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Aug 17, 2022 • 13min

AI vs. Parkinson’s, Dark Sun Power, Death Proof Jellyfish

Ever wonder about the artificial intelligence helping us find and fight Parkinson’s disease? What about the new methods for collecting energy from solar panels at night or how the tiny immortal jellyfish may help us massively extend our lifespans. Tune in to learn more!Robots that help.Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Uncover Hidden Signatures of Parkinson’s Disease by New York Stem Cell Foundationhttps://neurosciencenews.com/parkinsons-ai-robotics-20259/Integrating Deep Learning and Unbiased Automated High-Content Screening to Identify Complex Disease Signatures in Human Fibroblasts by Lauren Schiff, et al.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28423-4#Sec10What is Parkinsons by Ahmad Elkouzihttps://www.parkinson.org/understanding-parkinsons/what-is-parkinsonsOur Agenda by The Michael J. Fox Foundationhttps://www.michaeljfox.org/our-agendaSolar but at night.Stanford Engineers Invent a Solar Panel That Generates Electricity at Night by Grant Currinhttps://interestingengineering.com/stanford-solar-panel-nightNighttime Electric Power Generation at a Density of 50 mW/m2 Via Radiative Cooling of a Photovoltaic Cell by Sid Assawaworrarit, et al.https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0085205How Do Solar Panels Work by Michael Dhar and Ailsa Harveyhttps://www.livescience.com/41995-how-do-solar-panels-work.htmlSolar Panels That Can Generate Electricity at Night Have Been Developed at Stanford by Rina Torchinskyhttps://www.npr.org/2022/04/07/1091320428/solar-panels-that-can-generate-electricity-at-night-have-been-developed-at-stanfJellyfish: the secret to life.The Secrets of the Immortal Jellyfish, Earth's Longest-Living Animal by Thomas Linghttps://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/immortal-jellyfish/Turritopsis dohrnii: The Life Cycle of the Immortal Jellyfish by The Real Immortal Jellyfishhttps://therealimmortaljellyfish.com/Cellular Reprogramming and Immortality: Expression Profiling Reveals Putative Genes Involved in Turritopsis dohrnii’s Life Cycle Reversal by Yui Matsumoto and Maria Pia Migliettahttps://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab136Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/ai-vs-parkinsons-dark-sun-power-death-proof-jellyfish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Aug 12, 2022 • 14min

Poop of Youth, Robot Roaches, Chatty Fungus

Learn about how we might be flushing the secret to anti-aging down the toilet, how cyborg cockroaches could save your life one day and how mushrooms may be talking to each other!The connection between poop and aging.“Fecal Transplants Reverse Hallmarks of Aging in the Gut, Eyes, and Brain” by The University of East Angliahttps://scitechdaily.com/fecal-transplants-reverse-hallmarks-of-aging-in-the-gut-eyes-and-brain/“Fecal Microbiota Transfer Between Young and Aged Mice Reverses Hallmarks of the Aging Gut, Eye, And Brain” by Aimée Parker, Stefano Romano, Rebecca Ansorge, Asmaa Aboelnour, Gwenaelle Le Gall, George M. Savva, Matthew G. Pontifex, Andrea Telatin, David Baker, Emily Jones, David Vauzour, Steven Rudder, L. Ashley Blackshaw, Glen Jeffery & Simon R. Cardinghttps://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-022-01243-wSearch and rescue roaches.“Robotised insects may search collapsed buildings for survivors” by The Economisthttps://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/robotised-insects-may-search-collapsed-buildings-for-survivors/21808326“S'pore team turning cockroaches into life-saving cyborg bugs at disaster sites” by Clara Chonghttps://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/spore-team-turning-cockroaches-into-life-saving-cyborg-bugs-at-disaster-sitesMushroom talks.“Language of Fungi Derived From Their Electrical Spiking Activity” by Andrew Adamatzkyhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.211926“Mushrooms may Communicate with Each Other Using Electrical Impulses” by Elizabeth Gamillohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mushrooms-may-communicate-with-each-other-using-electrical-impulses-180979889/“Fungi Appear to Talk in a Language Similar to Humans” by Hannah Osbornehttps://www.newsweek.com/fungi-language-communication-talk-similar-humans-1695146“The Fungus Among Us May Have Their Own Mushroom Language” by Melissa Truth Millerhttps://nerdist.com/article/mushrooms-fungus-may-communicate-via-language-50-words/“Do Trees Talk to Each Other?” by Richard Granthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/poop-of-youth-robot-roaches-chatty-fungus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Aug 11, 2022 • 13min

