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Delusion Science, S.A.D. About Day Length, Fentanyl Vaccine Jan 11, 2023

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Today we discuss the science of delusion, how changes in the length of our days can cause changes in our behavior, and a potential new life saving drug to fight the current opioid crisis.

Delusion Science

“What is walking corpse syndrome?” by Victoria Shepherd
- https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/walking-corpse-syndrome/
“Glass Bones and Walking Corpses: 9 Delusions from History” by Amy Irvine
https://www.historyhit.com/common-delusions-in-history/

S.A.D. About Day Length

“How changes in length of day change the brain and subsequent behavior” by Scott LaFee
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220907093419.htm
“Seasonal changes in day length induce multisynaptic neurotransmitter switching to regulate hypothalamic network activity and behavior” by Alessandra Porcu
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abn9867

Fentanyl Vaccine

“An Immunconjugate Vaccine Alters Distribution and Reduces the Antinociceptive, Behavioral and Physiological Effects of Fentanyl in Male and Female Rats” by Colin N. Haile
- https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/14/11/2290
“New Fentanyl Vaccine Eliminates The Drug's High, Rat Study Finds” by Felicity Nelson
- https://www.sciencealert.com/new-fentanyl-vaccine-eliminates-the-drugs-high-rat-study-finds
“Fentanyl Vaccine Breakthrough – Potential “Game Changer” for Opioid Epidemic” by University of Houston
- https://scitechdaily.com/fentanyl-vaccine-breakthrough-potential-game-changer-for-opioid-epidemic/
“Fentanyl Vaccine Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Opioid Epidemic” by Laurie Fickman
- https://uh.edu/news-events/stories/2022-news-articles/november-2022/11142022-fentanyl-vaccine-haile-kosten.php

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Boyhood Nickname, Vampire Grave, Wrecked By Success Jan 06, 2023

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Today we discuss how nicknames for young boys can help them socialize better, how archaeologists in Poland have unearthed the grave of a woman people feared might return from the dead, and a new study that disproves Freud’s theory that more successful people are unhealthier than less successful people.

Boyhood Nickname

“Why You Should Ask Men About Their Boyhood Nicknames” By Jett Stone
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-souls-men/202209/why-you-should-ask-men-about-their-boyhood-nicknames
“Why Men Need to Prioritize, and Celebrate, Their Friendships” by Jett Stone
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-souls-men/202202/why-men-need-prioritize-and-celebrate-their-friendships

Vampire Grave

“Archaeologists unearth remains of 17th-century female “vampire” in Poland” by Jennifer Oullette
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/archaeologists-unearth-remains-of-17th-century-female-vampire-in-poland/
“Ancient human bloodsucker? Skeleton of female 'vampire' unearthed in Europe during dig” by Natalie Neysa Alund
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/09/08/skeleton-female-vampire-unearthed-poland-dig/8020403001/

Wrecked by Success

“New psychology research rebuts Sigmund Freud’s “wrecked by success” hypothesis” by Vladimir Hedrih
- https://www.psypost.org/2022/11/new-psychology-research-rebuts-sigmund-freuds-wrecked-by-success-hypothesis-64322
“Wrecked by Success? Not to Worry” by Harrison J. Kell et al.
- https://my.vanderbilt.edu/smpy/files/2013/02/Article-PPS-Kell-et-al-2022.pdf

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Mosquito Magnets, Laughing Rats, Roman Relics Jan 05, 2023

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Today you’ll learn about why some people are more popular with mosquitoes than others, what tickling rats tells us about being human, and how a recent discovery of ancient statues re-writes what we believed about historical Tuscany.

