Body’s Sugar to Power Implants” by Sascha Brodskyhttps://www.lifewire.com/ultrathin-fuel-cells-could-use-your-bodys-sugar-to-power-implants-5272565Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/ai-and-angina-undead-tigers-electrici-sweets Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 5, 2022 • 21min
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 4/23/22Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/the-explorers-club-an-interview-with-joe-rohde Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 4, 2022 • 12min
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 Winnhttps://news.mit.edu/2022/frequency-therapeutics-hearing-regeneration-0329“What are Progenitor Cells? Exploring Neural, Myeloid and Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells” by Nicole Gleichmannhttps://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 Disordershttps://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/statistics/quick-statistics-hearing“PCA Approach” and “About Hearing Loss” by Frequency Therapeuticshttps://www.frequencytx.com/science/pca-approach/https://www.frequencytx.com/hearing-loss/about-hearing-loss/“FX-322 in Adults With Acquired Sensorineural Hearing Loss” by Frequency Therapeutics Clinical Trialhttps://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05086276Phone charger, but make it the sun.“Converting solar energy to electricity on demand” by Chalmers University of Technologyhttps://techxplore.com/news/2022-04-solar-energy-electricity-demand.html“For a Better Future” by The MOST Solar Projecthttps://mostsolarproject.eu/“Molecular solar thermal (MOST) energy storage and release system” by Kasper Moth-Poulsen, et al.https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2012/ee/c2ee22426g“Solar Energy: Benefits and Drawbacks” by Matthew Johnstonhttps://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/053015/pros-and-cons-solar-energy.aspChicken breeding.“The biocultural origins and dispersal of domestic chickens” by Joris Peters, Ophélie Lebrasseur, Evan K. Irving-Pease, Ptolemaios Dimitrios Paxinos, Julia Best, Riley Smallman, Cécile Callou, Armelle Gardeisen, Simon Trixl, Laurent Frantz, Naomi Sykes, Dorian Q. Fuller, and Greger Larson.https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2121978119“A new origin story for domesticated chickens starts in rice fields 3,500 years ago” by Bruce Bower.https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chicken-domestication-bones-origin-asia-rice-fields-exotic-animals“Redefining the timing and circumstances of the chicken's introduction to Europe and north-west Africa” by Julia Best, Sean Doherty, Ian Armit, Zlatozar Boev, Lindsey Büster, Barry Cunliffe, Alison Foster, Ben Frimet, Sheila Hamilton-Dyer, Tom Higham, Ophélie Lebrasseur, Holly Miller, Joris Peters, Michaël Seigle, Caroline Skelton, Rob Symmons, Richard Thomas, Angela Trentacoste, Mark Maltby, Greger Larson, and Naomi Sykeshttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/redefining-the-timing-and-circumstances-of-the-chickens-introduction-to-europe-and-northwest-africa/0797DAA570D51D988B0514C37C2EC534Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/healing-hearing-hairs-sun-phones-chicken-gods Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


