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Learn about how patient O became patient zero, what it takes for a species to evolve twice, and how pesky fruit flies keep getting into your garbage.Please nominate Curiosity Daily for Best Technology & Science Podcast in the 2020 Discover Pods Awards! It's free and only takes a minute. Thanks so much! https://awards.discoverpods.com/nominate/It's "Patient O," Not "Patient Zero" by Ashley HamerResearchers Clear “Patient Zero” From AIDS Origin Story. (2016, October 26). NPR.Org. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/10/26/498876985/mystery-solved-how-hiv-came-to-the-u-sWorobey, M., Watts, T. D., McKay, R. A., Suchard, M. A., Granade, T., Teuwen, D. E., Koblin, B. A., Heneine, W., Lemey, P., & Jaffe, H. W. (2016). 1970s and ‘Patient 0’ HIV-1 genomes illuminate early HIV/AIDS history in North America. Nature, 539(7627), 98–101. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19827With Iterative Evolution, a Species Can Evolve TWICE by Cameron DukeBrigit Katz. (2019, May 13). How Evolution Brought a Flightless Bird Back From Extinction. Smithsonian Magazine; Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-evolution-brought-flightless-bird-back-extinction-180972166/Mancini, M. (2019, May 31). Iterative Evolution: Did the Aldabra Rail Evolve Twice? HowStuffWorks. https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/evolution/iterative-evolution.htmHume, J. P., & Martill, D. (2019). Repeated evolution of flightlessness in Dryolimnas rails (Aves: Rallidae) after extinction and recolonization on Aldabra. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 186(3), 666–672. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz018How do fruitflies keep getting into my house? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Julien)Binns, C. (2012, November 18). Where Do Fruit Flies Come From? Livescience.Com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/32251-where-do-fruit-flies-come-from.htmlDrosophila melanogaster. (2020). Animal Diversity Web. https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Drosophila_melanogaster/Fruit Flies | Entomology. (2017). Uky.Edu. https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef621van Breugel, F., & Dickinson, M. H. (2014). Plume-Tracking Behavior of Flying Drosophila Emerges from a Set of Distinct Sensory-Motor Reflexes. Current Biology, 24(3), 274–286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.12.023Markow, T. A. (2015). The secret lives of Drosophila flies. ELife, 4. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.06793Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/its-patient-o-not-patient-zero Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn about how cold the last ice age was, why your body’s stress response can actually be healthy for you, and how to stop a jack-a-lantern from spoiling.Please nominate Curiosity Daily for Best Technology & Science Podcast in the 2020 Discover Pods Awards! It's free and only takes a minute. Thanks so much! https://awards.discoverpods.com/nominate/Researchers Know How Cold the Last Ice Age Was by Grant CurrinHow cold was the ice age? Researchers now know. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/uoa-hcw082120.phpTierney, J.E., Zhu, J., King, J. et al. (2020). Glacial cooling and climate sensitivity revisited. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2617-xPandemic Stress Study Shows That a Stress Response Can be Healthy by Kelsey DonkPeople with Lower Biological Response to Standard Stress Task Showed More PTSD Symptoms After COVID-19 Crisis Began. (2020, August 30). Media and Public Relations | Baylor University. https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.phpGinty, A. T., Young, D. A., Tyra, A. T., Hurley, P. E., Brindle, R. C., & Williams, S. E. (2020). Heart rate reactivity to acute psychological stress predicts higher levels of PTSD symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychosomatic Medicine, Publish Ahead of Print. https://doi.org/10.1097/psy.0000000000000848How to stop a jack-o-lantern from spoiling by Ashley HamerOriginal episode: https://www.curiositydaily.com/arthur-conan-doyle-harry-houdini-friendship-how-to/Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/how-cold-was-the-last-ice-age Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn about why cancer is stranger than we think and how scientists have “teleported” the behavior of real fish into robot fish.Please nominate Curiosity Daily for Best Technology & Science Podcast in the 2020 Discover Pods Awards! It's free and only takes a minute. Thanks so much! https://awards.discoverpods.com/nominate/Scientists "teleported" the real-time behavior of a real fish onto a robot fish by Grant CurrinZebrafish Help Unlock Clues to Human Disease. (2018). Hopkinsmedicine.Org. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/research/advancements-in-research/fundamentals/in-depth/zebrafish-help-unlock-clues-to-human-diseaseZebrafish Behavior: Opportunities and Challenges. (2019). Annual Reviews. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-neuro-071714-033857Beam me up: Researchers use “behavioral teleporting” to study social interactions. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/ntso-bmu082420.phpKarakaya, M., Macrì, S., & Porfiri, M. (2020). Behavioral Teleporting of Individual Ethograms onto Inanimate Robots: Experiments on Social Interactions in Live Zebrafish. IScience, 23(8), 101418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101418Additional resources from Kat Arney:Pick up "Rebel Cell: Cancer, Evolution, and the New Science of Life's Oldest Betrayal" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/32zrPqgRebel Cell's website: https://www.rebelcellbook.com/Kat Arney's website: https://katarney.com/Kat Arney's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kat_ArneyGenetics Unzipped podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/how-scientists-teleported-fish-behavior Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn about the impressive memories of goldfish. Plus, hear from Dr. Kat Arney about why an evolutionary perspective may be the key to fighting cancer.Please nominate Curiosity Daily for Best Technology & Science Podcast in the 2020 Discover Pods Awards! It's free and only takes a minute. Thanks so much! https://awards.discoverpods.com/nominate/Goldfish Have Great Memories, Thank You Very Much by Anna ToddBrown, C. (2001). Familiarity with the test environment improves escape responses in the crimson spotted rainbowfish, Melanotaenia duboulayi. Animal Cognition, 4(2), 109–113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100710100105Gee, P., Stephenson, D., & Wright, D. E. (1994). TEMPORAL DISCRIMINATION LEARNING OF OPERANT FEEDING IN GOLDFISH (CARASSIUS AURATUS). Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 62(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1994.62-1Yap, S. (2011). Unbelievable Goldfish Plays Fetch [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kuXdYx87s4Additional resources from Dr. Kat Arney:Pick up "Rebel Cell: Cancer, Evolution, and the New Science of Life's Oldest Betrayal" on Amazon: https://amazon.comRebel Cell's website: https://www.rebelcellbook.com/Kat Arney's website: https://katarney.com/Kat Arney's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kat_ArneyGenetics Unzipped podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/how-cancer-evolves-in-the-body-w-dr-kat-arney Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn about three mythological creatures that were inspired by real fossils, how people prefer to root for winning individuals over teams, and how scientists have created interactive paper.Please nominate Curiosity Daily for Best Technology & Science Podcast in the 2020 Discover Pods Awards! It's free and only takes a minute. Thanks so much! https://awards.discoverpods.com/nominate/Three Mythological Creatures That Were Actually Inspired by Real Fossils by Reuben WestmaasPappas, S. (2017, July 18). Cyclops and Dragon Tongues: How Real Fossils Inspired Giant Myths. Livescience.Com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/59837-how-real-fossils-inspired-giant-myths.htmlGreek Giants | AMNH. (2020). American Museum of Natural History. https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythic-creatures/land/greek-giantsYaserda, J. (2016). The pocket-sized pachyderms of Sicily. Earth Archives. http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/the-pocket-sized-pachyderms-of-sicily/Mammoth Paleontology | The Mammoth. (2015). Umass.Edu. https://blogs.umass.edu/holtb/2017/12/06/mammoth-paleontology/The skeletons of Cyclops and Lestrigons: misinterpretation of Quaternary vertebrates as remains of the mythological giants. (2019). Historical Biology. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2017.1342640People love seeing individuals hit winning streaks, but not teams by Kelsey DonkPeople love winning streaks by individuals -- teams, not so much. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/osu-plw083020.phpWalker, J., & Gilovich, T. (2020). The streaking star effect: Why people want superior performance by individuals to continue more than identical performance by groups. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000256A new printing process can turn paper into a machine interface by Steffie DruckerYour paper notebook could become your next tablet. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/pu-ypn083120.phpNalewicki, J. (2020, September 4). With a Simple Piece of Paper, Engineers Create Self-Powered, Wireless Keyboard. Smithsonian Magazine; Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/your-next-digital-tablet-could-be-made-paper-180975727/Song, V. (2020, September). Engineers Have Figured Out How to Make Interactive Paper. Gizmodo. https://gizmodo.com/engineers-have-figured-out-how-to-make-interactive-pape-1844918464Paper keypad demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0iCxjicJIQ&feature=youtu.bePaper music player demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9E6vXYtIw0&feature=youtu.beSubscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/3-mythological-creatures-that-were-inspired-by-real-fossils Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn about how your schedule might be hurting your health, why the mantis shrimp is able to punch so hard without hurting itself, and who invented the aluminum can.Your Schedule Might be Hurting Your Health — Here's What to Do About It by Reuben WestmaasYour schedule could be killing you. (2017). Popular Science. https://www.popsci.com/your-schedule-could-be-killing-you/Johnston, J. (2017, June 16). Why your work schedule is bad for your health. Quartz; Quartz. https://qz.com/1006048/waking-up-early-for-work-could-quite-literally-be-killing-you/Hamblin, J. (2016, October 20). The Health Effects of Night Shifts. The Atlantic; The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/10/night-shifts-the-worst/504800/Walton, A. G. (2019, January 26). Just One Night Of Sleep Loss Can Affect Body And Mind, Studies Find. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2019/01/26/new-insights-on-how-sleep-deprivation-affects-body-and-mind/#65c9e6078be1The Mantis Shrimp Can Punch at 50 MPH Without Damage, and Now We Know Why by Grant CurrinMechanics of Movement: Mantis Shrimp | The Patek Lab. (2013). Duke.Edu. https://pateklab.biology.duke.edu/mechanics-movement-mantis-shrimpUCI materials scientists study a sea creature that packs a powerful punch. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/uoc--um081420.phpHuang, W., Shishehbor, M., Guarín-Zapata, N., Kirchhofer, N. D., Li, J., Cruz, L., Wang, T., Bhowmick, S., Stauffer, D., Manimunda, P., Bozhilov, K. N., Caldwell, R., Zavattieri, P., & Kisailus, D. (2020). A natural impact-resistant bicontinuous composite nanoparticle coating. Nature Materials. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-0768-7Bowler, J. (2020). Mantis Shrimp Have The Ocean’s Fastest Punch. Now We Know How Their Claws Survive. ScienceAlert. https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-how-mantis-shrimp-can-punch-so-hard-without-damaging-their-claw Who invented the aluminum can? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Melissa)Maxwell, D. (1993). Beer Cans: A Guide for the Archaeologist. Historical Archaeology, 27(1), 95-113. Retrieved September 9, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25616219Aluminum Cans | The Aluminum Association. (2017). Aluminum.Org. https://www.aluminum.org/product-markets/aluminum-cansVenton, D. (2011, January 24). Jan. 24, 1935: First Canned Beer Sold. WIRED. https://www.wired.com/2011/01/0124first-us-canned-beer/Narvaez, A. A. (1989, October 28). E. C. Fraze, 76; Devised Pull Tab. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/28/obituaries/e-c-fraze-76-devised-pull-tab.htmlVanderbilt, T. (2012, September 24). The Brilliant Redesign of the Soda Can Tab. Slate Magazine; Slate. https://slate.com/human-interest/2012/09/can-tabs-how-aluminum-pop-tabs-were-redesigned-to-make-drinking-soda-safer-and-the-world-a-cleaner-place.html Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/why-the-mantis-shrimp-can-punch-so-hard-without-damage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn about what your muscles go through when they get pulled, whether trees have heartbeats, and the real science behind the recovering alcoholics’ mantra “one day at a time.”What Happens When You Pull a Muscle? by Ashley HamerPietrangelo, A. (2019). Muscle Strains. Healthline; Healthline Media. https://www.healthline.com/health/strains#treatment4Lee, S. (2016, February 17). What to Do When You Pull a Muscle From Working Out. Vitals; Vitals. https://vitals.lifehacker.com/what-to-do-when-you-pull-a-muscle-from-working-out-1759172514Trees May Have a “Heartbeat” by Reuben WestmaasOriginal episode: https://www.curiositydaily.com/tree-heartbeats-morse-code-silurian-hypothesis-anc/Neuroscience backs up the recovering alcoholic's mantra "one day at a time" by Steffie DruckerWhy “one day at a time” works for recovering alcoholics. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/yu-wd082720.phpBlaine, S. K., Wemm, S., Fogelman, N., Lacadie, C., Seo, D., Scheinost, D., & Sinha, R. (2020). Association of Prefrontal-Striatal Functional Pathology With Alcohol Abstinence Days at Treatment Initiation and Heavy Drinking After Treatment Initiation. American Journal of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.19070703Alcohol Facts and Statistics. (2019, April 25). National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/brochures-and-fact-sheets/alcohol-facts-and-statisticsAlcohol Abuse Differ From Alcoholism. (2019, October 30). Swift River Rehab Center. https://www.swiftriver.com/blog/alcohol-abuse-vs-alcoholism/One day at a Time in Recovery -. (2019, April 5). Alcoholrehab.Com. https://alcoholrehab.com/addiction-recovery/one-day-at-a-time-in-recovery/Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/what-happens-when-you-pull-a-muscle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

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

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