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Teaching Kids to Not Be Prejudiced, Why Cats Have Vertical Pupils, and a Massive Stonehenge Discovery Jul 22, 2020

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Learn about why children develop racial prejudice unless their parents teach them otherwise; why archaeologists studying Stonehenge may have found the largest prehistoric structure in all of Europe; and why cats have vertical pupils.

Children will develop racial prejudice unless their parents teach them otherwise by Kelsey Donk

What white parents get wrong about raising antiracist kids — and how to get it right. (2020, June 25). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/06/25/what-white-parents-get-wrong-about-raising-antiracist-kids-how-get-it-right/
Kelly, D. J., Quinn, P. C., Slater, A. M., Lee, K., Gibson, A., Smith, M., Ge, L., & Pascalis, O. (2005). Three-month-olds, but not newborns, prefer own-race faces. Developmental Science, 8(6), F31–F36. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.0434a.x
Katz, P. A. (2003). Racists or Tolerant Multiculturalists? How Do They Begin? American Psychologist, 58(11), 897–909. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.58.11.897b

Archaeologists discover a huge ring of deep pits near Stonehenge by Grant Currin

University of Bradford. (2020, June 22). “Astonishing discovery” near Stonehenge led by University of Bradford archaeologists offers new insight into Neolithic ancestors. https://www.bradford.ac.uk/news/archive/2020/astonishing-discovery-near-stonehenge-led-by-university-of-bradford-archaeologists-offers-new-insight-into-neolithic-ancestors.php
Machemer, T. (2020, June 24). Archaeologists Discover Enormous Ring of Ancient Pits Near Stonehenge. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ring-neolithic-pits-discovered-stonehenge-landscape-180975164/
Neolithic Site Near Stonehenge Yields an ‘Astonishing Discovery.’ (2020, June 22). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/world/europe/stonehenge-trenches-durrington-walls.html
Immense Neolithic Ring Discovered Near Stonehenge. (2020, June 23). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/2020/06/23/881970286/immense-neolithic-ring-discovered-near-stonehenge

Why does my cat have vertical pupils? by Cameron Duke

Pappas, S. (2015, August 7). Why Cats Have Vertical Pupils. Livescience.Com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/51787-why-cats-have-vertical-pupils.html
Banks, M. S., Sprague, W. W., Schmoll, J., Parnell, J. A. Q., & Love, G. D. (2015). Why do animal eyes have pupils of different shapes? Science Advances, 1(7), e1500391. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1500391
Ghose, T. (2013, October 16). Feline Vision: How Cats See the World. Livescience.com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/40459-what-do-cats-see.html
Ghose, T. (2013, October 16). Images: See the World from a Cat’s Eyes. Livescience.Com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/40460-images-cat-versus-human-vision.html

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The Need for Nature During Lockdown, Why Plants Are Green, and How Microbes and Parasites Might Make Us Healthier Jul 21, 2020

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Learn about why lockdown has made us need nature more than ever; why plants are green; and how microbes and parasites might actually make us healthier.

Why lockdown has made us need exposure to nature more than ever by Kelsey Donk

‘Nature Deficit Disorder’ Is Really a Thing. (2020, June 23). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/parenting/nature-health-benefits-coronavirus-outdoors.html
Robbins, J. (2020). Ecopsychology: How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health. Yale E360. https://e360.yale.edu/features/ecopsychology-how-immersion-in-nature-benefits-your-health
Louv, R. (2019). What is Nature-Deficit Disorder? - Richard Louv. Richardlouv.com. https://doi.org/http://richardlouv.com/blog/what-is-nature-deficit-disorder
Pieters, H. C., Ayala, L., Schneider, A., Wicks, N., Levine-Dickman, A., & Clinton, S. (2019). Gardening on a psychiatric inpatient unit: Cultivating recovery. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 33(1), 57–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2018.10.001
Weinstein, N., Balmford, A., DeHaan, C. R., Gladwell, V., Bradbury, R. B., & Amano, T. (2015). Seeing Community for the Trees: The Links among Contact with Natural Environments, Community Cohesion, and Crime. BioScience, 65(12), 1141–1153. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biv151
Louv, R. (2020, March 16). 10 Nature Activities to Help Get Your Family Through the Coronavirus Pandemic. Children & Nature Network. https://www.childrenandnature.org/2020/03/16/10-nature-activities-to-help-get-your-family-through-the-pandemic/

