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Today, you’ll learn about an interesting way pills made from poop could help millions of people with allergies, how researchers edited the contents of a pair of donor lungs to better match the recipient, and how pain can affect a baby’s development and what parents can do about it.

Peanut allergies are being treated in an…interesting new way. 

• "Fecal transplant pills helped some peanut allergy sufferers in a small trial” by
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fecal-transplant-pills-peanut-allergy-clinical-trial-poop-bacteria
• “Good early results with fecal microbiota therapy for peanut-allergic patients” by Bethany Tripp / Boston Children’s Hospital
  • https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944014
• “Fecal matter pills used to treat peanut allergies in Boston study” by Heather Hegedus
  • https://www.boston25news.com/news/fecal-matter-pills-used-to-treat-peanut-allergies-in-boston-study/875577919/
• “Fecal Microbiota Transplant: We Know Its History, but Can We Predict Its Future?” by Todd H. Baron, MD (Mayo Clinic Proceedings)
  • https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(13)00481-3/fulltext
• Peanut allergy facts - NIH
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10200001/

Lungs can now be edited for a better organ donor match. 

• "Researchers Want to Create 'Universal Donor' Lungs” by Sara Harrison
  • https://www.wired.com/story/researchers-want-to-create-universal-donor-lungs/
• “Creating 'universal' transplant organs: New study moves us one step closer.” by Nicoletta Lanese
  • https://www.livescience.com/universal-blood-type-transplant-lungs-study
• "Scientists Say They've Found a Way to Create Universal Donor Lungs" by Ed Cara
  • https://gizmodo.com/universal-donor-lungs-research-1848548951
• “Researchers Investigate How to Make Donated Organs Compatible With Any Blood Type” by Meagan Drillinger
  • https://www.healthline.com/health-news/researchers-investigate-how-to-make-donated-organs-compatible-with-any-blood-type
• “In medical first, kidneys from gene-edited pig implanted into brain-dead patient” by Elizabeth Chuck
  • https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/kidneys-gene-edited-pig-implanted-brain-dead-patient-rcna12928

Pain isn’t just physically bad for babies - it can stunt their development. Here’s how doctors are treating it. 

• "Doctors learned how to save premature infants’ lives. They forgot about pain." by Brian Resnick
  • https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/22949159/nicu-babies-pain-treatments-podcast-unexplainable
• “Skin-to-skin contact with a parent may reduce newborn babies’ brain response to pain” by Jason Goodyer
  • https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/skin-to-skin-contact-with-a-parent-may-reduce-newborn-babies-brain-response-to-pain/
• "What parents need to know about pain in newborns" by Claire McCarthy, MD
  • https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/what-parents-need-to-know-about-pain-in-newborns-201601269076
• “Miracle baby finally leaves NICU after 460 days” by Harper Robinson
  • https://fox8.com/news/miracle-baby-finally-leaves-nicu-after-460-days/

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Today, you’ll learn about some new, emerging data that is giving us surprising insight into human metabolism, how magic mushrooms are on the forefront of mental health treatment and new jet technology that could get us anywhere in the world in under two hours.

True or False: your metabolism slows as you age. The answer isn’t what you think! 

• “Burn, baby, burn: the new science of metabolism” by David Cox
  • https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/30/burn-baby-burn-the-new-science-of-metabolism
• “Surprising findings about metabolism and age” by Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, FAAP, FACP, FTOS and Chika Anekwe, MD, MPH
  • https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/surprising-findings-about-metabolism-and-age-202110082613
• “Middle-age spread isn't down to metabolism, but we know how to beat it” by Sara Novak
  • https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333774-900-middle-age-spread-isnt-down-to-metabolism-but-we-know-how-to-beat-it/
• “3 lifestyle changes that can boost your metabolism and prevent weight gain” by Brianna Steinhilber
  • https://www.today.com/health/diet-fitness/boost-metabolism-prevent-weight-gain-rcna19394

Mushrooms are more magical than fueling your next trip - they could help treat depression. 

