Curiosity Weekly

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  • Dealing with Uncertainty During the Coronavirus Pandemic (w/ Dr. Renée Lertzman) and One Dog Year Doesn’t Equal Seven Human Years

    Dr. Renée Lertzman will help you understand uncertainty and how to work through the feelings you might be feeling thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. You’ll also learn why one dog year doesn’t equal seven human years.

    One Dog Year Doesn't Equal Seven Human Years by Ashley Hamer

    • The Seven-Year Glitch. (2008, August 29). WSJ; The Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121997338176882143
    • Crockett, Z. (2010). The Mythology of Dog Years. Priceonomics. https://priceonomics.com/the-mythology-of-dog-years/
    • Stuart, A. (2010, March 17). How to Figure Out Your Dog’s Age. WebMD; WebMD. https://pets.webmd.com/dogs/how-to-calculate-your-dogs-age

    Additional resources from Dr. Renée Lertzman

    • TED Talk: How to turn climate anxiety into action https://www.ted.com/talks/renee_lertzman_how_to_turn_climate_anxiety_into_action
    • Official website https://reneelertzman.com/
    • Follow @reneelertzman on Twitter https://twitter.com/reneelertzman/
    • Window of Tolerance https://www.nicabm.com/trauma-how-to-help-your-clients-understand-their-window-of-tolerance/
    • Purchase “Environmental Melancholia: Psychoanalytic dimensions of engagement (Psychoanalytic Explorations)” on Amazon https://amazon.com

    Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. 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/dealing-with-uncertainty-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-w-dr-renee-lertzman-and-one-dog-year-doesnt-equal-seven-human-years

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    13 min
  • Fishing Science (w/ “Deadliest Catch” Captains Sig & Keith) and the Psychology of Sour Grapes

    Captains Keith Colburn and Sig Hansen from the award-winning documentary series “Deadliest Catch” share some surprising science lessons from the fishing world. Plus: learn about the psychology behind “sour grapes.”

    When people can't get something they want, they decide it's not worthy of desire by Kelsey Donk

    • Sjåstad, H., Baumeister, R. F., & Ent, M. (2020). Greener grass or sour grapes? How people value future goals after initial failure. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 88, 103965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.103965

    Learn more about Deadliest Catch, Tuesdays at 8 PM ET/PT on Discovery

    • Official website https://www.discovery.com/shows/deadliest-catch
    • Watch Deadliest Catch https://go.discovery.com/tv-shows/deadliest-catch
    • Follow @DeadliestCatch on Twitter https://twitter.com/DeadliestCatch
    • Follow Keith Colburn on Twitter https://twitter.com/crabwizard

    Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. 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/fishing-science-w-deadliest-catch-captains-sig-keith-and-the-psychology-of-sour-grapes

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    12 min
  • Stealing Money with Salami Slicing Attacks (w/ Matt Parker), You Don’t Know the Back of Your Hand, and Tylenol Eases Social Exclusion

    Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker explains real-life “salami slicing” attacks like the one in the movie Office Space. You’ll also learn about how Tylenol can help ease the pain of social rejection; and why you probably don’t know the back of your hand very well at all.

    Tylenol and forgiveness may ease the pain of social exclusion by Grant Currin

    • Hamer, A. Tylenol May Actually Ease Your Heartache. (2017). Curiosity.com. https://curiosity.com/topics/tylenol-may-actually-ease-your-heartache-curiosity
    • DeWall, C. N., MacDonald, G., Webster, G. D., Masten, C. L., Baumeister, R. F., Powell, C., Combs, D., Schurtz, D. R., Stillman, T. F., Tice, D. M., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2010). Acetaminophen Reduces Social Pain. Psychological Science, 21(7), 931–937. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610374741
    • A prescription for the pain of rejection: Acetaminophen and forgiveness - UCLA Health - Los Angeles, CA. (2017). UCLAHealth.org. https://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?id=1397&action=detail&ref=4327&fr=true
    • Slavich, G. M., Shields, G. S., Deal, B. D., Gregory, A., & Toussaint, L. L. (2019). Alleviating Social Pain: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Forgiveness and Acetaminophen. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 53(12), 1045–1054. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaz015
    • Harvard Health Publishing. (2018, October 23). Acetaminophen safety: Be cautious but not afraid. Harvard Health. https://www.health.harvard.edu/pain/acetaminophen-safety-be-cautious-but-not-afraid