This is why plants are green by Cameron Duke

Cowern, D. (2017). Why aren’t plants black? [YouTube Video]. In Physicsgirl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BRP4wcSCM0
MinuteEarth. (2013). Why Are Leaves Green? Part 1 [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAQYpra4aUs
UCSB Science Line. (2004). Scienceline.Ucsb.edu. http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=500
What Color Do YOU Think the Sun Is? (2020). Stanford.edu. http://solar-center.stanford.edu/SID/activities/GreenSun.html
Cooper, K. (2018, October 16). Was life on the early Earth purple? Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2018-10-life-early-earth-purple.html
Why are plants green? (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/uoc--wap061820.php

How microbes and parasites might actually make us healthier by Cameron Duke

The Editors. (2010). Reconstituting the depleted biome to prevent immune disorders | The Evolution and Medicine Review. Evmedreview.com. https://evmedreview.com/reconstituting-the-depleted-biome-to-prevent-immune-disorders/
EVOLUTIONARY THINKING IN MEDICINE : from research to policy and practice. (2018). Springer.
Parker, W. (2014). The “hygiene hypothesis” for allergic disease is a misnomer. BMJ, 349(aug26 2), g5267–g5267. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g5267
Parker, W. (2016, January 13). If being too clean makes us sick, why isn’t getting dirty the solution? The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/if-being-too-clean-makes-us-sick-why-isnt-getting-dirty-the-solution-50572
Tanasescu, R., Tench, C. R., Constantinescu, C. S., Telford, G., Singh, S., Frakich, N., Onion, D., Auer, D. P., Gran, B., Evangelou, N., Falah, Y., Ranshaw, C., Cantacessi, C., Jenkins, T. P., & Pritchard, D. I. (2020). Hookworm Treatment for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis. JAMA Neurology. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.1118

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Stay Happy and Healthy by Maintaining Your Routines, How Dolphins Learn to Use Tools, and Can Adults Grow New Brain Cells? Jul 20, 2020

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Learn about whether adult neurogenesis can help humans grow new brain cells; the super cool way dolphins learn how to use tools; and how keeping good “zeitgeber hygiene” by sticking to a regular routine can keep you happy and healthy.

Can you grow new brain cells as an adult? by Grant Currin

Yong, E. (2018, March 7). Study: Does Adult Neurogenesis Exist in Humans? The Atlantic; The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/03/do-adult-brains-make-new-neurons-a-contentious-new-study-says-no/555026/
Sorrells, S. F., Paredes, M. F., Cebrian-Silla, A., Sandoval, K., Qi, D., Kelley, K. W., James, D., Mayer, S., Chang, J., Auguste, K. I., Chang, E. F., Gutierrez, A. J., Kriegstein, A. R., Mathern, G. W., Oldham, M. C., Huang, E. J., Garcia-Verdugo, J. M., Yang, Z., & Alvarez-Buylla, A. (2018). Human hippocampal neurogenesis drops sharply in children to undetectable levels in adults. Nature, 555(7696), 377–381. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25975
Spalding, K. L., Bergmann, O., Alkass, K., Bernard, S., Salehpour, M., Huttner, H. B., Boström, E., Westerlund, I., Vial, C., Buchholz, B. A., Possnert, G., Mash, D. C., Druid, H., & Frisén, J. (2013). Dynamics of Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Adult Humans. Cell, 153(6), 1219–1227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.05.002
Mo Costandi. (2012, February 23). Does your brain produce new cells? The Guardian; The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2012/feb/23/brain-new-cells-adult-neurogenesis
Dickinson, K. (2020, June 26). Adult-made neurons mature longer, have unique functions. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/adult-neurons-unique
Cole, J. D., Espinueva, D., Seib, D. R., Ash, A. M., Cooke, M. B., Cahill, S. P., O’Leary, T., Kwan, S. S., & Snyder, J. S. (2020). Adult-born hippocampal neurons undergo extended development and are morphologically distinct from neonatally-born neurons Prolonged development of adult-born neurons. The Journal of Neuroscience, JN-RM-1665-19. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.1665-19.2020
Shohayeb, B., Diab, M., Ahmed, M., & Ng, D. C. H. (2018). Factors that influence adult neurogenesis as potential therapy. Translational Neurodegeneration, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40035-018-0109-9

