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Curiosity Weekly

Welcome to Curiosity Weekly from Discovery, hosted by Dr. Samantha Yammine. Once a week, we’ll bring you the latest and greatest in scientific discoveries and break down the details so that you don’t need a PhD to understand it. From neuroscience to climate tech to AI and genetics, no subject is off-limits. Join Sam as she interviews expert guests and investigates the research guiding some of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs affecting our world today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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11:52

Cryopreservation, Personality Transplant, Fungal Azoles

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/08/22

Today, you’ll learn about a new method to cryopreserve parts of the brain for later use, the personality changes that happen after organ transplants, and how fungicides cause dangerous fungi to self-destruct.Cryopreservation“Effective cryopreservation of human brain tissue and neural organoids.” by Weiwei Xue, et al. 2024.“Brain organoids: Establishment and application.” by Hao Chen, et al. 2022.Personality Transplant“Personality Changes Associated with Organ Transplants.” by Brian Carter, et al

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10:53

Peanut Allergy, Ancient Cancer Treatment, Cuckoo...

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/08/21

Today, you’ll learn about why giving babies foods with peanuts could crack the peanut allergy problem, a wild discovery of cancer treatment 4,000 years ago, and the sneaky way cuckoos evolve to look like other birds so they can live in their nests.Peanut Allergy“Giving young children peanut products cuts allergy risk, study finds.” by Ian Sample. 2024.“Peanut Allergies.” Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. 2024.“Follow-up to Adolescence after Early Peanut Introduction for Allergy Prevention.” by

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11:55

Chimp Tools, Space Radio, Hyperthermia Treatment

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/08/16

Today, you’ll learn about the lifelong learning of chimps, a mysterious strange signal from space, and the possible treatment for depression that involves heating up the body.Chimp Tools“Chimps are lifelong learners, study on tool use shows.” by Charles Mpaka. 2024.“Protracted development of stick tool use skills extends into adulthood in wild western chimpanzees.” by Mathieu Malherbe, et al. 2024.Space Radio“A strange intermittent radio signal from space has astronomers puzzled.” by Manisha Caleb

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10:01

Chimpanzee Learning, Breast Cancer Gel, Singing Brain...

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/08/15

Today, you’ll learn about how when chimpanzees can’t figure out how to do something they get their friends to teach them, a potential breakthrough in the fight against breast cancer, and how singing repairs the brain after a stroke.Chimpanzee Learning“Chimpanzees use social information to acquire a skill they fail to innovate.” by Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen, et al. 2024.“Like Humans, Bumblebees and Chimpanzees Can Pass on Their Skills to Form ‘Cumulative Culture’.” by Cristen Hemingway Jaynes.

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12:10

Chimp Memory, Bacterial Tumor Killer, Gene Disc Repair

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/08/14

Today, you’ll learn about the remarkable social memory of chimps, the gut bacteria that could help fight cancer, and how gene therapy might one day help you out with that pesky lower back pain.Chimp Memory“Chimps Can Still Remember Faces After a Quarter Century.” by Carl Zimmer. 2023.“Bonobos and chimpanzees remember familiar conspecifics for decades.” by Laura S. Lewis, et al. 2023.Bacterial Tumor Killer“Gut bacteria boost immune response to fight tumors.” by Marta Wegorzewska. 2024.“The Human

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12:37

Elite Athlete Hearts, Oxytocin & Loneliness, Nail...

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/08/09

Today, you’ll learn about the surprising prevalence of heart abnormalities in elite athletes, how an oxytocin nasal spray might help with chronic loneliness, and a discovery that could help doctors diagnose a disease just by looking at your fingernails.Elite Athlete Hearts“Why are elite athletes prone to abnormal heart rhythms?” by Jennifer Couzin-Frankel. 2024.“2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of