Mosquito Magnets

“Why Are Some People Mosquito Magnets and Others Unbothered? A Medical Entomologist Points to Metabolism, Body Odor and Mindset” by Jonathan Day
- https://theconversation.com/why-are-some-people-mosquito-magnets-and-others-unbothered-a-medical-entomologist-points-to-metabolism-body-odor-and-mindset-187957
“Blood-feeding ecology of mosquitoes in two zoological gardens in the United Kingdom” by Arturo Hernandez-Colina, Merit Gonzalez-Olvera, Emily Lomax, Freya Townsend, Amber Maddox, Jenny C. Hesson, Kenneth Sherlock, Dawn Ward, Lindsay Eckley, Mark Vercoe, Javier Lopez & Matthew Baylis
- https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-021-04735-0
“Comparison of people who request mosquito control services and their non-requesting neighbors” by C D Morris & K B Clanton
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1583492/

Laughing Rats

“What Tickling Rats Tells Us About Human Development” by Adam Omary
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/natured-nurture/202209/what-tickling-rats-tells-us-about-human-development
““Laughing” rats and the evolutionary antecedents of human joy?” by Jaak Panksepp and Jeff Burgdorf
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031938403001598?via%3Dihub

Roman Relics

“Ancient Rome: Stunningly preserved bronze statues found in Italy” by BBC
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63564404
“Italy hails 'exceptional' discovery of ancient bronze statues in Tuscany” by Reuters
- https://www.cnn.com/style/article/italy-bronze-statues-tuscany/index.html
“The Etruscans, an introduction” by Khan Academy
- https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/ancient-mediterranean-ap/ap-ancient-etruria/a/the-etruscans-an-introduction
“Ancient bronze statues found in prime condition will 'rewrite history,' Italian researchers say” by Camille Fine
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/11/08/bronze-statues-italian-springs-roman-etruscan/8302449001/
“A Trove of ‘Exceptional’ stunningly preserved bronze statues found at an Ancient Thermal Spa in Tuscany, Italy” by Arkeo News
- https://arkeonews.net/a-trove-of-exceptional-stunningly-preserved-bronze-statues-found-at-an-ancient-thermal-spa-in-tuscany-italy/

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Decluttering the Mind, Never Forget Faces, Paralysis Neurons Jan 04, 2023

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Today we discuss how watching cleaning or decluttering videos affects our mental state, the abilities of super-recognizers, and a recent discovery into how manipulating the neurons in paralysis patients might be able to improve their mobility.

Decluttering the Mind

“Why Watching Decluttering Videos Feels So Good” by Abby Alten Schwartz
- https://www.wired.com/story/why-watching-decluttering-videos-feels-so-good/
“How to Stop Doomscrolling—With Psychology” by Kenneth R. Rosen
- https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-stop-doomscrolling-psychology-social-media-fomo/

Never Forget Faces

“I Never Forget a Face: The Science of Super-Recognizers' Amazing Feat of Recognition” by Leah Thayer
- https://neurosciencenews.com/super-recognizers-visual-learning-21379/
‘They never forget a face. Research delves into how ‘super-recognizers’ can do this.” By Marlene Cimons
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/super-recognizer-facial-memory/2021/10/29/4cf80caa-2159-11ec-b3d6-8cdebe60d3e2_story.html

Paralysis Neurons

“Nine Paralysis Patients Walk Again Thanks to Newly Identified Neurons” by Ruairi J Mackenzie
- https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/nine-paralysis-patients-walk-again-thanks-to-newly-identified-neurons-367467
“The neurons that restore walking after paralysis” by Claudia Kathe et al.
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05385-7

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Re-release: Covid’s Bright Side, Frog’s Out On a Limb, Fertilizing Fuel Dec 30, 2022

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Today, you’ll learn about how COVID-19 may have revamped cities for the better, astounding new technology that could one day regrow human limbs and how an agricultural fertilizer is going from feeding the world to potentially powering the world.