Dolphins use tools — and they learn how from other dolphins by Cameron Duke

Starr, M. (2020). Dolphins Are So Smart They’re Learning Tool-Use From Their Friends. ScienceAlert. https://www.sciencealert.com/clever-dolphins-can-pick-up-fishing-tricks-from-their-friends
Dolphins learn unusual hunting behavior from their friends. (2020, June 25). Dolphins learn unusual hunting behavior from their friends. Science | AAAS. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/dolphins-learn-unusual-hunting-behavior-their-friends
Shelling out for dinner: Dolphins learn foraging skills from peers. (2020, June 25). Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2020-06-shelling-dinner-dolphins-foraging-skills.html
Wild, S., Hoppitt, W. J. E., Allen, S. J., & Krützen, M. (2020). Integrating Genetic, Environmental, and Social Networks to Reveal Transmission Pathways of a Dolphin Foraging Innovation. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.069

To stay happy and healthy, maintain your routines -- aka "zeitgeber hygiene" by Kelsey Donk

Migala, J. (2020, June 22). Quarantine Health Tip: Form a Routine | Elemental. Medium; Elemental. https://elemental.medium.com/a-rigid-routine-is-key-to-a-healthy-life-bcb0ba3c912a
Quante, M., Mariani, S., Weng, J., Marinac, C. R., Kaplan, E. R., Rueschman, M., Mitchell, J. A., James, P., Hipp, J. A., Cespedes Feliciano, E. M., Wang, R., & Redline, S. (2018). Zeitgebers and their association with rest-activity patterns. Chronobiology International, 36(2), 203–213. https://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2018.1527347
SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and physical distancing: risk for circadian rhythm dysregulation, advice to alleviate it, and natural experiment research opportunities. (2020). Chronobiology International. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07420528.2020.1772811
Coronavirus Disruption Project finds differences in behavior and views between men and women during the pandemic - Center for the Digital Future. (2020, May 21). Center for the Digital Future. https://www.digitalcenter.org/coronavirus-men-and-women/

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Waiting for the Best Option Lowers Your Standards, Spies Can Eavesdrop Using Light Bulbs, and Why Atoms Don’t Look Like the Solar System Jul 17, 2020

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Learn about how spies can use light bulbs to eavesdrop on conversations; why atoms remind us of our solar system; and how you predictably lower your standards when waiting for the best option.

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Spies can eavesdrop on conversations by measuring changes in light output from a lightbulb by Grant Currin

Greenberg, A. (2020, June 12). Spies Can Eavesdrop by Watching a Light Bulb’s Vibrations. Wired; WIRED. https://www.wired.com/story/lamphone-light-bulb-vibration-spying/
Lamphone. (2020). Ben Nassi. https://www.nassiben.com/lamphone

Why do atoms and the solar system look alike? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Mohana)

Dutch, S. (2005, updated 2020). What Do Atoms Really “Look Like?” Stevedutch.net. https://stevedutch.net/petrology/whatatomslooklike.htm
PBS Space Time. (2016). Why is the Earth Round and the Milky Way Flat? | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj6Kc1mvsdo&t=643s

When waiting for the best option, you lower your standards in a predictable way by Kelsey Donk

Decide now or wait for something better? (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/uoz-dno061820.php
Baumann, C., Singmann, H., Gershman, S. J., & Helversen, B. von. (2020). A linear threshold model for optimal stopping behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(23), 12750–12755. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2002312117
Secretary Problem (A Optimal Stopping Problem) - GeeksforGeeks. (2017, October 20). GeeksforGeeks. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/secretary-problem-optimal-stopping-problem/

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Hack Your Short-Term Memory, The Wild Origins of Gallbladder Surgery, and Does Chocolate Cause Acne Breakouts? Jul 16, 2020

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Learn about whether chocolate actually causes acne breakouts; how to get around Miller’s law, which describes the limits of your short-term memory; and why one of the first gallbladder surgeries happened on a kitchen table.

Does chocolate actually cause breakouts? by Andrea Michelson

Kitchens, S. (2012, June 5). Does Chocolate Cause Acne? A Top Dermatologist Gives Us The Real Answer. HuffPost; HuffPost. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/does-chocolate-cause-acne_n_1566076
Palmer, A. (2020). Should You Avoid Eating Chocolate If It Causes Acne? Verywell Health. https://www.verywellhealth.com/does-chocolate-cause-acne-15519
Mahmood SN; Bowe WP. (2014). Diet and Acne Update: Carbohydrates Emerge as the Main Culprit. Journal of Drugs in Dermatology : JDD, 13(4). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24719062/
Coates, H. (2020, February 26). The Confusing Truth About Dairy – And How It Really Affects Your Skin. British Vogue. https://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/article/is-dairy-bad-for-your-skin