    Additional resources from Matt Parker

    • Pick up “Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World” on Amazon https://amazon.com
    • Matt Parker’s official website http://standupmaths.com/
    • Subscribe to Matt Parker’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/standupmaths
    • Follow @standupmaths on Twitter https://twitter.com/standupmaths

    How well do you know the back of your hand? Probably not very well at all by Cameron Duke

    • D’Amour, S., & Harris, L. R. (2020). The perceived size of the implicit representation of the dorsum and palm of the hand. PLOS ONE, 15(3), e0230624. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230624
    • How well do you know the back of your hand, really? (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/yu-hw032320.php

    Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. 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/stealing-money-with-salami-slicing-attacks-w-matt-parker-you-dont-know-the-back-of-your-hand-and-tylenol-eases-social-exclusion

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    14 min
  • Do Masks Prevent Coronavirus, How Tuvan Throat Singers Sing Two Notes at Once, and Predicting Viral Content by Measuring Brain Activity

    Learn about how scientists are predicting viral content by measuring people’s brain activity; how Tuvan throat singers are able to produce two notes at once; and how effective facemasks are in preventing the spread of the coronavirus.

    How our brains forecast what goes viral online by Kelsey Donk

    • Stanford researchers find our brains are powerful – but secretive – forecasters of video virality. (2020, March 9). Stanford.Edu. https://news.stanford.edu/press/view/32654
    • Tong, L. C., Acikalin, M. Y., Genevsky, A., Shiv, B., & Knutson, B. (2020). Brain activity forecasts video engagement in an internet attention market. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(12), 6936–6941. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1905178117

    How does Tuvan Throat singing work? by Cameron Duke

    • Bergevin, C., Chandan Narayan, Williams, J., Mhatre, N., Jennifer KE Steeves, Joshua GW Bernstein, & Story, B. (2020, February 12). Overtone focusing in biphonic tuvan throat singing. ELife; eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd. https://elifesciences.org/articles/5047
    • P. Cosi and G. Tisato. (2003) On the magic of overtone singing. Voce, Parlato. Studi in onore di Franco Ferrero, 83-100 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Piero_Cosi/publication/228780318_ON_THE_MAGIC_OF_OVERTONE_SINGING/links/09e4150a363d7236ff000000/ON-THE-MAGIC-OF-OVERTONE-SINGING.pdf
    • Renaud, J. (2020, March 10). Researchers solve mystery of Tuvan throat singing. Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2020-03-mystery-tuvan-throat.html
    • UNESCO. (2020). The Mongolian traditional art of Khöömei [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV8EJOvvPvY
    • A tangentially related video of a Mongolian folk metal band (Just for fun): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1UhoGJ2PwA

    How effective are masks for preventing Coronavirus by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Likhit)

    • WHO | What can I do? (2015). WHO.int. https://doi.org//entity/csr/disease/swineflu/frequently_asked_questions/what/en/index.html
    • Interim Guidance for the Use of Masks to Control Seasonal Influenza Virus Transmission. (2020). https://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/infectioncontrol/maskguidance.htm
    • Advice on the use of masks in the community, during home care and in healthcare settings in the context of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. (2018). WHO.int. https://www.who.int/publications-detail/advice-on-the-use-of-masks-in-the-community-during-home-care-and-in-healthcare-settings-in-the-context-of-the-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)-outbreak
    • Romney, M. G. (2001). Surgical face masks in the operating theatre: re-examining the evidence. Journal of Hospital Infection, 47(4), 251–256. https://doi.org/10.1053/jhin.2000.0912
    • Davies, A., Thompson, K.-A., Giri, K., Kafatos, G., Walker, J., & Bennett, A. (2013). Testing the Efficacy of Homemade Masks: Would They Protect in an Influenza Pandemic? Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 7(4), 413–418. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2013.43
    • CDC. (2020, February 11). Use Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow Spread. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html

    Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. 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/do-masks-prevent-coronavirus-how-tuvan-throat-singers-sing-two-notes-at-once-and-predicting-viral-content-by-measuring-brain-activity

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    14 min
  • Why Stress Makes You Eat Differently, Humpback Whales Hunt with Bubble Nets, and the Surprising Genetic Reason Females Outlive Males

    Learn about why you eat differently when you’re stressed; how humpback whales use “bubble nets” to catch fish; and the surprising genetic reason why females outlive males.

    Why do we eat differently when stressed? by Steffie Drucker

    • How to Manage Stress Eating (or Not Eating). (2020, March 25). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/well/how-to-manage-stress-eating-or-not-eating.html
    • Harvard Health Publishing. (2018, July 18). Why stress causes people to overeat. Harvard Health; Harvard Health. https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/why-stress-causes-people-to-overeat
    • Adam, T. C., & Epel, E. S. (2007). Stress, eating and the reward system. Physiology & Behavior, 91(4), 449–458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.04.011
    • Rutledge, T., & Linden, W. (1998). Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 21(3), 221–240. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1018784015771
    • Exercise and stress: Get moving to manage stress. (2018). Mayo Clinic. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/exercise-and-stress/art-20044469

    Humpback whales use 'bubble nets' to catch fish by Cameron Duke

    • How humpback whales catch prey with bubble nets. (n.d.). ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 26, 2020, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110624083516.htm
    • Humpback whales use their flippers and bubble “nets” to catch fish. (2019, October 15). Science News. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/humpback-whales-bubble-nets
    • Kosma, M. M., Werth, A. J., Szabo, A. R., & Straley, J. M. (2019). Pectoral herding: an innovative tactic for humpback whale foraging. Royal Society Open Science, 6(10), 191104. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191104
    • Trifonovitch, K. (n.d.). Whale bubble-net feeding documented by UH researchers through groundbreaking video | University of Hawaiʻi System News. Retrieved March 26, 2020, from https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/10/13/whale-bubble-net-feeding-video/

    The surprising genetic reason females outlive males by Cameron Duke

    • Inherited Colour Vision Deficiency - Colour Blind Awareness. (2019). Colour Blind Awareness. http://www.colourblindawareness.org/colour-blindness/inherited-colour-vision-deficiency/
    • Why do men — and other male animals — tend to die younger? It’s all in the Y chromosome. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/uons-wdm030320.php
    • Xirocostas, Z. A., Everingham, S. E., & Moles, A. T. (2020). The sex with the reduced sex chromosome dies earlier: a comparison across the tree of life. Biology Letters, 16(3), 20190867. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0867

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    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/why-stress-makes-you-eat-differently-humpback-whales-hunt-with-bubble-nets-and-the-surprising-genetic-reason-females-outlive-males

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    13 min
  • Parents Rarely Pass Their Politics to Their Kids, Source of Peanut Allergies Found in the Gut, and Why Stars Don’t Make the Night Sky Bright

    Learn about the perception-adoption model, which says that most parents don’t pass their political ideology to their kids; how researchers found the source of peanut allergies in the human gut; and Olbers’ Paradox, which asks why the night sky is so dark if stars are so bright.

    Most parents don't successfully transmit their political ideology to their kids by Kelsey Donk

    • Dolan, E. W. (2020, March 8). Most parents do not successfully transmit their political values to their children, study finds. PsyPost; PsyPost. https://www.psypost.org/2020/03/most-parents-do-not-successfully-transmit-their-political-values-to-their-children-study-finds-56032
    • Hatemi, P. K., & Ojeda, C. (2020). The Role of Child Perception and Motivation in Political Socialization. British Journal of Political Science, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007123419000516
    • Ojeda, C., & Hatemi, P. K. (2015). Accounting for the Child in the Transmission of Party Identification. American Sociological Review, 80(6), 1150–1174. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122415606101