Covid’s Bright Side

The Pandemic Might Have Redesigned Cities Forever by Adam Rogers
- https://www.wired.com/story/the-pandemic-might-have-redesigned-cities-forever/
Pandemic-led decline of US cities may be reversing by Howard Schneider
- https://www.reuters.com/world/the-great-reboot/pandemic-led-decline-us-cities-may-be-reversing-2021-05-04/
Car-Free Transportation Gets Boost from U.S. Grant Program by Laura Bliss
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-29/bike-pedestrian-infrastructure-favored-in-raise-grants
Pandemic-era Street Spaces: Parklets, Patios, and the Future of the Public Realm by John Bela
- https://dirt.asla.org/2021/09/09/pandemic-era-street-spaces-parklets-patios-and-the-future-of-the-public-realm/
The Status of Outdoor Dining Across the Country by Amy McCarthy
- https://www.eater.com/22833407/pandemic-outdoor-dining-america-impact-neighborhoods

Frogs Out On a Limb

A new device helps frogs regrow working legs after an amputation by Carolyn Wilke
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/frog-leg-regeneration-new-device-regrow-amputation
Frogs regrow amputated legs in breakthrough experiment by Patrick Pester
- https://www.livescience.com/frogs-regrow-amputated-legs-in-lab
Could Humans Ever Regenerate a Limb? by Jesse Emspak
- https://www.livescience.com/59194-could-humans-ever-regenerate-limbs.html
How do we use frogs in research? by The Francis Crick Institute
- https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2019-12-16_how-do-we-use-frogs-in-research
Scientists regrow frog’s lost leg by Tufts University
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/940952

Fertilizing Fuel

Can ‘Green’ Ammonia Be a Climate Fix? by Nicola Jones
- https://www.wired.com/story/can-green-ammonia-be-a-climate-fix/
Green ammonia could produce climate-friendly ways to store energy and fertilize farms by Stephen Ornes
- https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2119584118
Ammonia: zero-carbon fertiliser, fuel and energy store by The Royal Society
- https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/low-carbon-energy-programme/green-ammonia
Satellite Data Detects Hundreds of New Sources of Ammonia Pollution by Jason Daley
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/satellite-data-detects-hundreds-new-sources-ammonia-pollution-180970967/
Watch this TED talk to get up to speed on green ammonia and shipping by Maria Gallucci
- https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/sea-transport/watch-this-ted-talk-to-get-up-to-speed-on-green-ammonia-and-shipping

Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/re-release-covids-bright-side-frogs-out-on-a-limb-fertilizing-fuel

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Re-release: Solar Salads, Cursed Caffeine, Webb’s First Photo Dec 29, 2022

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Today, you’ll learn about the benefits of shading rooftop gardens with solar panels, caffeine’s dark secrets, and how the first image from the James Webb telescope promises a great run for Hubble’s successor.

Solar Salads

“Your Rooftop Garden Could Be a Solar-Powered Working Farm” by Matt Simon
- https://www.wired.com/story/your-rooftop-garden-could-be-a-solar-powered-working-farm/
“Exploring The Potential of Rooftop Agrivoltaics” by Jennifer Bousselot and Thomas Hickey, Jr.
- https://livingarchitecturemonitor.com/articles/potential-rooftop-agrivoltaics-sp22
“Volunteer State (Finally) Discovers Solar Power — With A Regenerative Twist” by Tina Casey
- https://cleantechnica.com/2022/04/04/volunteer-state-finally-discovers-solar-power-with-a-regenerative-twist/

Cursed Caffeine

“The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?” by Michael Pollan
- https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/jul/06/caffeine-coffee-tea-invisible-addiction-is-it-time-to-give-up
“Caffeine: How much is too much?” by Mayo Clinic Staff
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/caffeine/art-20045678#:~:text=Caffeine
“Caffeine - Uses, Side Effects, And More” from WebMD
- https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-979/caffeine#:~:text=Caffeine
“How and When Did Humans Start Consuming Alcohol?” by Sedeer el-Showk
- https://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/accumulating-glitches/how_and_when_did_humans/#:~:text=According
“Coffee and caffeine consumption and depression: A meta-analysis of observational studies” by Longfei Wang, Xiaoli Shen, Yili Wu, and Dongfeng Zhang
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26339067/

