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    Curiosity Weekly – Discovery

    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.  

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    Male Contraceptive, Winter Snooze, Whale Fight Songs Mar 22, 2023
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    Today you’ll learn about how scientists are developing a form of birth control for men, why humans need more sleep during the winter, and how whales are giving up singing their love songs in favor of fighting for mates.

    Male Contraceptive

    • “Sperm-Slowing Male Contraceptive Reversibly Inhibits Mouse Fertility” by Ruairi J Mackenzie
      • https://www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discovery/news/sperm-slowing-male-contraceptive-reversibly-inhibits-mouse-fertility-370207
    • “On-demand male contraception via acute inhibition of soluble adenylyl cyclase” by Melanie Balbach et al.
      • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36119-6

    Winter Snooze

    • “Humans ‘may need more sleep in winter’, study finds” by Jane Clinton
      • https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/feb/17/humans-may-need-more-sleep-in-winter-study-finds
    • “Seasonality of human sleep: Polysomnographic data of a neuropsychiatric sleep clinic” by Aileen Seidler et al.
      • https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2023.1105233/full
    • “Feeling tired? Humans may need more sleep during the winter, new study suggests” by Wyatte Grantham-Philips
      • https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/02/21/more-sleep-needed-winter-study/11280016002/
    • “Humans need more sleep in the winter” by Alison Bosman
      • https://www.earth.com/news/humans-need-more-sleep-in-the-winter-season/

    Whale Fight Songs

    • “Whales give up singing to fight for love” by UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
      • https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/979939
    • “Post-whaling shift in mating tactics in male humpback whales” by Rebecca Dunlop & Celine Frere
      • https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-04509-7
    • “Global whaling peaked in the 1960s” by Hannah Richie
      • https://ourworldindata.org/whaling#:~:text=At%20its%20peak%20in%20the,to%20manage%20international%20whaling%20stocks.

    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/male-contraceptive-winter-snooze-whale-fight-songs


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    Poseidon Temple, Time to Exercise, Queen of Scots Letters Mar 17, 2023
    Show notes

    Today we discuss how the lost temple of Poseidon may have been discovered, how our circadian rhythms show what time of day is best to exercise, and how researchers decoded a stack of letters written by Mary Queen of Scots during her imprisonment.

    WATCH SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS ONLY IN THEATERS MARCH 17. (Rated PG-13)

    Poseidon Temple

    • “A lost temple for Poseidon may have finally been rediscovered” by Sara Kiley Watson
      • https://www.popsci.com/science/poseidon-temple-tsunami-greece/
    • “Strabo” by Duane W. Roller
      • https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780195389661/obo-9780195389661-0230.xml
    • “Poseidon” by Greek Gods and Goddesses Encyclopedia
      • https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net/gods/poseidon/#:~:text=Poseidon%20was%20god%20of%20the,%2C%20Demeter%2C%20Hestia%20and%20Hera.
    • “Scientists May Have Discovered the Long Lost Temple of Poseidon” by Amanda Kooser
      • https://www.cnet.com/science/scientists-may-have-discovered-long-lost-temple-of-poseidon/
    • “Tsunamis buried the cult site on the Peloponnese” by Johannes Gutenberg
      • https://phys.org/news/2011-07-tsunamis-cult-site-peloponnese.html

    Time to Exercise

    • “Time of day may determine the amount of fat burned by exercise” by Felicia Lindberg
      • https://news.ki.se/time-of-day-may-determine-the-amount-of-fat-burned-by-exercise
    • “Time of day determines postexercise metabolism in mouse adipose tissue” by Logan A. Pendergrast et al.
      • https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2218510120
    • “What to know about circadian rhythm” by Janet Johnson
      • https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/circadian-rhythms
    • “Work out at this time of day to burn the most fat: scientists” by Adriana Diaz
      • https://nypost.com/2023/02/14/work-out-at-this-time-of-day-to-burn-the-most-fat-scientists/

    Queen of Scots Letters

    • “Scientists Decipher 57 Letters That Mary, Queen of Scots Wrote before Her Beheading” by Stephanie Pappas
      • https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-decipher-50-letters-from-mary-queen-of-scotts-before-her-beheading1/
    • “Deciphering Mary Stuart’s lost letters from 1578-1584” by George Lasry, Norbert Biermann, & Satoshi Tomokiyo
      • https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01611194.2022.2160677

    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/poseidon-temple-time-to-exercise-queen-of-scots-letters


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    Moon Dust, Mammal Groups, Roman Sex Toy Mar 16, 2023
    Show notes

    Today we discuss whether or not firing a gun filled with moon dust into space could cool down the planet, how animals that live in social groups usually live longer than solitary creatures, and a saucy discovery from ancient Rome.