    Researchers find source of peanut allergies in the human gut by Grant Currin

    • Severe peanut allergy may be a “gut reaction.” (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/aaft-spa030220.php
    • Pattillo, A. (2020, March 5). The source of peanut allergies has been found in a surprising place. Inverse; Inverse. https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/what-causes-a-severe-peanut-allergy-study-points-to-the-gut
    • Wesemann, D. R., & Nagler, C. R. (2020). Origins of peanut allergy-causing antibodies. Science, 367(6482), 1072–1073. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba8974
    • Hoh, R. A., Joshi, S. A., Lee, J.-Y., Martin, B. A., Varma, S., Kwok, S., Nielsen, S. C. A., Nejad, P., Haraguchi, E., Dixit, P. S., Shutthanandan, S. V., Roskin, K. M., Zhang, W., Tupa, D., Bunning, B. J., Manohar, M., Tibshirani, R., Fernandez-Becker, N. Q., Kambham, N., … Boyd, S. D. (2020). Origins and clonal convergence of gastrointestinal IgE+ B cells in human peanut allergy. Science Immunology, 5(45), eaay4209. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.aay4209

    Olbers' Paradox Asks Why the Night Sky Isn't Blazing With Light by Trevor English

    • Olbers’ Paradox. (2020). Ucr.edu. http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/olbers.html
    • The Olbers’ Paradox: Why is the Night Sky Dark? (2013, November 15). Futurism; Futurism. https://futurism.com/the-olbers-paradox-why-is-the-night-sky-dark
    • J.D. Knight. (2016). Nebulae - Celestial Objects on Sea and Sky. Seasky.org. http://www.seasky.org/celestial-objects/nebulae.html
    • How many stars are there in the Universe? (2020). Esa.Int. https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Herschel/How_many_stars_are_there_in_the_Universe
    • The Expanding Universe. (2020). Sdss.org. http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr1/en/astro/universe/universe.asp
    • Lii, P. (2020). The Universe Adventure - The Solution to Olber’s Paradox. Universeadventure.org. https://universeadventure.org/big_bang/popups/conseq-dtrh-olbersbigbang.htm

    Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing

     

    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/parents-rarely-pass-their-politics-to-their-kids-source-of-peanut-allergies-found-in-the-gut-and-why-stars-dont-make-the-night-sky-bright

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    13 min
  • Blame Evolution for Back Pain, Showing Off Your Status Doesn’t Make Friends, and Make Babies Smarter by Pretending to Understand Them

    Learn about why signaling your status makes it harder to make new friends; the evolutionary reason why humans have so much back pain; and how pretending to understand babies can make them smarter.

    Signaling your status makes it harder to make new friends by Steffie Drucker

    • Forget the bling: High status-signaling deters new friendships. (2018, August). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/sfpa-ftb081518.php
    • Garcia, S. M., Weaver, K., & Chen, P. (2018). The Status Signals Paradox. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10(5), 690–696. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550618783712
    • Pinsker, J. (2018, September 27). The Misconceptions People Have About Luxury Purchases. The Atlantic; The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/09/buying-luxury-goods-value/571525/

    Why do humans have so much back pain? Thank evolution by Grant Currin

    • Human Evolution: Gain Came With Pain. (2013, February 16). Human Evolution: Gain Came With Pain. Science | AAAS. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/02/human-evolution-gain-came-pain#
    • Your back pain may be due to evolution and spine shape. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/sfu-ybp030420.php
    • Plomp, K. A., Viðarsdóttir, U. S., Weston, D. A., Dobney, K., & Collard, M. (2015). The ancestral shape hypothesis: an evolutionary explanation for the occurrence of intervertebral disc herniation in humans. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0336-y
    • Plomp, K. A., Dobney, K., Weston, D. A., Strand Viðarsdóttir, U., & Collard, M. (2019). 3D shape analyses of extant primate and fossil hominin vertebrae support the ancestral shape hypothesis for intervertebral disc herniation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1550-9
    • Plomp, K. A., Dobney, K., & Collard, M. (2020). Spondylolysis and spinal adaptations for bipedalism. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 2020(1), 35–44. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoaa003
    • Spondylolysis. (2020). https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/spondylolysis