Nostalgia Blocks Pain, Uploaded Brains, Sand vs. Nanoplastic

Listen in to hear how nostalgic thoughts can be a method of physical pain relief, the recent progress made in the effort to one day upload our minds to the digital world, and how getting nanoplastic out of our drinking water could be as simple as sand!Memories can be pain free.“Scientists Find a Surprising Connection Between Nostalgia and Pain Relief” by Nick Kepplerhttps://www.inverse.com/mind-body/nostalgia-pain-relief-connection“Nostalgia Can Reduce Perception of Pain, Study Shows” by Lauren Kenthttps://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/health/nostalgia-pain-relief-study-wellness/index.htmlDigital thoughts.“Could We Really Use Science To Upload Our Minds?" by Tara Yarlagaddahttps://www.inverse.com/science/upload-amazon-real-science“Will We Ever Be Able to Upload Our Brains?” By K. Thor Jensenhttps://www.pcmag.com/news/will-we-ever-be-able-to-upload-our-brains“Elon Musk says humans could eventually download their brains into robots — and Grimes thinks Jeff Bezos would do it” by Megan Sauerhttps://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/08/elon-musk-humans-could-eventually-download-their-brains-into-robots.html“100 Trillion Connections: New Efforts Probe and Map the Brain's Detailed Architecture” by Carl Zimmerhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/100-trillion-connections/“Ted Williams Frozen In Two Pieces” by Associated Presshttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/ted-williams-frozen-in-two-pieces/Water without plastic.“Water Treatment Plants Would Be Ready For The Removal Of Nanoplastics” by Andri Brynerhttps://www.eawag.ch/en/news-agenda/news-portal/news-detail/water-treatment-plants-would-be-ready-for-the-removal-of-nanoplastics“Nanoplastics Removal During Drinking Water Treatment: Laboratory- And Pilot-Scale Experiments And Modeling” by Gerardo Pulido-Reyesa, Leonardo Magherini, Carlo Bianco, Rajandrea Sethi, Ursvon Guntenac, Ralf Kaegi, and Denise M. Mitranodhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389422008007?via%3Dihub“How Does a Sand Filter Work?” by Joshua Reijnenhttps://royalbrinkman.com/knowledge-center/technical-projects/water-filter-technologies-horticulture/sand-filter“Methodologies to Characterize, Identify and Quantify Nano- And Sub-Micron Sized Plastics in Relevant Media For Human Exposure: A Critical Review” by Carlo Roberto de Bruin, Eva de Rijke, Annemarie P. van Wezel, and A. Astefanei.https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2022/va/d1va00024aFollow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here:https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/nostalgia-blocks-pain-uploaded-brains-sand-vs-nanoplastic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Aug 10, 2022 • 14min

A.I. and Angina, Undead Tigers, Electrici-sweets

Discover how artificial intelligence can help prevent heart attacks, how scientists are working to bring an extinct species back from the dead, and how sugar in our own body might soon make electricity!Heart attack prevention.“AI Predicts If and When Someone Will Experience Cardiac Arrest” by Jill Rosenhttps://hub.jhu.edu/2022/04/07/trayanova-artificial-intelligence-cardiac-arrhythmia/“Arrhythmic sudden death survival prediction using deep learning analysis of scarring in the heart” by Dan M. Popescu, et al.https://www.nature.com/articles/s44161-022-00041-9“Heart Attack” by Mayo Clinichttps://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-attack/symptoms-causes/syc-20373106“How the body regulates scar tissue growth after heart attacks” by University of California - Los Angeles Health Scienceshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200706100815.htm“Artificial intelligence in healthcare: past, present and future” by Fei Jiang, et al.https://svn.bmj.com/content/svnbmj/2/4/230.full.pdfBack from the dead.“De-Extinction Scientists Are Planning To Bring a Long-Lost 'Tiger' Species Back to Life” by Orlando Jenkinsonhttps://www.newsweek.com/de-extinction-scientists-planning-long-lost-tiger-species-life-1683993“Thylacine” by The Australian Musemhttps://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/the-thylacine/“Pathways to de-extinction: how close can we get to resurrection of an extinct species?” by Beth Shapirohttps://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2435.12705“The Roar of the Tiger is Fading from Our Planet” by Project CAThttps://projectcat.discovery.com/Sugar: it’s electric.“Ultrathin fuel cell uses the body’s own sugar to generate electricity” by Jennifer Chuhttps://news.mit.edu/2022/glucose-fuel-cell-electricity-0512“This Ultrathin Fuel Cell Uses Your Body’s Sugar to Make Electricity” by Tony Ho Tranhttps://news.yahoo.com/ultrathin-fuel-cell-uses-body-152533024.html#:~:text=The%20ultrathin%20fuel%20cell%20is,on%20your%20body's%20natural%20sugars.&text=The%20team%20behind%20the%20new,like%20artificial%20hearts%20or%20pacemakers.“There’s No Such Thing as a Sugar Rush, According to Science” by Joshua A. Krischhttps://www.fatherly.com/health-science/theres-no-thing-sugar-rush-according-science“Ultrathin Fuel Cells Could Use Your Body’s Sugar to Power Implants” by Sascha Brodskyhttps://www.lifewire.com/ultrathin-fuel-cells-could-use-your-bodys-sugar-to-power-implants-5272565Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/ai-and-angina-undead-tigers-electrici-sweets Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Aug 5, 2022 • 21min