    To Re-Caf Choose Decaf

    • “A solution to the climate crisis: mining the moon, researchers say” by Oliver Milman
      • https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/08/moon-dust-moonshot-geoengineering-climate-crisis
    • “Dust as a solar shield” by Benjamin C. Bromley ,Sameer H. Khan, and Scott J. Kenyon
      • https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000133
    • “Can geoengineering fix the climate? Hundreds of scientists say not so fast” by Oliver Milman
      • https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/25/can-controversial-geoengineering-fix-climate-crisis
    • “Space dust as Earth's sun shield” by University of Utah
      • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230208155658.htm#:~:text=Summary%3A,the%20impacts%20of%20climate%20change.&text=On%20a%20cold%20winter%20day,of%20the%20sun%20is%20welcome.

    Mammal Groups

    • “Mammals that live in groups may live longer, longevity research suggests” by Jake Buehler
      • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mammals-groups-longevity-genetics
    • “Correlated evolution of social organization and lifespan in mammals” by Pingfen Zhu et al.
      • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-35869-7
    • “An 80-Year Harvard Study Found the Secret to a Happy Life” by Bill Murphy Jr
      • https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/an-80-year-harvard-study-found-secret-to-a-happy-life-these-9-simple-habits-will-improve-yours.html

    Roman Sex Toy

    • “Discarded Roman artefact may have been more than a good luck charm” by Newcastle University
      • https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2023/02/vindolandaphallus/
    • “Touch wood: luck, protection, power or pleasure? A wooden phallus from Vindolanda Roman fort” by Rob Collins and Rob Sands
      • https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/touch-wood-luck-protection-power-or-pleasure-a-wooden-phallus-from-vindolanda-roman-fort/53F4B0838D23DB65F6A244695624102E

    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/moon-dust-mammal-groups-roman-sex-toy


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    Fingerprint Formation, I Love This Song, Ancient Tools Mar 15, 2023
    Show notes

    Today you’ll learn about how fingerprints form, how quickly you can determine whether or not you like a song, and how ancient ancestors to homo sapiens were using tools way earlier than we thought!

    Fingerprint Formation

    • “How fingerprints form was a mystery — until now” by McKenzie Prillaman
      • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fingerprints-form-mystery
    • “The developmental basis of fingerprint pattern formation and variation” by James D. Glover et al.
      • https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(23)00045-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867423000454%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
    • “All Patterns Great and Small” By Tina Hesman Saey
      • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/all-patterns-great-and-small
    • “Pigment pas de deux puts stripes on zebrafish” by Tina Hesman Saey
      • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pigment-pas-de-deux-puts-stripes-zebrafish

    I Love This Song

    • “Knowing We Like a Song Takes Only Seconds of Listening, New Psychology Research Finds” by James Devitt
      • https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2023/january/knowing-we-like-a-song-takes-only-seconds-of-listening--new-psyc.html
    • “The Whole is Not Different From its Parts: Music Excerpts are Representative of Songs” by Sara J. Philibotte et al.
      • https://online.ucpress.edu/mp/article-abstract/40/3/220/195231/The-Whole-is-Not-Different-From-its-PartsMusic?redirectedFrom=fulltext

    Ancient Tools

    • “2.9-million-year-old butchery site in Kenya suggests humans perhaps weren't first to use crafted stone tools” By Genelle Weule
      • https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-02-10/fossils-animal-bones-stone-tools-early-hominin-east-africa/101937222
    • “Expanded geographic distribution and dietary strategies of the earliest Oldowan hominins and Paranthropus” by THOMAS W. PLUMMER et al.
      • https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo7452

    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/fingerprint-formation-i-love-this-song-ancient-tools


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    Peanut Allergy Blocker, Unreachable Itch, Debt Fear Mar 10, 2023
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    Today you’ll learn about how a cure for peanut allergies could be on the way to being a reality, how scientists are looking into treatments for an unreachable itch, and how a new study reports that talking about your financial debt makes you more likely to pay it off.