Your Short-Term Memory Can Only Hold 7 Items (But You Can Use This Trick) by Ashley Hamer

Classics in the History of Psychology -- Miller (1956). (2020). Yorku.ca. http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Miller/
The Link & Story Methods: Remembering a Simple List. (2017). Mindtools.com. https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTIM_01.htm

One of the first gallbladder surgeries happened on a kitchen table by Cameron Duke

About Halsted. (2011). Halstedthedocumentary.Org. http://halstedthedocumentary.org/halsted.php
Bryson, B. (2020). The body : a guide for occupants. Doubleday.
Imber, M.D., G. (2011). Genius On The Edge: The Bizarre Double Life Of Dr. William Stewart Halsted. Kaplan.
Tholey, D. (2020). Jaundice in Adults. Merck Manuals Consumer Version; Merck Manuals. https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/liver-and-gallbladder-disorders/manifestations-of-liver-disease/jaundice-in-adults
Rankin, J. S. (2006). William Stewart Halsted. Annals of Surgery, 243(3), 418–425. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.sla.0000201546.94163.00
William Stewart Halsted. (2019). NNDB.com. https://www.nndb.com/people/121/000161635/

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The First Prescription Video Game, Solving the Mystery of Short-Term Memory, and Hummingbirds’ Extraordinary Vision Jul 15, 2020

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Learn about the first physical evidence that shows how our brains store short-term memory; EndeavorRx, the first ever prescription video game; and why hummingbirds can see colors that you can’t.

Scientists may have found how short term memory is physically stored by Andrea Michelson

Possible physical trace of short-term memory found. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/iosa-ppt052920.php
Vandael, D., Borges-Merjane, C., Zhang, X., & Jonas, P. (2020). Short-Term Plasticity at Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Synapses Is Induced by Natural Activity Patterns and Associated with Vesicle Pool Engram Formation. Neuron. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.05.013
The synapse (article) | Human biology | Khan Academy. (2020). Khan Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/human-biology/neuron-nervous-system/a/the-synapse

The first prescription video game ever was just approved by the FDA by Grant Currin

Hollister, S. (2020, June 15). The FDA just approved the first prescription video game — it’s for kids with ADHD. The Verge; The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/15/21292267/fda-adhd-video-game-prescription-endeavor-rx-akl-t01-project-evo
Office of the Commissioner. (2020). FDA Permits Marketing of First Game-Based Digital Therapeutic to Improve Attention Function in Children with ADHD. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-permits-marketing-first-game-based-digital-therapeutic-improve-attention-function-children-adhd
Kollins, S. H., DeLoss, D. J., Cañadas, E., Lutz, J., Findling, R. L., Keefe, R. S. E., Epstein, J. N., Cutler, A. J., & Faraone, S. V. (2020). A novel digital intervention for actively reducing severity of paediatric ADHD (STARS-ADHD): a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Digital Health, 2(4), e168–e178. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2589-7500(20)30017-0
Klein, H. (2020, June 16). FDA Approves First-Ever Prescription Video Game. Slate Magazine; Slate. https://slate.com/technology/2020/06/endeavorrx-fda-prescription-video-game-adhd.html
Akili Announces FDA Clearance of EndeavorRxTM for Children with ADHD, the First Prescription Treatment Delivered Through a Video Game. (2020, June 15). Businesswire.com. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200615005739/en/Akili-Announces-FDA-Clearance-EndeavorRxTM-Children-ADHD

Hummingbirds can see even more colors than we thought by Grant Currin

Spectacular bird’s-eye view? Hummingbirds see diverse colors humans can only imagine. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/pu-sbv061120.php
Stoddard, M. C., Eyster, H. N., Hogan, B. G., Morris, D. H., Soucy, E. R., & Inouye, D. W. (2020). Wild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(26), 15112–15122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1919377117

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Blame Trolling on “Everyday Sadism,” How to Sleep Better During Lockdown, and a Breakthrough in Random Number Generation Jul 14, 2020

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Learn about why “everyday sadism” might help explain trolling and bullying; why our quality of sleep is worse during lockdown (and how to fix it); and a breakthrough random number generation algorithm that could help researchers analyze complex systems. Plus: Cody nerds out about Games Done Quick and video game speed runs!