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12:49

Sleepwalker Brain, Games & Navigation, Endurance Hunting

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/08/08

Today, you’ll learn about what goes on in our brains when we sleepwalk, how playing video games might actually help us navigate the world IRL, and the endurance hunting of traditional societies.Sleepwalker Brain“Scientists Discover What’s Happening Inside a Sleepwalker’s Brain.” by Rhianna-lily Smith. 2024.“Shared EEG correlates between non-REM parasomnia experiences and dreams.” by Jacinthe Cataldi, et al. 2024.“Consciousness and cortical responsiveness: a within-state study during non-rapid eye

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10:09

HIV Vaccine, CO2 New Uses, No Noise Fabric

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/08/07

Today, you’ll learn about a breakthrough in the effort to create a vaccine for HIV, how engineers are turning carbon dioxide into useful products, and the silk fabric that could one day make your clothes noise-canceling.HIV Vaccine“A Trial HIV Vaccine Triggered Elusive and Essential Antibodies in Humans.” Duke Health. 2024.“The impact of antiretroviral treatment on mortality trends of HIV-positive adults in rural Uganda: a longitudinal population-based study, 1999-2009.” by Ivan Kasamba, et al.

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12:18

No Inner Voice, Yoga & Brain Health, Monogamous Mice

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/08/02

Today, you’ll learn about people who lack an inner voice, how yoga could help cancer survivors defog their minds, and the newly discovered hormone that is connected to promiscuous behavior in mice.No Inner Voice“People without an inner voice have poorer verbal memory.” University of Copenhagen. 2024.“Not Everybody Has an Inner Voice: Behavioral Consequences of Anendophasia.” by Johanne S. K. Nedergaard & Gary Lupyan. 2024.Yoga & Brain Health“Yoga shows ‘most improvement’ in restoring brain

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11:57

Anti-Drunk Gel, Hot Spring Viruses, Tiger Beetles

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/08/01

Today, you’ll learn about a gel that stops alcohol from making you drunk and harming your liver, the ancient viruses of Yellowstone hot springs, and the song that tiger beetles sing to confuse bats.Anti-Drunk Gel“Anti-intoxicant gel keeps alcohol out of the bloodstream.” by Ben Coxworth. 2024.“Single-site iron-anchored amyloid hyrdrogels as catalytic platforms for alcohol detoxification.” by Jiaqi Su, et al. 2024.Hot Spring Viruses“Hot springs viruses at Yellowstone National Park have ancient

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11:07

Leeches & Blood Tests, Algae & Carbon, Asthma Cause

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/07/31

Today, you’ll learn about a new anxiety-free way to collect blood samples modeled on the sucking power of leeches, the super carbon-gobbling power of blue-green algae, and a new understanding of how asthma happens - and maybe how to stop it.Leeches & Blood Tests“Blood diagnostics modeled on leeches.” by Fabio Bergamin. 2024.“Prevalence, causes, impacts, and management of needle phobia: An international survey of a general adult population.” by Kimberly Alsbrooks & Klaus Hoerauf. 2022.“ A

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12:03

Hair Loss Treatment, Aphantasia, Ultrasound Coffee

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/07/26

Today, you’ll learn about a groundbreaking new treatment for hair loss caused by autoimmune skin disease, a condition that affects the imagination, and the gadget that will put a cold brew coffee in your cup in minutes instead of hours.Hair Loss Treatment“New treatment could reverse hair loss caused by an autoimmune skin disease.” by Anne Trafton. 2024.“Microneedle-mediated Delivery of Immunomodulators Restores Immune Privilege in Hair Follicles and Reverses Immune-Mediated Alopecia.” by Nour

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12:37

Asthma & ADHD, Whale Codas, Hidden Lithium

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/07/25

Today, you’ll learn about the possible link between asthma, ADHD, and income in children, how whale communication is much more complex than we thought, and the secret lithium hidden away for millions of years under Pennsylvania.Asthma & ADHD“ADHD, asthma, and economic hardship: New research suggests a causal pathway.” by Eric W. Dolan. 2024.“Associations between symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, socioeconomic status and asthma in children.” by Makiko Omura, et al. 2024.Whale

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11:41

Brainstem Dial, Centipedes & Kidneys, AI Ghosts

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/07/24

Today, you’ll learn about an accidental discovery of a dial in the brainstem that controls the body’s inflammation level, how centipedes might offer a treatment for kidney disease, and the problem with bringing back our deceased loved ones using AI.Brainstem Dial“Found: the dial in the brain that controls the immune system.” by Giorgia Guglielmi. 2024.“Your brain could be controlling how sick you get - and how you recover.” by Diana Kwon. 2023.“Tissues, not blood, are where immune cells function.”