    Keep Pretending To Understand Babies—It Makes Them Smarter by Anna Todd

    https://curiosity.com/topics/keep-pretending-to-understand-babiesit-makes-them-smarter-curiosity

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    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/blame-evolution-for-back-pain-showing-off-your-status-doesnt-make-friends-and-make-babies-smarter-by-pretending-to-understand-them

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    10 min
  • The Skyscraper-Shaking Fitness Class (w/ Matt Parker), When Hanger Is Most Likely to Strike, and Studying the Human Brain’s Jiggle

    Learn about when you’re most likely to feel hangry (and how to avoid it); what scientists can learn from watching the human brain jiggle; and how resonant frequencies helped a fitness class shake an entire skyscraper — with help from stand-up mathematician Matt Parker.

    Scientists Determined When Hanger Is Most Likely to Strike by Annie Hartman

    https://curiosity.com/topics/scientists-determined-when-hanger-is-most-likely-to-strike-curiosity

    What can scientists learn from watching the human brain jiggle? by Cameron Duke

    • Diameter of a Human Hair - The Physics Factbook. (n.d.). Hypertextbook.com. Retrieved March 26, 2020, from https://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/BrianLey.shtml
    • hippocampus | Definition, Location, Function, & Facts | Britannica. (2019). In Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/science/hippocampus
    • Mosher, C. P., Wei, Y., Kamiński, J., Nandi, A., Mamelak, A. N., Anastassiou, C. A., & Rutishauser, U. (2020). Cellular Classes in the Human Brain Revealed In Vivo by Heartbeat-Related Modulation of the Extracellular Action Potential Waveform. Cell Reports, 30(10), 3536–3551.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2020.02.027
    • Scientists categorize neurons by the way the brain jiggles during a heartbeat. (n.d.). Medicalxpress.com. Retrieved March 26, 2020, from https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-scientists-categorize-neurons-brain-jiggles.html

    Additional resources from Matt Parker:

    • Pick up “Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World” on Amazon https://amazon.com
    • Matt Parker’s official website http://standupmaths.com/
    • Subscribe to Matt Parker’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/standupmaths
    • Follow @standupmaths on Twitter https://twitter.com/standupmaths

    Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing

     

    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/the-skyscraper-shaking-fitness-class-w-matt-parker-when-hanger-is-most-likely-to-strike-and-studying-the-human-brains-jiggle

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    13 min
  • Why So Many Outbreaks (Like the Coronavirus) Come from Bats, Older Siblings’ Surprising Influence, and April’s Curiosity Challenge

    Learn about why bats are the source of so many deadly virus outbreaks; and the surprisingly strong influence older siblings can have on their brothers and sisters — just in time for Siblings Day. Then, test your knowledge from this podcast with a Curiosity Challenge trivia game.

    Why bats are the source of so many deadly virus outbreaks by Andrea Michelson

    • Coronavirus outbreak raises question: Why are bat viruses so deadly? (2020, February 11). University of California. https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/coronavirus-outbreak-raises-question-why-are-bat-viruses-so-deadly
    • Brook, C. E., Boots, M., Chandran, K., Dobson, A. P., Drosten, C., Graham, A. L., Grenfell, B. T., Müller, M. A., Ng, M., Wang, L.-F., & van Leeuwen, A. (2020). Accelerated viral dynamics in bat cell lines, with implications for zoonotic emergence. ELife, 9. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.48401
    • Xie, J., Li, Y., Shen, X., Goh, G., Zhu, Y., Cui, J., Wang, L.-F., Shi, Z.-L., & Zhou, P. (2018). Dampened STING-Dependent Interferon Activation in Bats. Cell Host & Microbe, 23(3), 297-301.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2018.01.006
    • How Do Bats Live With So Many Viruses? (2020, January 28). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/science/bats-coronavirus-Wuhan.html