The Explorers Club - An Interview With Joe Rohde

Hear from Joe Rohde, a former Disney Imagineer and the Experience Architect for Virgin Galactic. As an Imagineer, he was the leader of the team behind Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Joe is also Co-Chair of the Explorers Club 50 program.Joe Rohde Interview from 4/23/22Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/the-explorers-club-an-interview-with-joe-rohde Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Aug 4, 2022 • 12min

Healing Hearing Hairs, Sun Phones, Chicken Gods

Hear about a new treatment that may be able to reverse hearing loss, how new solar energy storage technology could eventually power our phones, and the surprisingly grand history of chickens.Reversing hearing loss. “Reversing hearing loss with regenerative therapy” by Zach Winnhttps://news.mit.edu/2022/frequency-therapeutics-hearing-regeneration-0329“What are Progenitor Cells? Exploring Neural, Myeloid and Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells” by Nicole Gleichmannhttps://www.technologynetworks.com/cell-science/articles/what-are-progenitor-cells-exploring-neural-myeloid-and-hematopoietic-progenitor-cells-329519“Quick Statistics About Hearing” by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disordershttps://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/statistics/quick-statistics-hearing“PCA Approach” and “About Hearing Loss” by Frequency Therapeuticshttps://www.frequencytx.com/science/pca-approach/https://www.frequencytx.com/hearing-loss/about-hearing-loss/“FX-322 in Adults With Acquired Sensorineural Hearing Loss” by Frequency Therapeutics Clinical Trialhttps://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05086276Phone charger, but make it the sun.“Converting solar energy to electricity on demand” by Chalmers University of Technologyhttps://techxplore.com/news/2022-04-solar-energy-electricity-demand.html“For a Better Future” by The MOST Solar Projecthttps://mostsolarproject.eu/“Molecular solar thermal (MOST) energy storage and release system” by Kasper Moth-Poulsen, et al.https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2012/ee/c2ee22426g“Solar Energy: Benefits and Drawbacks” by Matthew Johnstonhttps://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/053015/pros-and-cons-solar-energy.aspChicken breeding.“The biocultural origins and dispersal of domestic chickens” by Joris Peters, Ophélie Lebrasseur, Evan K. Irving-Pease, Ptolemaios Dimitrios Paxinos, Julia Best, Riley Smallman, Cécile Callou, Armelle Gardeisen, Simon Trixl, Laurent Frantz, Naomi Sykes, Dorian Q. Fuller, and Greger Larson.https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2121978119“A new origin story for domesticated chickens starts in rice fields 3,500 years ago” by Bruce Bower.https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chicken-domestication-bones-origin-asia-rice-fields-exotic-animals“Redefining the timing and circumstances of the chicken's introduction to Europe and north-west Africa” by Julia Best, Sean Doherty, Ian Armit, Zlatozar Boev, Lindsey Büster, Barry Cunliffe, Alison Foster, Ben Frimet, Sheila Hamilton-Dyer, Tom Higham, Ophélie Lebrasseur, Holly Miller, Joris Peters, Michaël Seigle, Caroline Skelton, Rob Symmons, Richard Thomas, Angela Trentacoste, Mark Maltby, Greger Larson, and Naomi Sykeshttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/redefining-the-timing-and-circumstances-of-the-chickens-introduction-to-europe-and-northwest-africa/0797DAA570D51D988B0514C37C2EC534Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/healing-hearing-hairs-sun-phones-chicken-gods Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Aug 3, 2022 • 14min