    Peanut Allergy Blocker

    • “Researchers Block Allergic Reactions to Peanuts in Mice” by Sarah Wheelan
      • https://www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discovery/news/researchers-block-allergic-reactions-to-peanuts-in-mice-370063
    • “Peanut allergen inhibition prevents anaphylaxis in a humanized mouse model” by NADA S. ALAKHRAS et al.
      • https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.add6373
    • “When peanuts are poison” by Julie McDowell
      • http://pubsapp.acs.org/subscribe/archive/mdd/v05/i05/html/05health.html#:~:text=About%203%20million%20Americans%E2%80%94children,those%20are%20attributed%20to%20peanuts.
    • “Racial and Ethnic Data Reported for Peanut Allergy Epidemiology Do Little to Advance Its Cause, Treatment, or Prevention” by Nigel Mark Thomas
      • https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.685240/full

    Unreachable Itch

    • “Drug Shows Promise Against “Unreachable Itch” Condition” by Molly Campbell
      • https://www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discovery/news/drug-shows-promise-against-unreachable-itch-condition-370062
    • “Phase 2 Trial of Difelikefalin in Notalgia Paresthetica” by Brian S. Kim et al.
      • https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2210699?query=featured_home
    • “New Formulation of FDA-Approved Drug Shows Encouraging Results for Treating a Common Itch Condition” by Mount Sinai
      • https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2023/new-formulation-of-fda-approved-drug-shows-encouraging-results-for-treating-a-common-itch-condition
    • “Oral Drug Shows Benefit for Notalgia Paresthetica in Mid-Stage Trial” by Elizabeth Short
      • https://www.medpagetoday.com/dermatology/generaldermatology/103021

    Debt Fear

    • “Fear of judgment is keeping consumers indebted – study shows peer groups can help turn that around” by UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, IVEY BUSINESS SCHOOL
      • https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/979755
    • “EXPRESS: Helping Those That Hide: Anticipated Stigmatization Drives Concealment and a Destructive Cycle of Debt” by Michael Moorhouse et al.
      • https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00222437221146521

    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/peanut-allergy-blocker-unreachable-itch-debt-fear


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    To Re-Caf Choose Decaf, How Smart Are Rich People?, Cavities Mar 09, 2023
    Show notes

    Today we discuss how decaf coffee can curb symptoms of caffeine withdrawal, how a recent study revealed that those who are rich in money aren’t necessarily rich in intelligence, and a study that looked into cheap and effective preventative cavity treatment.

    To Re-Caf Choose Decaf

    • “Decaf coffee reduces caffeine withdrawal – even when you know it’s decaf” by Matthew Warren
      • https://www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/decaf-coffee-reduces-caffeine-withdrawal-even-when-you-know-its-decaf
    • “Reduction in caffeine withdrawal after open-label decaffeinated coffee” by Llewellyn Mills et al.
      • https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/02698811221147152

    How Smart Are Rich People?

    • “The plateauing of cognitive ability among top earners” by Marc Keuschnigg, Arnout van de Rijt, and Thijs Bol
      • https://academic.oup.com/esr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/esr/jcac076/7008955?login=false
    • “Extreme earners are not necessarily extremely smart” by Jonas Roslund
      • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230208125113.htm
    • “Understanding the Flaws Behind the IQ Test” By Mira Lazine
      • https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/understanding-the-flaws-behind-the-iq-test

    Cavities

    • “School Dental Program Prevents 80 Percent of Cavities with One-Time, Non-Invasive Treatment” by Rachel Harrison
      • https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2023/february/school-dental-program-prevents-80-percent-of-cavities.html
    • “Effect of Silver Diamine Fluoride on Caries Arrest and Prevention” by Ryan Richard Ruff, Tamarinda Barry-Godín, and Richard Niederman
      • https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2801193
    • “Children’s Oral Health” by CDC
      • https://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/basics/childrens-oral-health/index.html

    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/to-re-caf-choose-decaf-how-smart-are-rich-people-cavities


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    Rockets Ruin Ozone, Neanderthal Smells, Orca Moms Mar 08, 2023
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    Today you’ll learn about how rockets are preventing the ozone layer from healing properly, how researchers are figuring out the smells of the ancient world, and how mother orca whales take care of their sons to ensure the survival of their species.

