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Cody Cassidy is back to talk about how soap was invented. You’ll also learn about a bias that makes people believe poor people have thicker skin, and how good anxiety can help you get things done.Good Anxiety Can Help You Get Things Done by Reuben WestmaasMust We Suffer to Succeed? | Journal of Individual Differences | Vol 38, No 2. (2017). Journal of Individual Differences. https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/abs/10.1027/1614-0001/a000228Dolan, E. W. (2017, July 8). People can use anxiety to motivate themselves, study finds. PsyPost; PsyPost. https://www.psypost.org/2017/07/people-can-use-anxiety-motivate-study-finds-49274Society Perceives the Poor to Have a "Thick Skin" Compared to Others by Kelsey DonkSociety perceives the poor as less affected by distress than those with more means. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/puww-spt081720.phpCheek, N. N., & Shafir, E. (2020). The thick skin bias in judgments about people in poverty. Behavioural Public Policy, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2020.33Additional resources from author Cody Cassidy:Pick up “Who Ate the First Oyster?: The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in History” on Amazon: https://amazon.comCody Cassidy’s articles on Wired: https://www.wired.com/author/cody-cassidy/Cody Cassidy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodyCassidySubscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/the-dirty-smelly-history-of-soap-w-cody-cassidy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn about why we remember things in the opposite order as we see them and how spiders use atmospheric electricity to balloon through the air. You’ll also learn who actually ate the first oyster from author Cody Cassidy. You Remember in the Opposite Order as You See by Reuben WestmaasHuman brain recalls visual features in reverse order than it detects them: Study challenges traditional hierarchy of brain decoding; offers insight into how the brain makes perceptual judgements. (2017). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171009154946.htmDing, S., Cueva, C. J., Tsodyks, M., & Qian, N. (2017). Visual perception as retrospective Bayesian decoding from high-to low-level features. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706906114Mohs, R. (2007, May 8). How Human Memory Works. HowStuffWorks. https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/human-memory1.htm Ballooning spiders surf on electric fields by Cameron DukeKuchment, A. (2012). How Spiders “Balloon.” Scientific American, 307(1), 28–28. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0712-28bMartin Lister. (2020). Ypsyork.Org. https://www.ypsyork.org/resources/yorkshire-scientists-and-innovators/dr-martin-lister/Palermo, E. (2015, May 15). Cloudy with a Chance of Arachnids? “Spider Rain” Explained. Livescience.Com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/50856-spider-rain-explained.htmlMorley, E. L., & Robert, D. (2018). Electric Fields Elicit Ballooning in Spiders. Current Biology, 28(14), 2324-2330.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.057Spiders go ballooning on electric fields. (2018, July 5). Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2018-07-spiders-ballooning-electric-fields.htmlScience Magazine. (2018). Watch a ‘ballooning’ spider take flight [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrS0igctMi0Yong, E. (2018, July 5). Spiders Use Earth’s Electric Field to Fly Hundreds of Miles. The Atlantic; The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-electric-flight-of-spiders/564437/Additional resources from author Cody Cassidy:Pick up “Who Ate the First Oyster?: The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in History” on Amazon: https://amazon.comCody Cassidy’s articles on Wired: https://www.wired.com/author/cody-cassidy/Cody Cassidy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodyCassidySubscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/who-ate-the-first-oyster-w-cody-cassidy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn how swapping bodies with our pals can alter the way we view ourselves, why California’s redwoods have been able to survive relentless wildfires, and the real reason there are colorful bumps on the sidewalk. (If this episode sounds familiar, congratulations! You got the episode that escaped a week ago. Oops! This one is cleaned up and ready for prime-time.)A study had friends "swap bodies" and it totally changed their sense of self by Grant CurrinNield, D. (2020). “Swapping Bodies” With a Friend Swaps Your Beliefs, Strange Experiment Reveals. ScienceAlert. https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-study-shows-swapping-bodies-with-a-friend-also-swaps-your-beliefsCosmos. (2020, August 27). A body swap could mess with your mind. Cosmos