Blame "everyday sadism" for trolling, bullying, and violent crime by Kelsey Donk

Foulkes, L. (2020) Ever taken pleasure in another’s pain? That’s ‘everyday sadism’ | Psyche Ideas. https://psyche.co/ideas/ever-taken-pleasure-in-anothers-pain-thats-everyday-sadism
Tran, U. S., Bertl, B., Kossmeier, M., Pietschnig, J., Stieger, S., & Voracek, M. (2018). “I’ll teach you differences”: Taxometric analysis of the Dark Triad, trait sadism, and the Dark Core of personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 126, 19–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.01.015
Buckels, E. E., Jones, D. N., & Paulhus, D. L. (2013). Behavioral Confirmation of Everyday Sadism. Psychological Science, 24(11), 2201–2209. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797613490749
van Geel, M., Goemans, A., Toprak, F., & Vedder, P. (2017). Which personality traits are related to traditional bullying and cyberbullying? A study with the Big Five, Dark Triad and sadism. Personality and Individual Differences, 106, 231–235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.10.063

Our sleep during lockdown is more regular, but lower quality (and there's a fix) by Kelsey Donk

Our sleep during lockdown: Longer and more regular, but worse. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/uob-osd061220.php
Blume C, Schmidt MH, Cajochen C. (2020). Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on human sleep and rest-activity rhythms. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.021

New MIT algorithm can simulate a roll of loaded dice — and that could help analyze complex systems by Grant Currin

Nadis, S. (2020, May 28). Algorithm quickly simulates a roll of loaded dice. MIT News. http://news.mit.edu/2020/algorithm-simulates-roll-loaded-dice-0528
Saad, Feras A, Freer, C. E., Rinard, M. C., & Mansinghka, Vikash K. (2020). The Fast Loaded Dice Roller: A Near-Optimal Exact Sampler for Discrete Probability Distributions. ArXiv.org. https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.03830

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Saturated Fat Could Kill Your Focus, Animals Have Regional Accents, and Rings Around Mars Jul 13, 2020

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Learn about how saturated fat can make it harder for you to focus; why it matters that animals have regional accents; and why Mars used to have rings.

A single meal high in saturated fat could make it harder to focus by Kelsey Donk

Our ability to focus may falter after eating one meal high in saturated fat. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/osu-oat051220.php
Madison, A. A., Belury, M. A., Andridge, R., Shrout, M. R., Renna, M. E., Malarkey, W. B., Bailey, M. T., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2020). Afternoon distraction: a high-saturated-fat meal and endotoxemia impact postmeal attention in a randomized crossover trial. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 111(6), 1150–1158. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqaa085

Many Animals Have Regional Accents by Samantha Suarez

Whales With Caribbean Accents and Other Animal Dialects. (2016, February 27). Nationalgeographic.com. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/02/160227-animals-communication-sperm-whales-dialects-science/
Geib, C. (2017, June 20). How Animals Develop Regional Accents. Atlas Obscura; Atlas Obscura. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/animal-accents-dialects
Geggel, L. (2014, October 10). Killer Whales Learn How to Speak Dolphin. Livescience.com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/48231-killer-whales-talk-like-dolphins.html
Kat Chow. (2013, December 30). Make It So: Sir Patrick Stewart Moos In Udder Accents. NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/30/258393176/make-it-so-sir-patrick-stewart-moos-in-udder-accents

Four of the eight planets have rings. Mars used to be the fifth. by Cameron Duke

Ćuk, M., Minton, D. A., Pouplin, J. L. L., & Wishard, C. (2020). Evidence for a Past Martian Ring from the Orbital Inclination of Deimos. ArXiv:2006.00645 [Astro-Ph]. https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.00645
Hesselbrock, A. J., & Minton, D. A. (2017). An ongoing satellite–ring cycle of Mars and the origins of Phobos and Deimos. Nature Geoscience, 10(4), 266–269. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2916
Williams, M. (2016, June 24). Which Planets Have Rings? Universe Today. https://www.universetoday.com/77109/which-planets-have-rings
Martian Moon’s Orbit Hints at an Ancient Ring of Mars | SETI Institute. (2020). Seti.org. https://www.seti.org/press-release/martian-moons-orbit-hints-ancient-ring-mars
Illustration Comparing Apparent Sizes of Moons. (2013). NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia17351.html#.XueL8mpKgl4

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Black Hole Holograms, How We Make Sense of the Nonsensical, and June’s Curiosity Challenge Jul 10, 2020

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Learn about how the meaning maintenance model explains the way our brains make sense of the nonsensical; and how the black hole information paradox may be explained by black holes acting like holograms. Plus: June’s Curiosity Challenge trivia segment!