Murdering Murder Hornets, ADHD & Hoarding, Pain Pill Ills

Learn about how Japanese honey bees protect themselves from murder hornets, how a new link has been discovered between ADHD and hoarding disorder, and how your over the counter pain meds, might actually be making your pain worse!Honey avoiding murder.“Key genes enable Japanese honey bees to roast hornets” by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of Americahttps://www.pnas.org/post/journal-club/key-genes-enable-japanese-honey-bees-roast-hornets“Murder Hornets vs. Honeybees: A Swarm of Bees Can Cook Invaders Alive” by Mike Bakerhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/us/murder-hornets-asian-giant-hornet-bees.htmlDoes having ADHD mean you’re more likely to be a hoarder?“A Curious Link Between Inattention and Hoarding Could Lead to New ADHD Therapies” by Sarah Sloat”https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/adhd-hoarding“Hoarding: People With ADHD are More Likely to Have Problems - New Research” by Sharon Moreinhttps://theconversation.com/hoarding-people-with-adhd-are-more-likely-to-have-problems-new-research-176211Hold the meds.“Anti-inflammatory Medications Raise Risk of Chronic Back Pain in Patients” by Joseph Carizhttps://www.aaas.org/news/anti-inflammatory-medications-raise-risk-chronic-back-pain-patients“Acute inflammatory response via neutrophil activation protects against the development of chronic pain” by Marc Parisien, Lucas V. Lima, Concetta Dagostino, Nehme El-Hachm, Gillian L. Drury, Audrey V. Grant, Jonathan Huising, Vivek Verma, Carolina B. Meloto, Jaqueline R. Silva, Gabrielle G.S. Dutra, Teodora Markova, Hong Dang, Philippe A. Tessier, Gary D. Slade, Andrea G. Nackley, Nader Ghasemlou, Jeffrey S. Mogil, Massimo Allegri, and Luda Diatchenko.https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abj9954Follow 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 transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/murdering-murder-hornets-adhd-hoarding-pain-pill-ills Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jul 29, 2022 • 14min

Extinct Super Sharks, Mysterious Die Offs, Stopping Attacks

Today, you’ll learn about a new project trying to keep humans and sharks separate and safe, how all sharks almost mysteriously went extinct 19 million years ago, and how great white sharks may have contributed to the extinction of a shark twice its size!Boundaries between sharks and humans."DR. CRAIG O’CONNELL INTERVIEW" by James Lynchhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/11cCRcmKohhTGOf67QtF_tQ59cMr2w6pq0DaA5pLrOcI/edit?usp=sharingAbout O’Seas Foundation by O’Seas Foundationhttps://www.oseasfdn.org/aboutNear extinction.“Something mysteriously wiped out about 90 percent of sharks 19 million years ago” by Carolyn Gramlinghttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/shark-die-off-mystery-fossils-pacific-ocean-paleontology“Rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide rise unprecedented” by Thomas Sumnerhttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/rate-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide-rise-unprecedented“An early Miocene extinction in pelagic sharks” by ELIZABETH C. SIBERT AND LEAH D. RUBINhttps://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aaz3Great white > megalodon“Great White Sharks May Have Driven Megalodons into Extinction” by Elizabeth Gamillohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/great-white-sharks-may-have-driven-megalodons-into-extinction-180980179/“Trophic position of Otodus megalodon and great white sharks through time revealed by zinc isotopes” by Jeremy McCormack, Michael L. Griffiths, Sora L. Kim, Kenshu Shimada, Molly Karnes, Harry Maisch, Sarah Pederzani, Nicolas Bourgon, Klervia Jaouen, Martin A. Becker, Niels Jöns, Guy Sisma-Ventura, Nicolas Straube, Jürgen Pollerspöck, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Robert A. Eagle & Thomas Tütkenhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30528-9“Great White Sharks May Have Pushed Megalodons to Extinction” by Isaac Schultzhttps://gizmodo.com/great-white-sharks-megalodon-extinction-1848995245For more about sharks, head to SharkWeek.com and don't miss #SharkWeek starting 7/24 on Discovery and streaming on discovery+.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/extinct-super-sharks-mysterious-die-offs-stopping-attacksFollow 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jul 28, 2022 • 11min