• “Psilocybin treatment for major depression effective for up to a year for most patients, study shows” by Marisol Martinez
  • https://hub.jhu.edu/2022/02/16/psilocybin-relieves-depression-for-up-to-a-year/
• “Efficacy and safety of psilocybin-assisted treatment for major depressive disorder: Prospective 12-month follow-up” by Natalie Gukasyan, Alan K Davis, Frederick S Barrett, Mary P Cosimano, Nathan D Sepeda, Matthew W Johnson, and Roland R Griffiths
  • https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02698811211073759
• “Psychoactive ingredient in 'magic' mushrooms may treat depression for much longer than traditional antidepressants when combined with therapy, study backed by Tim Ferriss finds” by Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
  • https://www.businessinsider.com/magic-mushroom-depression-mental-health-treatment-psilocybin-therapy-tim-ferriss-2022-2
• “Can psychedelics meet their potential for treating mental health disorders?” by Laura Sanders
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/psychedelic-drugs-treatment-mental-health-disorders-depression
• “Decriminalizing 'magic mushrooms'? Rhode Island lawmakers are considering it. Here's why:” by Patrick Anderson
  • https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/08/rhode-island-considering-decriminalizing-magic-psilocybin-mushrooms/9412817002/

Getting anywhere in the world in 2 hours may not be the stuff of science fiction for much longer! 

• "The Experimental Engine That Could Get Us Anywhere in the World in 2 Hours" by Caroline Delbert
  • https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a34840801/sodramjet-engine-hypersonic-flight-test/
• “Chinese team test jet engine ‘able to reach anywhere on Earth within 2 hours’” by Stephen Chen
  • https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3111985/chinese-team-test-jet-engine-able-reach-anywhere-earth-within-2
• “China Tests Hypersonic Jet Engine That Can Go 16 Times the Speed of Sound” by  Fabienne Lang
  • https://interestingengineering.com/china-tests-hypersonic-jet-engine-that-can-go-16-times-the-speed-of-sound
• “Scientists Test Hypersonic Jet Engine Prototype That Could Travel Anywhere On Earth In 2 Hours” by Jack Dunhill
  • https://www.iflscience.com/technology/scientists-test-hypersonic-jet-engine-prototype-that-could-travel-anywhere-on-earth-in-2-hours/
• “How Does a Jet Engine Work” by NASA
  • https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/UEET/StudentSite/engines.html
• “Aircraft Propeller Basics” by Southern Wings
  • https://www.southernwings.co.nz/aircraft-propeller-basics/
• “Keeping the SR-71 Blackbird (the World's First Stealth Plane) Secret Was Near Impossible” by Robert Beckhusen
  • https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/keeping-the-sr-71-blackbird-the-worlds-first-stealth-plane-17936
• “SR-71 Blackbird: Stories, Tales, and Legends” by Richard H. Graham
  • https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHkAJAq-2HQC&lpg=PA223&ots=9AS2-nsLCs&dq=limits%20on%20General%20staff%20on%20one%20flight&pg=PA223#v=snippet&q=record&f=false

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Today, you’ll learn about the real science behind the five second rule and why you may wanna reconsider eating that candy off the ground, why researchers are looking to our furry friends to build better early warning systems for natural disasters, and why the first animal to ever fly had a real issue keeping its lunch down.

Drop a french fry? Maybe just leave it there. 

5-second rule: Science debunks food myth that stretches back to Gengis Khan by Sarah Wells

• https://www.inverse.com/science/five-second-rule-myth-debunk

The Science Behind The Five-Second Rule by Paul Dawson and Brian Sheldon

• https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/the-science-behind-the-five-second-rule/

Still Good? 5-Second Rule a Myth, Study Finds by Rachael Rettner

• https://www.livescience.com/56158-5-second-rule-myth.html

Double Dipping? 5-Second Rule? Scientists Separate Food Fact From Fiction In New Book by Robin Young

• https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/11/16/double-dipping-5-second-rule-food-safety

What are your pets trying to tell you? Maybe there’s an earthquake incoming. 

The animals that detect disasters by Norman Miller

• https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220211-the-animals-that-predict-disasters

Can Birds Tip Us Off to Natural Disasters? by Jason Gregg

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/can-birds-tip-us-natural-disasters-180978571/

Can animals sense when an earthquake is about to happen? by Anne Quain

• https://phys.org/news/2021-09-animals-earthquake.html

Birds sensed severe storms and fled before tornado outbreak adapted from Cell Press publishing, article authored by Henry M Streby et al

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141218131413.htm
  • Cell Press published article
    • https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(14)01428-6

Earthquake Warning Systems by Wikipedia

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_warning_system

Nature of Pre-Earthquake Phenomena and their Effects on Living Organisms by Friedemann Freund and Viktor Stolc

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494396/

Predicting the unpredictable; evidence of pre-seismic anticipatory behaviour in the common toad by Rachel Grant

• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227651706_Predicting_the_unpredictable_evidence_of_pre-seismic_anticipatory_behaviour_in_the_common_toad

Clues to how birds migrate using Earth's magnetic field by Helen Briggs

• https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57582451

What do the first flying dinosaurs have in common with owls? Pellets. 