How do we make sense of the nonsensical? Meet the "meaning maintenance model" by Kelsey Donk

Robson, D. (May 2020). A touch of absurdity can help to wrap your mind around reality. Psyche Ideas. https://psyche.co/ideas/a-touch-of-absurdity-can-help-to-wrap-your-mind-around-reality
Meaning Maintenance Model - IResearchNet. (2016, January 13). Psychology. http://psychology.iresearchnet.com/social-psychology/social-cognition/meaning-maintenance-model/
Heine, S. J., Proulx, T., & Vohs, K. D. (2006). The Meaning Maintenance Model: On the Coherence of Social Motivations. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 10(2), 88–110. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327957pspr1002_1

Black holes might work like holograms by Grant Currin

Black holes? They are like a hologram. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/sisd-bht060320.php
Ouellette, J. (2020, June 4). Nature’s cosmic hard drive? Black holes could store information like holograms. Ars Technica; Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/natures-cosmic-hard-drive-black-holes-could-store-information-like-holograms/
Pando, L. A. (2020). A Microscopic Account of Black Hole Entropy. Physics, 13. https://physics.aps.org/articles/v13/80
Benini, F., & Milan, P. (2020). Black Holes in 4D N=4 Super-Yang-Mills Field Theory. Physical Review X, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevx.10.021037
Referenced episode: https://curiositydaily.com/what-is-the-grand-unified-field-theory-w-dr-adam-becker-should-you-wad-or-fold-toilet-paper-and-why-you-judge-your-own-hoarding-differently/

Episodes referenced in Curiosity Daily trivia segment with Julian in Los Angeles

Fighting Coronavirus with Llamas, Why Rain Stops Rocket Launches, and Listener Questions About Cold Things https://curiositydaily.com/fighting-coronavirus-with-llamas-why-rain-stops-rocket-launches-and-listener-questions-about-cold-things/
Hope in the Fight Against Climate Change (w/ Katharine Hayhoe) and Overcoming Bedtime Procrastination https://curiositydaily.com/hope-in-the-fight-against-climate-change-w-katharine-hayhoe-and-overcoming-bedtime-procrastination/
Why Rainy Days Make You Sleepy, A Fix for AI’s Energy Appetite, and Solving Geology’s Mystery of the “Great Unconformity” https://curiositydaily.com/why-rainy-days-make-you-sleepy-a-fix-for-ais-energy-appetite-and-solving-geologys-mystery-of-the-great-unconformity/

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Human Hair Was Created in a Lab, You See Less Color Than You Think, and Mapping an Underground City Without Digging Jul 09, 2020

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Learn about how archaeologists used ground-penetrating radar to map an entire Roman city underground without digging; the gross but cutting-edge science of creating human hair in a lab; and why you see way less color than you probably think.

Archaeologists mapped an entire Roman city underground WITHOUT DIGGING (Falerii Novi) by Grant Currin

Entire Roman city revealed without any digging. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/uoc-erc060320.php
Verdonck, L., Launaro, A., Vermeulen, F., & Millett, M. (2020). Ground-penetrating radar survey at Falerii Novi: a new approach to the study of Roman cities. Antiquity, 94(375), 705–723. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2020.82

We can create human hair in the lab by Grant Currin

Hairy, lab-grown human skin cell model could advance hair loss research. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/ohs-hlh060320.php
Lab-made skin grows its own hair. (2020). Nature Podcast. https://play.acast.com/s/nature/bda63f64-1f71-4c08-9ac2-85fb80d576b9
Lee, J., Rabbani, C. C., Gao, H., Steinhart, M. R., Woodruff, B. M., Pflum, Z. E., Kim, A., Heller, S., Liu, Y., Shipchandler, T. Z., & Koehler, K. R. (2020). Hair-bearing human skin generated entirely from pluripotent stem cells. Nature, 582(7812), 399–404. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2352-3

You see way less color than you think by Grant Currin

Our visual world of color is largely incorrect, study finds. (2020). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200608163440.htm
Neuroskeptic. (2020, May 30). How Much Color Do We Really See? Discover Magazine; Discover Magazine. https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/how-much-color-do-we-really-see
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Cohen, M. A., Botch, T. L., Robertson, C.E. (June 2020). The limits of color awareness during active, real-world vision. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (24) 13821-13827. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1922294117

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