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11:31

Sleeping Brain, Bamboo Glass, Leprosy & Squirrels

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/07/19

Today, you’ll learn about how sleep isn’t the brain detoxifier we thought it was, a new glass made out of bamboo, and the connection between leprosy and red squirrels in medieval England.Sleeping Brain“Sleep does not help brain wash out toxins, study suggests.” by Hannah Devlin. 2024.“The sleep-deprived human brain.” by Adam J. Krause, et al. 2017.“Brain clearance is reduced during sleep and anesthesia.” by Andawei Miao, et al. 2024.Bamboo Glass“A Novel Flame-Retardant, Smoke-Suppressing, and

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11:12

Fiction Readers, Bird Flu Transmission, Beluga Heads

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/07/18

Today, you’ll learn about how reading fiction could make you smarter, the first ever likely transmission of bird flu from a cow to a human, and how a beluga whale communicates with its squishy head.Fiction Readers“People who read a lot of fiction tend to have better cognitive skills, study finds.” by Eric W. Dolan. 2024.“Cognitive effects and correlates of reading fiction: Two preregistered multilevel meta-analyses.” by Lena Wimmer, et al. 2024.Bird Flu Transmission“Texas dairy farm worker’s case

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12:14

Tobacco Treatment, Clean Touchscreen, Parrot Stepdads

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/07/17

Today, you’ll learn about a new and stimulating method that could potentially help smokers kick the habit, an innovative copper coating that kills bacteria on touchscreens, and the little birds that sometimes make for great stepdads.Tobacco Treatment“Can brain stimulation help people kick their tobacco addiction?” by Eric W. Dolan. 2024.“Why Won’t Our Patients Stop Smoking?” by David M. Mannino, MD. 2009.“A randomized controlled trial of intermittent theta burst stimulation to the medial prefrontal

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12:05

Shark Oil, Eco-Friendly Lubricant, Historic Land...

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/07/12

Today, you’ll learn about the demand for a compound called squalene that is decimating deepwater shark populations, an amazing effort to create an eco-friendly lubricant using green chemistry, and the surprising connection between shepherds, women, and wildfires.Shark Oil“Deepwater Sharks Are Threatened by Demand for Liver Oil.” by David Shiffman. 2024.“100 Million Sharks Killed Every Year, Study Show On Eve of International Conference on Shark Protection.” National Geographic. 2013.“Fishing for oil

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11:13

Ghost Shark, Grief Treatment, Blood Vessel Coordination

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/07/11

Today, you’ll learn about a newly discovered deep sea ghost shark, the best way to treat prolonged grief disorder, and how the blood vessels in our brain coordinate to improve brain functioning.Ghost Shark“‘Ghost shark’ with enormous head and giant iridescent eyes discovered off Thailand.” by Elise Poore. 2024.“Chimaera.” Shark Trust. 2020.“Chimaera supapae (Holocephali: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), a new species of chimaera from the Andaman Sea of Thailand.” by David A. Ebert, et al. 2024.Grief

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12:07

Thresher Shark, Laron Syndrome, Sad Music

Curiosity Weekly ·

2024/07/10

Today, you’ll learn about the incredible dynamics that make the thresher shark so good at threshing, how people with a rare growth disorder might actually have an advantage that leads to longer lifespans, and why people listen to sad music.Thresher SharkFear the Tails, Not the Jaws, of These ‘Weirdo’ Sharks.” by Kate Golembiewski. 2024.“Vertebral morphology in the tail-whipping common thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus.” by Jamie L. Knaub, et al. 2024.Laron Syndrome“People with Rare Longevity Mutation

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