Blood Brothers, Seeing-Eye Shark, Bark vs. Bite

Today, you’ll learn about how some sharks have social relationships, how shark attacks often happen because swimming humans look like other sea creatures, and how your cat might be snacking on endangered sharks!Sharkship.“Not a lone shark: bull sharks may form ‘friendships’ with each other, study finds” by Tom Vierushttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/01/not-a-lone-shark-bull-sharks-may-form-friendships-with-each-other-study-finds“Companions and Casual Acquaintances: The Nature of Associations Among Bull Sharks at a Shark Feeding Site in Fiji” by Thibaut Bouveroux, Nicolas Loiseau, Adam Barnett, Natasha D. Marosi and Juerg M. Brunnschweilerhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.678074/fullSharks could use glasses."Great whites don’t hunt humans—they just have blind spots" by Hannah Seohttps://www.popsci.com/animals/great-white-shark-attack-reason/“Great white sharks can't see a difference between humans and prey” by Patrick Pesterhttps://www.livescience.com/great-white-shark-mistaken-identityCheck your cat’s food ingredients for shark.“Endangered Shark Meat Might Be Hiding in Your Pet’s Food” by Margaret Osbornehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/endangered-shark-meat-might-be-hiding-in-your-pets-food-180979682/“Sharks killed for fins, yet little done to protect them” by Michael Caseyhttps://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna49476110“Genetic identification of threatened shark species in pet food and beauty care products” by Diego Cardeñosahttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10592-019-01221-0Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/blood-brothers-seeing-eye-shark-bark-vs-biteFor more about sharks, head to SharkWeek.com and don't miss #SharkWeek starting 7/24 on Discovery and streaming on discovery+.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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jul 27, 2022 • 12min

Sleepy Sharks, Sharks Love Grass, Glow-In-The-Shark

Today, you’ll learn about how some sharks do in fact sleep, how sharks are fighting climate change, and how some sharks glow in the dark!Shark nap time.“Sharks Sleep, Even When Both Eyes Are Wide Open” by Veronique Greenwoodhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/science/sharks-sleep.html“Behavioural Sleep in Two Species of Buccal Pumping Sharks” by Michael Kelly, et al.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsr.13139“Analysis of Draughtsboard Sharks’ Metabolic Rates Suggests They Sleep” by Bob Yirkahttps://phys.org/news/2022-03-analysis-draughtsboard-sharks-metabolic.html“Catshark” by Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catshark“Snake” by The San Diego Zoohttps://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/snake“Meet the Animals That Literally Sleep with One Eye Open” by Gian Gastone Mascettihttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-the-animals-that-literally-sleep-with-one-eye-open/Sharks are good for the earth.“California Is About to Test Its First Solar Canals” by Roger Baleshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/california-is-about-to-test-its-first-solar-canals-180979637/“Project Nexus: Water & Energy Integration for the Future” by TID Water and Powerhttps://www.tid.org/about-tid/current-projects/project-nexus/“Energy and Water Co-Benefits from Covering Canals with Solar Panels” by Brandi McKuin, et al.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00693-8“NOAA Drought Task Force Report on the 2020–2021 Southwestern U.S. Drought” by NOAA Drought Task Force IVhttps://www.drought.gov/documents/noaa-drought-task-force-report-2020-2021-southwestern-us-drought“New NOAA Report: Exceptional Southwest Drought Exacerbated” by Human-Caused Warming by NOAA/NIDIShttps://www.drought.gov/news/new-noaa-report-exceptional-southwest-drought-exacerbated-human-caused-warming“California Approves New Water Restrictions Amid Worsening Drought” by Soumya Karlamanglahttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/us/california-drought-water-restrictions.html“California State Water Project” by Wikipedia​​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Water_Project“California Agricultural Production Statistics” by California Department of Food and Agriculturehttps://www.cdfa.ca.gov/statistics/A different kind of night light."This deep-sea shark is one of the world’s largest glowing animals" by Annie Rothhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/deep-sea-shark-largest-glowing-animal-bioluminescence“Quantification of bioluminescence from the surface to the deep sea demonstrates its predominance as an ecological trait” by Séverine Martini & Steven H. D. Haddockhttps://www.nature.com/articles/srep45750For more about sharks, head to SharkWeek.com and don't miss #SharkWeek starting 7/24 on Discovery and streaming on discovery+.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/sleepy-sharks-sharks-love-grass-glow-in-the-sharkFollow 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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