Webb’s First Photo

“1st image snapped by iconic Webb telescope pushes limits of the 'laws of physics'” by Tom Metcalfe
- https://www.livescience.com/james-webb-telescope-image-limits-of-physics
““Better than our most optimistic prediction” – first images from James Webb exceed all expectations” by Jamie Priest
- https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/james-webb-telescope-first-images/
“About Webb Orbit” By NASA
- https://webb.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html

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Re-release: Fabric with Ears, Dreaming of E.T., Fast Evolution Dec 28, 2022

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Today, you’ll learn about how researchers at MIT created an incredible new type of fabric that can save thousands of lives, how sleep scientists are explaining alien abductions, and how evolution is being sped up by human beings, causing ripple effects all over the place.

Fabric with Ears

This fabric can hear your heartbeat by Carolyn Wilke
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fabric-hear-heartbeat-fiber-vibration-voltage-sound-material
A fabric that “hears” your heart's sounds by Jennifer Chu
- https://news.mit.edu/2022/fabric-acoustic-microphone-0316
Researchers Create a Fabric That Can ‘Hear’ Your Heartbeat by Margaret Osborne
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-create-a-fabric-that-can-hear-your-heartbeat-180979753/
Hear and There: Sounds from Everywhere! by Daniel Henning, Edin Sabic, and Michael C. Hout
- https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2018.00063
Heart Disease Facts by The CDC
- https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm
Electrical and Electromagnetic Fundamentals by Joseph J. Carr
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/static-electricity
Smart Fibers Could Turn Army Uniforms Into Wearable Computers by Kyle Mizokami
- https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a36732071/army-uniform-fibers-create-wearable-computers/

Dreaming of E.T.

'Alien abduction' stories may come from lucid dreaming, study hints by Mindy Weisberger
- https://www.livescience.com/lucid-dreaming-ufo-alien-abductions.html
COULD SUSPECTED ALIEN ABDUCTIONS JUST BE … LUCID DREAMING? by Elizabeth Rayne
- https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/could-suspected-alien-abductions-be-lucid-dreaming
How Betty and Barney Hill's Alien Abduction Story Defined the Genre by Linda Lacina
- https://www.history.com/news/first-alien-abduction-account-barney-betty-hill
Is it normal to believe you have been abducted by aliens? by Dr. Ema Sullivan-Bissett
- https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/perspective/abducted-by-aliens.aspx
Sleep paralysis and folklore by Ann M. Cox
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5167075/
Sleep Paralysis in Brazilian Folklore and Other Cultures: A Brief Review by José F. R. de Sá and Sérgio A. Mota-Rolim
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5013036/

Fast Evolution

A New Database Reveals How Much Humans Are Messing With Evolution by Amit Katwala
- https://www.wired.com/story/database-humans-messing-with-evolution/
Uncovering the underlying patterns in contemporary evolution by McGill University Newsroom
- https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/uncovering-underlying-patterns-contemporary-evolution-336562
Pollution Facts & Types of Pollution by Alina Bradford
- https://www.livescience.com/22728-pollution-facts.html

Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/re-release-fabric-with-ears-dreaming-of-et-fast-evolution

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Re-release: To the Moon Artemis, Oh Snap!, The Skunky Funk of Cannabis Dec 23, 2022

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Today, you’ll learn about a super exciting space program, blasting off in a few months, that will take us back to the moon for the first time in 50 years, how the simple snap of your fingers actually involves some cool physics and the chemistry behind the skunky stank of cannabis.