Magazine. https://cosmosmagazine.com/health/body-and-mind/a-body-swap-could-mess-with-your-mind/Tacikowski, P., Weijs, M. L., & Ehrsson, H. H. (2020). Perception of Our Own Body Influences Self-Concept and Self-Incoherence Impairs Episodic Memory. IScience, 101429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101429How did California's giant redwoods survive the raging wildfires? By Cameron DukeChoi, C. Q. (2020, August 21). Will California’s giant redwoods survive the raging wildfires? Livescience.Com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/will-california-redwoods-survive-wildfires.htmlGuardian staff reporter. (2020, August 25). ‘The forest is not gone’: California’s ancient redwoods survive wildfires. The Guardian; The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/25/redwoods-california-fires-trees-survivalHow Trees Survive and Thrive After A Fire - National Forest Foundation. (2015). Nationalforests.Org. https://www.nationalforests.org/our-forests/your-national-forests-magazine/how-trees-survive-and-thrive-after-a-fireLuna, T. (2008). Vegetative propagation of coastal redwood (Sequoia sempervirens(Lamb. ex D. Don) Endl.). Native Plants Journal, 9(1), 25–28. https://doi.org/10.2979/npj.2008.9.1.25The redwoods of Coast and Sierra. (2020). Nps.Gov. https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/shirley/sec6.htmThompson, A. (2020, August 26). Can redwoods Survive the Devastating California Wildfires? Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-redwoods-survive-the-devastating-california-wildfires/ Those Bumps On The Sidewalk Are There For A Good Reason by Anna ToddDfT, I. M. (2003). Guidance on the Use of Tactile Paving Surfaces. Department for Transport, London, UK. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-the-use-of-tactile-paving-surfacesHow Seiichi Miyake and Tactile Paving Changed the World for Visually Impaired People. (2019, March 18). Mentalfloss.Com. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/577187/seiichi-miyake-and-tactile-paving-google-doodleScott, T. (2017). The Little-Known Patterns on British Streets [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdPymLgfXSYSubscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/why-friends-swapped-bodies-for-science-again Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scientists renamed human genes because of Microsoft Excel by Grant CurrinVincent, J. (2020, August 6). Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates. The Verge; The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-datesZiemann, M., Eren, Y., & El-Osta, A. (2016). Gene name errors are widespread in the scientific literature. Genome Biology, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-016-1044-7Bruford, E. A., Braschi, B., Denny, P., Jones, T. E. M., Seal, R. L., & Tweedie, S. (2020). Guidelines for human gene nomenclature. Nature Genetics, 52(8), 754–758. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-020-0669-3A new study finds that the person you choose isn't as important as the relationship you build by Kelsey DonkBetuel, E. (2020, July 27). Landmark study on 11,196 couples pinpoints what dating apps get so wrong. Inverse; Inverse. https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/dating-study-predicts-happy-relationshipsJoel, S., Eastwick, P. W., Allison, C. J., Arriaga, X. B., Baker, Z. G., Bar-Kalifa, E., Bergeron, S., Birnbaum, G. E., Brock, R. L., Brumbaugh, C. C., Carmichael, C. L., Chen, S., Clarke, J., Cobb, R. J., Coolsen, M. K., Davis, J., de Jong, D. C., Debrot, A., DeHaas, E. C., … Wolf, S. (2020). Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(32), 19061–19071. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1917036117Why don't we sneeze or burp in our sleep? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Natalie)Shieh, M. (2017). Is it possible to sneeze while you are sleeping? Popular Science. https://www.popsci.com/sneeze-sleep/Villazon, L. (2019). Can you sneeze in your sleep? BBC Science Focus Magazine; BBC Science Focus Magazine. https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/can-you-sneeze-in-your-sleep/Do people sneeze in their sleep without waking up? (2008, July 31). Mentalfloss.Com. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/19227/do-people-sneeze-their-sleep-without-wakingRepasky, D. (2019, January 3). Swallowing Air with CPAP (Aerophagia): Causes and Solutions | CPAP.com Blog. CPAP.Com Blog. https://www.cpap.com/blog/swallowing-air-with-cpap-aerophagia/Karamanolis, G., Triantafyllou, K., Tsiamoulos, Z., Polymeros, D., Kalli, T., Misailidis, N., Liakakos, T., & Ladas, S. D. (2009). Effect of Sleep on Excessive Belching. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 1. https://doi.org/10.1097/mcg.0b013e3181bd885eBredenoord, A. J. (2013). Management of Belching, Hiccups, and Aerophagia. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 11(1), 6–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2012.09.006Imran Khawaja, Spurling, B. C., & Shantanu Singh. (2020, July 19). REM Sleep Behavior Disorder. Nih.Gov; StatPearls Publishing. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK534239/Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. (2020). Nih.Gov. https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/patient-caregiver-education/understanding-sleep#2Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/why-dont-we-sneeze-in-our-sleep Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn how the mathematical mistake of exponential growth bias makes people underestimate the spread of COVID-19, how crocodiles have survived since the dinosaurs, and how puns activate both sides of the brain."Exponential growth bias" can make people underestimate COVID-19 by Steffie DruckerRobson, D. (2020). Exponential growth bias: The numerical error behind Covid-19. BBC.Com. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200812-exponential-growth-bias-the-numerical-error-behind-covid-19Shlomo Benartzi. (2019, June 17). If You Don’t Save Enough, Perhaps You Have ‘Exponential Growth Bias.’ WSJ; The Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-dont-save-enough-perhaps-you-have-exponential-growth-bias-11560737101Dispatch 1: Numbers | Radiolab | WNYC Studios. (2020). WNYC Studios. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/dispatch-numbersLammers, J., Crusius, J., & Gast, A. (2020). Correcting misperceptions of exponential coronavirus growth increases support for social distancing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(28), 16264–16266. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2006048117Banerjee, R., Bhattacharya, J., & Majumdar, P. (2020). Exponential-growth prediction bias and compliance with safety measures in the times of COVID-19. ArXiv.Org. https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.01273Crocodiles Are Prehistoric Monsters Who Survived The Dinosaur's Extinction by Reuben WestmaasPappas, S. (2017, July 5). Super Croc with T. Rex Teeth May Have Chowed Down on Dinosaurs. Livescience.Com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/59697-super-croc-with-t-rex-teeth-ate-dinosaurs.htmlOsborne, H. (2017, July 4). Ancient Giant “Ghost” Crocodile With T-Rex-Sized Teeth Discovered in Madagascar. Newsweek; Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-giant-crocodie-t-rex-teeth-madagascar-631590Nova. (1998, April 28). The Extraordinary Lives of Crocs. Pbs.Org; Nova. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/extraordinary-lives-of-crocs/“Getting” Puns Means Both Sides of Your Brain Are Working Together by Reuben WestmaasOriginal episode: https://www.curiositydaily.com/nasa-cryosleep-chambers-your-brain-on-puns-why-red/Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/the-math-bias-that-makes-you-misjudge-covid-19 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn about how wildfires are powerful enough to create their own storms, how the invention of bags influenced human evolution, and how announcers with low voices can make products larger.Wildfires can create their own storms by Cameron DukeSpecktor, B. (2017, December 12). What Are Pyrocumulus Clouds? California Fires Spawn Eerie Formations. Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/61167-what-are-pyrocumulus-clouds.htmlCunningham, P., & Reeder, M. J. (2009). Severe convective storms initiated by intense wildfires: Numerical simulations of pyro-convection and pyro-tornadogenesis. Geophysical Research Letters, 36(12). https://doi.org/10.1029/2009gl039262What Makes a Firenado? (2020, August 23). Sierra Club. https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/what-makes-firenado#:~:text=During%20the%20Carr%20Fire%20inWMO. (2017). Flammagenitus | International Cloud Atlas. International Cloud Atlas. https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/en/flammagenitus.htmlNASA - Fire-Breathing Storm Systems. (2010). Nasa.Gov. https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/pyrocb.htmlHow bags enabled human evolution by Cameron DukeBell, B. (2017, June 4). Who killed Oetzi the Iceman? BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40104139Hardy, B. L., Moncel, M.-H., Kerfant, C., Lebon, M., Bellot-Gurlet, L., & Mélard, N. (2020). Direct evidence of Neanderthal fibre technology and its cognitive and behavioral implications. Scientific Reports, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61839-wLangley, M. C., & Suddendorf, T. (2020). Mobile containers in human cognitive evolution studies: Understudied and underrepresented. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21857Langley, M., & Suddendorf, T. (2020, August 12). Got your bag? The critical place of mobile containers in human evolution. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/got-your-bag-the-critical-place-of-mobile-containers-in-human-evolution-142712Deep Voices And Low Pitches Make Products Seem Larger by Stephanie BucklinLowe, M. L., & Haws, K. L. (2017). Sounds Big: The Effects of Acoustic Pitch on Product Perceptions. Journal of Marketing Research, 54(2), 331–346. https://doi.org/10.1509/jmr.14.0300When It Comes to Size, Sound Matters in Ads. (2017). Gatech.Edu. http://www.news.gatech.edu/2017/04/13/when-it-comes-size-sound-matters-adsWehner, M. (2017, April 15). Arby’s Voice: How Deep Voices Affect Your Mind. BGR; BGR. https://bgr.com/2017/04/14/arbys-voice-advertising-research/N. Gutierrez. (2017, April 17). What Sounds Have To Do With Making Products, Foods Appear Larger In Commercial Ads. Science Times. http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/12579/20170417/what-sounds-making-products-foods-appear-larger-commercial-ads.htmMondloch, C. J., & Maurer, D. (2004). Do small white balls squeak? Pitch-object correspondences in young children. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 4(2), 133–136. https://doi.org/10.3758/cabn.4.2.133Morton, E..S. (19 77). On the Occurrence and Significance of Motivation-Structural Rules in Some Bird and Mammal Sounds. The American Naturalist. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/283219Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/wildfires-can-create-their-own-storms Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn about how rats might not have been all to blame for the bubonic plagues and why we’re more prone to mindlessly eat while we multitask.When It Comes to the Black Death, the Rats May Have Been Framed by Ashley HamerHistory.com Editors. (2010, September 17). Black Death. HISTORY. https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/black-deathGill, V. (2018, January 15). Black Death “spread by humans not rats.” BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42690577Dean, K. R., Krauer, F., Walløe, L., Lingjærde, O. C., Bramanti, B., Stenseth, N. C., & Schmid, B. V. (2018). Human ectoparasites and the spread of plague in Europe during the Second Pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(6), 1304–1309. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715640115Multitasking might make you keep snacking even when you're full by Kelsey DonkFord, A. (2020) TV-watching snackers beware: you won’t notice you’re full if your attention is elsewhere. University of Sussex. https://www.sussex.ac.uk/news/research?id=52535Morris, J., Vi, C. T., Obrist, M., Forster, S., & Yeomans, M. R. (2020). Ingested but not perceived: Response to satiety cues disrupted by perceptual load. Appetite, 104813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.104813Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/why-multitasking-keeps-you-snacking Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn about whether animals can predict earthquakes, why younger folks experience déjà vu more often, and how software that helped us reach the moon was literally woven by hand.Can Animals Really Sense an Earthquake Coming? A New Study Says Yes by Grant CurrinPratik Pawar. (2020, July 22). Animals Sense Earthquakes Before They Happen. Can They Help Us Predict Disasters? Discover Magazine. https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/animals-sense-earthquakes-before-they-happen-can-they-help-us-predictAverett, N. (2020, July 31). Do Animals Really Anticipate Earthquakes? Sensors Hint They Do. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-animals-really-anticipate-earthquakes-sensors-hint-they-do/The sixth sense of animals. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/m-tss070320.phpWikelski, M., Mueller, U., Scocco, P., Catorci, A., Desinov, L. V., Belyaev, M. Y., Keim, D., Pohlmeier, W., Fechteler, G., & Martin Mai, P. (2020). Potential short‐term earthquake forecasting by farm animal monitoring. Ethology. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13078Why Do Young People Experience More Déjà Vu? By Ashley HamerFocal Onset Aware Seizures (simple partial seizures). (2017). Epilepsy Foundation. https://www.epilepsy.com/learn/types-seizures/focal-onset-aware-seizures-aka-simple-partial-seizuresBrown, A. S. (2003). A review of the deja vu experience. Psychological bulletin, 129(3), 394. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.129.3.394Teale, J. C. (2015, March 3). What is Déjà Vu? Scientific American Blog Network. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/frontiers-for-young-minds/what-is-d-233-j-224-vu/The Apollo Missions Used Guidance Software That Was Literally Woven by Hand by Ashley HamerBrock, D.C. (September 2017). Software as Hardware: Apollo’s Rope Memory. IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/space-age/software-as-hardware-apollos-rope-memoryJohn R. Garman Oral History. (2010). Nasa.Gov. https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/GarmanJR/GarmanJR_3-27-01.htmMcMillan, R. (2015, October 13). Her Code Got Humans on the Moon—And Invented Software Itself. WIRED. https://www.wired.com/2015/10/margaret-hamilton-nasa-apollo/Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/why-do-young-people-have-more-deja-vu Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn about how children led their own research project into what they really think of adults, how painting eyes on cow butts could help solve a wildlife conservation problem, and whether it’s a good idea to rinse out your recycling.Children led a research project into what they really think of adults by Kelsey DonkMaynard, E., & Barton, S. (2020, August 7). Children reveal what they really think of adults – in their own research paper. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/children-reveal-what-they-really-think-of-adults-in-their-own-research-paper-144025Because ‘grown-ups don’t always get it right’: Allyship with children in research – from research question to authorship. (2020). Qualitative Research in Psychology. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14780887.2020.1794086?journalCode=uqrp20Painting eyes on cow butts may help solve a key wildlife conservation problem by Cameron DukeRadford, C., Jordan, N. R., & Rogers, T. (2020, August 7). Lions are less likely to attack cattle with eyes painted on their backsides. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/lions-are-less-likely-to-attack-cattle-with-eyes-painted-on-their-backsides-142488Radford, C., McNutt, J. W., Rogers, T., Maslen, B., & Jordan, N. (2020). Artificial eyespots on cattle reduce predation by large carnivores. Communications Biology, 3(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01156-0Is it wasteful to rinse out recycling? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Lydia)Douglas, N. (2018, June 12). How to Rinse Your Recyclables Without Wasting Water. Lifehacker. https://lifehacker.com/how-to-rinse-your-recyclables-without-wasting-water-1826764672Nina Shen Rastogi. (2009, February 3). Is it worth it to wash out your recyclables? Slate Magazine. https://slate.com/technology/2009/02/is-it-worth-it-to-wash-out-your-recyclables.htmlShould you rinse your recyclables? | Recycle Coach. (2019, September 16). Recycle Coach. https://recyclecoach.com/residents/blog/should-you-rinse-your-recyclables/Thornton, T. (2017, May 28). Why you’re almost certainly wasting time rinsing your recycling. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/why-youre-almost-certainly-wasting-time-rinsing-your-recycling-78189Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/children-led-a-research-project-painting-eyes-on-cow-butts-and-whether-to-rinse-your-recycling Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn about how a phenomenon called the third-person effect makes us think we’re too smart for advertising to work on us, why scientists used violinists to study how humans sync in a complex network, and why you can relieve pain by holding hands!The Third-Person Effect Is Why We All Think We’re Too Smart for Ad Campaigns by Anna ToddDavison, W. P. (1983). The Third-Person Effect in Communication. Public Opinion Quarterly, 47(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1086/268763Third-Person Effect and Pandemic Flu: The Role of Severity, Self-Efficacy Method Mentions, and Message Source. (2016). Journal of Health Communication. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10810730.2016.1245801?journalCode=uhcm20The Influence of Presumed Fake News Influence: Examining Public Support for Corporate Corrective Response, Media Literacy Interventions, and Governmental Regulation. (2020). Mass Communication and Society. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15205436.2020.1750656?journalCode=hmcs20McLeod, D. M., Eveland, W. P., & Nathanson, A. I. (1997). Support for Censorship of Violent and Misogynic Rap Lyrics. Communication Research, 24(2), 153–174. https://doi.org/10.1177/009365097024002003Scientists used violinists to study how humans sync in a complex network by Grant CurrinElad Shniderman. (2020, August 25). Sync Variations. Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/394199689What violin synchronization can teach us about better networking in complex times. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/sbu-wvs081120.phpShahal, S., Wurzberg, A., Sibony, I., Duadi, H., Shniderman, E., Weymouth, D., Davidson, N., & Fridman, M. (2020). Synchronization of complex human networks. Nature Communications, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17540-7Researchers Study Violinists To Learn How Humans Act in Synchrony. (2020, August 11). Inside Science. https://www.insidescience.org/news/researchers-study-violinists-learn-how-humans-act-synchronyFor an All-Natural Painkiller, Try Holding Your Partner’s Hand by Mae RiceOriginal episode: https://curiositydaily.com/asmr-video-health-benefits-moonquake-science-holdi/Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/why-you-think-youre-too-smart-for-ads-studying-violinists-to-understand-human-synchrony-and-relieving-pain-by-holding-hands Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.