    Older Siblings Might Be More Influential to a Child Than Parents by Anna Todd

    https://curiosity.com/topics/siblings-shape-our-close-relationships-curiosity

    Hear the answers to today’s trivia questions in these episodes of Curiosity Daily:

    • Memory’s Role in Social Anxiety, The First Synthetic Self-Replicating Genome, and Penguins Can Call Underwater https://curiositydaily.com/memorys-role-in-social-anxiety-the-first-synthetic-self-replicating-genome-and-penguins-can-call-underwater/
    • Speed Listening’s Effects on Emotion, Surprising Differences Between White and Brown Rice, and Pi Almost Legally Changed to 3.2 https://curiositydaily.com/speed-listenings-effects-on-emotion-surprising-differences-between-white-and-brown-rice-and-pi-almost-legally-changed-to-3-2/
    • Dr. Amesh Adalja Explains Social Distancing for COVID-19, Birds Won’t Spread Fake News, and Using Auroras to Find Exoplanets https://curiositydaily.com/dr-amesh-adalja-explains-social-distancing-for-covid-19-birds-wont-spread-fake-news-and-using-auroras-to-find-exoplanets/

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  • Anticipatory Grief During a Pandemic, the Smallest Dinosaur Ever (Maybe), and How Your Brain Processes Music and Speech Differently

    Learn about how to cope with “anticipatory grief” you’re probably feeling during the coronavirus pandemic; the controversy around Oculudentavis khaungraae, which may be the smallest dinosaur ever discovered; and how researchers discovered that music and speech are encoded in separate brain hemispheres.

    When you mourn something before you've lost it, that's anticipatory grief by Kelsey Donk

    • That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief. (2020, March 23). Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief
    • Types of Grief and Loss - NHPCO. (2019). NHPCO. https://www.nhpco.org/patients-and-caregivers/grief-and-loss/the-grief-experience/types-of-grief-and-loss/
    • Eldridge, L. (2013, January 14). How Anticipatory Grief Differs From Grief After Death. Verywell Health; Verywell Health. https://www.verywellhealth.com/understanding-anticipatory-grief-and-symptoms-2248855

    Scientists claim to have discovered the smallest known dinosaur of the Mesosoic by Cameron Duke

    • March 2020, L. G.-A. E. 11. (n.d.). Trapped in amber, this could be the smallest dinosaur ever found. Livescience.Com. Retrieved March 27, 2020, from https://www.livescience.com/smallest-dinosaur-of-mesozoic.html
    • Xing, L., O’Connor, J. K., Schmitz, L., Chiappe, L. M., McKellar, R. C., Yi, Q., & Li, G. (2020).
    • Hummingbird-sized dinosaur from the Cretaceous period of Myanmar. Nature, 579(7798), 245–249. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2068-4
    • Wang, W.; Zhiheng, L.; Hu, Y.; Wang, M.; Hongyu, Y.; Lu, J. (2020). "The "smallest dinosaur in history" in amber may be the largest mix-up in history" (in Chinese). Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology. http://ivpp.cas.cn/kxcb/kpdt/202003/t20200313_5514594.html
    • Smallest-ever fossil dinosaur found trapped in amber. (2020, March 11). Nationalgeographic.com. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/03/smallest-ever-fossil-dinosaur-found-trapped-in-amber/

    Scientists found how music and speech are encoded in separate brain hemispheres by Andrea Michelson

    • Using a cappella to explain speech and music specialization. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/mu-ua022420.php
    • Spectro Temporal Modulations Experiment. (2020). Mcgill.Ca. https://www.zlab.mcgill.ca/spectro_temporal_modulations/
    • Albouy, P., Benjamin, L., Morillon, B., & Zatorre, R. J. (2020). Distinct sensitivity to spectrotemporal modulation supports brain asymmetry for speech and melody. Science, 367(6481), 1043–1047. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz3468
    • Shmerling, R. H. (2017, August 25). Right brain/left brain, right? - Harvard Health Blog. Harvard Health Blog. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/right-brainleft-brain-right-2017082512222

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