To the Moon Artemis

Artemis-I
- https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram
Artemis
- https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/
Artemis Program
- https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram
Around the Moon with NASA’s First Launch of SLS with Orion
- https://www.nasa.gov/feature/around-the-moon-with-nasa-s-first-launch-of-sls-with-orion
NASA Readies Rocket for Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal
- https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-readies-rocket-for-artemis-i-wet-dress-rehearsal
The Artemis Plan
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/artemis_plan-20200921.pdf
Rocket Weight and Thrust
- https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/sls_reference_guide_2022_web.pdf
NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket reaches the launch pad by Brendan Byrne
- https://www.npr.org/2022/03/18/1087417075/nasas-artemis-1-moon-rocket-reaches-the-launch-pad
NASA's Artemis program will land the first person of color on the moon by Ashley Strickland
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/09/world/nasa-artemis-person-of-color-crew-scn/index.html
NASA's Artemis 1 moon megarocket rolls out to the launch pad today and you can watch it live by Chelsea Gohd
- https://www.space.com/artemis-1-moon-megarocket-rollout-webcast
Why NASA’s new ‘Mega Moon Rocket’ is so incredible by Adam Mann
- https://www.livescience.com/megamoon-rocket-is-incredible
SpaceX Starship: Stunning Concept Art Reveals NASA’s New Lunar Lander by Mike Brown
- https://www.inverse.com/innovation/spacex-starship-nasa-new-concept-art
Inventions we use everyday that were actually created for space exploration by Josie Green
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/08/space-race-inventions-we-use-every-day-were-created-for-space-exploration/39580591/
How Heavy Is A School Bus? (Empty And Full) by Measuring Stuff
- https://measuringstuff.com/how-heavy-is-a-school-bus-empty-and-full/#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20an%20empty%20school,the%20weight%20of%20the%20passengers.

Oh Snap!

New high-speed video reveals the physics of a finger snap by Emily Conover
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/finger-snap-physics-new-high-speed-video-thanos
The Surprising Physics of Finger Snapping by Karen Hopkin
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-surprising-physics-of-finger-snapping/
The ultrafast snap of a finger is mediated by skin friction by Raghav Acharya, Elio J. Challita, Mark Ilton and M. Saad Bhamla
- https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/doi/10.1098/rsif.2021.0672
How a Single Finger Snap Became a Scientific Game-Changer by Cayla Mihalovich
- https://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20220224/finger-snap-a-scientific-achievement
Snapping your fingers is a move worthy of a professional athlete by Elana Spivack
- https://www.popsci.com/science/finger-snapping-physics/

The Funky Skunk of Cannabis

Why does cannabis smell skunky? by John Arnst
- https://www.livescience.com/why-cannabis-smells-like-skunk
Great News, Scientists Finally Figured Out Why Cannabis Smells 'Skunky' by Carly Cassella
- https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-why-cannabis-smells-skunk-y-and-the-answer-could-hold-health-benefits
Here’s the chemistry behind marijuana’s skunky scent by Ariana Remmel
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/marijuana-skunk-smell-cannabis-pot-plant-chemistry

Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/re-release-to-the-moon-artemis-oh-snap-the-skunky-funk-of-cannabis

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Re-release: The True Cavity Culprit, Modular Meds, Enzymes vs Plastic Dec 22, 2022

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Today, you’ll learn about how your brushing routine may not be the biggest factor in whether or not you get cavities, how a new method of building pharmaceutical production facilities may bring medical access to previously underserved regions, and how the discovery of a plastic-eating bacteria could revolutionize the recycling industry.