    Rockets Ruin Ozone

    • “A rapidly growing rocket industry could undo decades of work to save the ozone layer – unless we act now” by Laura Revell, Michele Bannister, and Tyler Brown
      • https://theconversation.com/a-rapidly-growing-rocket-industry-could-undo-decades-of-work-to-save-the-ozone-layer-unless-we-act-now-198982
    • “Rocket industry could undo decades of work to save the ozone layer” by University of Canterbury
      • https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/news/2023/rocket-industry-could-undo-decades-of-work-to-save-the-ozone-layer.html
    • “Ozone layer recovery is on track, due to success of Montreal Protocol” by United Nations
      • https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/01/1132277
    • “Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2022” by World Meteorological Organization
      • https://ozone.unep.org/system/files/documents/Scientific-Assessment-of-Ozone-Depletion-2022-Executive-Summary.pdf

    Neanderthal Smells

    • “Study figured out what ancient humans might have been able to smell” by Pranjal Mehar
      • https://www.techexplorist.com/study-figured-ancient-humans-able-smell/56561/
    • “Ancient Humans Had Same Sense of Smell, But Different Sensitivities” by Karl Leif Bates
      • https://today.duke.edu/2023/01/ancient-humans-had-same-sense-smell-different-sensitivities
    • Genetic and functional odorant receptor variation in the Homo lineage” by Claire A. de March et al.
      • https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)02181-2

    Orca Moms

    • “Orca moms baby their adult sons. That favoritism pays off — eventually” by Susan Milius
      • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/orca-mom-sons-favoritism-killer-whale
    • “Costly lifetime maternal investment in killer whales” by Michael N. Weiss et al.
      • https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01994-7
    • “Killer whales follow postmenopausal leaders” by Susan Milius
      • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/killer-whales-follow-postmenopausal-leaders

    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/rockets-ruin-ozone-neanderthal-smells-orca-moms


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    Young Blood, Cinnamon Memory, Microplastic Filter Mar 03, 2023
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    Today you’ll learn about how scientists are using a drug meant for arthritis to mimic blood transfusions, how cinnamon could potentially be improving our brain’s health, and how a new filter is capable of removing 99% of microplastics from water.

    Young Blood

    • “Arthritis drug mimics "young blood" transfusions to reverse aging in mice” By Michael Irving
      • https://newatlas.com/medical/arthritis-drug-young-blood-reverses-aging-mice/
    • “Stromal niche inflammation mediated by IL-1 signalling is a targetable driver of haematopoietic ageing” by Carl A. Mitchell et al. (PAYWALL)
      • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41556-022-01053-0
    • “Will revitalizing old blood slow aging?” by COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IRVING MEDICAL CENTER
      • https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/978861

    Cinnamon Memory

    • “Cinnamon and cognitive function: a systematic review of preclinical and clinical studies” by Samaneh Nakhaee et al.
      • https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1028415X.2023.2166436?journalCode=ynns20 (PAYWALL)
    • “Cinnamon Improves Your Memory And Cognition” by GrrlScientist
      • https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/02/04/cinnamon-improves-your-memory-and-cognition/?sh=2f208d2721ec

    Microplastic Filter

    • “High-efficiency water filter removes 99.9% of microplastics in 10 seconds” By Michael Irving
      • https://newatlas.com/environment/high-efficiency-water-filter-99-9-microplastics-10-seconds/
    • “Supramolecular Engineering of Amorphous Porous Polymers for Rapid Adsorption of Micropollutants and Solar-Powered Volatile Organic Compounds Management” by Wansu Cho et al.
      • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202206982
    • “Meet Gilbert: The robotic fish designed to help clean plastic from our waterways” by Steven Yabionski
      • https://www.foxweather.com/earth-space/meet-gilbert-the-robotic-fish-designed-to-help-clean-plastic-from-our-waterways
    • “What are volatile organic compounds (VOCs)?” by EPA
      • https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/what-are-volatile-organic-compounds-vocs
    • “Eco-friendly materials capable of purifying water at high speed with inexpensive raw materials” by DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology)
      • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221229115647.htm

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    Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/young-blood-cinnamon-memory-microplastic-filter


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    Social Media Fatigue, Brainwave Tuning, Self-Cooling Tent Mar 02, 2023
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    Today we discuss what causes a sense of social media fatigue, how scientists are tuning into our brainwaves to make us learn new tasks faster, and how a researcher invented a self-cooling tent that only needs sunshine and water to work.

    Social Media Fatigue

    • “Too much overload and concerns: Antecedents of social media fatigue and the mediating role of emotional exhaustion” by Nan Sheng et al.
      • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S074756322200320X
    • “New research sheds light on the underlying psychological mechanisms linked to social media fatigue” by Emily Manis
      • https://www.psypost.org/2023/02/new-research-sheds-light-on-the-underlying-psychological-mechanisms-linked-to-social-media-fatigue-67670

    Brainwave Tuning

    • “Tuning into brainwave rhythms speeds up learning in adults” by Fred Lewsey
      • https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/brainwavelearning
    • “Learning at your brain’s rhythm: individualized entrainment boosts learning for perceptual decisions” by Elizabeth Michael et al.
      • https://academic.oup.com/cercor/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cercor/bhac426/6814397?login=false

    Self-Cooling Tent

    • “A Self-Cooling Tent that Runs on Just Water and Sunshine” by Mac Murray
      • https://today.uconn.edu/2023/01/a-self-cooling-tent-that-runs-on-just-water-and-sunshine/
    • “Tent with a solar-powered cooling system and antimicrobial properties” researched by Alei Ahmadi Kasani
      • https://uconn.flintbox.com/technologies/adf221a3-8ce8-471e-8707-18e35656301b
    • “Evaluation of titanium alloy as heat absorber for solar-based water treatment system” by Nattadon Pannucharoenwong et al.
      • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484721005473
    • “UConn researcher invents a self-cooling tent to fight rising temperatures for campers, disaster victims” by Amy Coval
      • https://www.ctinsider.com/living/article/uconn-researcher-self-cooling-tent-17741837.php
    • “Water-cooled tent would drop camping temperatures by up to 20 °F” By C.C. Weiss
      • https://newatlas.com/outdoors/water-cooled-camping-tent/

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    Global Singlehood, Anti-Drinking Pill, Moon Ice Mar 01, 2023
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    Today you’ll learn about how a groundbreaking new study explores the nature of singlehood across the globe, how a new drug might be able to treat alcohol addiction, and how scientists have created a new type of ice that has never been seen on Earth before!

    Global Singlehood

    • “Large-scale cross-cultural study provides insights into mating performance and singlehood” by Mane Kara-Yakoubian
      • https://www.psypost.org/2023/01/large-scale-cross-cultural-study-provides-insights-into-mating-performance-and-singlehood-67199
    • “Mating Performance and Singlehood Across 14 Nations” by Menelaos Apostolou et al.
      • https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14747049221150169

    Anti-Drinking Pill

    • “Pre-clinical and clinical evidence for suppression of alcohol intake by apremilast” by Kolter B. Grigsby
      • https://www.jci.org/articles/view/159103
    • “The FDA-approved drug apremilast suppresses alcohol intake: clinical and pre-clinical validation” by Kolter B. Grigsby et al.
      • https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.13.444033v1
    • “High Drinking in the Dark Mice: A genetic model of drinking to intoxication” by Amanda M. Barkley-Levenson and John C. Crabbe
      • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4016107/

    Moon Ice

    • “Scientists made a new kind of ice that might exist on distant moons” by Jonathan O'Callaghan
      • https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00293-w?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=a5dcc69734-briefing-dy-20230203&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-a5dcc69734-42946487
    • “SCIENTISTS CREATED A NEW TYPE OF ICE — IT COULD ALSO EXIST ON DISTANT MOONS” by Raoul Rao
      • https://www.inverse.com/science/new-form-of-ice-space
    • “With frigid innovation, scientists make a new form of ice” By Will Dunham
      • https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/with-frigid-innovation-scientists-make-new-form-ice-2023-02-03/

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