True Cavity Culprit

“Why People Who Brush Still Get Cavities” by Maggie Koerth
- https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-people-who-brush-still-get-cavities/
“How Can You Get Cavities If You Brush Your Teeth?” by davis & Beyer Dental Health Professionals
- https://www.venicedentist.com/how-can-you-get-cavities-if-you-brush-your-teeth
“History of Sugar” from Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sugar

Modular Meds

“BioNTech plans to make vaccines in shipping containers” by The Economist
- https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/biontech-plans-to-make-vaccines-in-shipping-containers/21807708
“BioNTech Covid vaccine plan to ship container labs to Africa” By Jenny Hill
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60400114

Enzymes vs Plastic

“The Future of Recycling May Be in Microbes” by Ula Chrobak
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/future-recycling-may-be-microbes-180979645/
“Scientists uncover the secrets of a plastic-destroying enzyme” by Abe Musselman
- https://www.inverse.com/innovation/enzyme-helps-bacteria-eat-plastic
“Plastic-eating bacteria: Genetic engineering and environmental impact” by Scott Dutfield
- https://www.livescience.com/plastic-eating-bacteria
"Endlessly recyclable materials could fix our plastic waste crisis" by Katharine Sanderson
- https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333763-000-endlessly-recyclable-materials-could-fix-our-plastic-waste-crisis/

Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/re-release-the-true-cavity-culprit-modular-meds-enzymes-vs-plastic

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Re-release: A Pill Made from Poop, Universal Organs, Soothing Baby Pain Dec 21, 2022

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Today, you’ll learn about an interesting way pills made from poop could help millions of people with allergies, how researchers edited the contents of a pair of donor lungs to better match the recipient, and how pain can affect a baby’s development and what parents can do about it.

Peanut allergies are being treated in an…interesting new way.

"Fecal transplant pills helped some peanut allergy sufferers in a small trial” by
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fecal-transplant-pills-peanut-allergy-clinical-trial-poop-bacteria
“Good early results with fecal microbiota therapy for peanut-allergic patients” by Bethany Tripp / Boston Children’s Hospital
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944014
“Fecal matter pills used to treat peanut allergies in Boston study” by Heather Hegedus
- https://www.boston25news.com/news/fecal-matter-pills-used-to-treat-peanut-allergies-in-boston-study/875577919/
“Fecal Microbiota Transplant: We Know Its History, but Can We Predict Its Future?” by Todd H. Baron, MD (Mayo Clinic Proceedings)
- https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(13)00481-3/fulltext
Peanut allergy facts - NIH
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10200001/

Lungs can now be edited for a better organ donor match.

"Researchers Want to Create 'Universal Donor' Lungs” by Sara Harrison
- https://www.wired.com/story/researchers-want-to-create-universal-donor-lungs/
“Creating 'universal' transplant organs: New study moves us one step closer.” by Nicoletta Lanese
- https://www.livescience.com/universal-blood-type-transplant-lungs-study
"Scientists Say They've Found a Way to Create Universal Donor Lungs" by Ed Cara
- https://gizmodo.com/universal-donor-lungs-research-1848548951
“Researchers Investigate How to Make Donated Organs Compatible With Any Blood Type” by Meagan Drillinger
- https://www.healthline.com/health-news/researchers-investigate-how-to-make-donated-organs-compatible-with-any-blood-type
“In medical first, kidneys from gene-edited pig implanted into brain-dead patient” by Elizabeth Chuck
- https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/kidneys-gene-edited-pig-implanted-brain-dead-patient-rcna12928

Pain isn’t just physically bad for babies - it can stunt their development. Here’s how doctors are treating it.

"Doctors learned how to save premature infants’ lives. They forgot about pain." by Brian Resnick
- https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/22949159/nicu-babies-pain-treatments-podcast-unexplainable
“Skin-to-skin contact with a parent may reduce newborn babies’ brain response to pain” by Jason Goodyer
- https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/skin-to-skin-contact-with-a-parent-may-reduce-newborn-babies-brain-response-to-pain/
"What parents need to know about pain in newborns" by Claire McCarthy, MD
- https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/what-parents-need-to-know-about-pain-in-newborns-201601269076
“Miracle baby finally leaves NICU after 460 days” by Harper Robinson
- https://fox8.com/news/miracle-baby-finally-leaves-nicu-after-460-days/

Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/re-release-a-pill-made-from-poop-universal-organs-soothing-baby-pain

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