Fossils reveal that pterosaurs puked pellets by Carolyn Gramling

• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pterosaur-fossils-puke-pellet-regurgitation-food

You may have missed… by Imma Perfetto

• https://cosmosmagazine.com/health/you-may-have-missed-30/

Like Owls, Some Prehistoric Flying Reptiles May Have Regurgitated Pellets by Margaret Osborne

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/like-owls-some-pterosaurs-may-have-regurgitated-pellets-180979551/

What Is a Pterosaur? by American Museum of Natural History

• https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/pterosaurs-flight-in-the-age-of-dinosaurs/what-is-a-pterosaur

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Episode 14

Title: Burn Them Cals, Magic of Mushrooms, Flying at Mach 16

Description: 

Today, you’ll learn about some new, emerging data that is giving us surprising insight into human metabolism, how magic mushrooms are on the forefront of mental health treatment and new jet technology that could get us anywhere in the world in under two hours.

True or False: your metabolism slows as you age. The answer isn’t what you think! 

• “Burn, baby, burn: the new science of metabolism” by David Cox
  • https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/30/burn-baby-burn-the-new-science-of-metabolism
• “Surprising findings about metabolism and age” by Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, FAAP, FACP, FTOS and Chika Anekwe, MD, MPH
  • https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/surprising-findings-about-metabolism-and-age-202110082613
• “Middle-age spread isn't down to metabolism, but we know how to beat it” by Sara Novak
  • https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333774-900-middle-age-spread-isnt-down-to-metabolism-but-we-know-how-to-beat-it/
• “3 lifestyle changes that can boost your metabolism and prevent weight gain” by Brianna Steinhilber
  • https://www.today.com/health/diet-fitness/boost-metabolism-prevent-weight-gain-rcna19394

Mushrooms are more magical than fueling your next trip - they could help treat depression. 

• “Psilocybin treatment for major depression effective for up to a year for most patients, study shows” by Marisol Martinez
  • https://hub.jhu.edu/2022/02/16/psilocybin-relieves-depression-for-up-to-a-year/
• “Efficacy and safety of psilocybin-assisted treatment for major depressive disorder: Prospective 12-month follow-up” by Natalie Gukasyan, Alan K Davis, Frederick S Barrett, Mary P Cosimano, Nathan D Sepeda, Matthew W Johnson, and Roland R Griffiths
  • https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02698811211073759
• “Psychoactive ingredient in 'magic' mushrooms may treat depression for much longer than traditional antidepressants when combined with therapy, study backed by Tim Ferriss finds” by Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
  • https://www.businessinsider.com/magic-mushroom-depression-mental-health-treatment-psilocybin-therapy-tim-ferriss-2022-2
• “Can psychedelics meet their potential for treating mental health disorders?” by Laura Sanders
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/psychedelic-drugs-treatment-mental-health-disorders-depression
• “Decriminalizing 'magic mushrooms'? Rhode Island lawmakers are considering it. Here's why:” by Patrick Anderson
  • https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/08/rhode-island-considering-decriminalizing-magic-psilocybin-mushrooms/9412817002/

Getting anywhere in the world in 2 hours may not be the stuff of science fiction for much longer! 

• "The Experimental Engine That Could Get Us Anywhere in the World in 2 Hours" by Caroline Delbert
  • https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a34840801/sodramjet-engine-hypersonic-flight-test/
• “Chinese team test jet engine ‘able to reach anywhere on Earth within 2 hours’” by Stephen Chen
  • https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3111985/chinese-team-test-jet-engine-able-reach-anywhere-earth-within-2
• “China Tests Hypersonic Jet Engine That Can Go 16 Times the Speed of Sound” by  Fabienne Lang
  • https://interestingengineering.com/china-tests-hypersonic-jet-engine-that-can-go-16-times-the-speed-of-sound
• “Scientists Test Hypersonic Jet Engine Prototype That Could Travel Anywhere On Earth In 2 Hours” by Jack Dunhill
  • https://www.iflscience.com/technology/scientists-test-hypersonic-jet-engine-prototype-that-could-travel-anywhere-on-earth-in-2-hours/
• “How Does a Jet Engine Work” by NASA
  • https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/UEET/StudentSite/engines.html
• “Aircraft Propeller Basics” by Southern Wings
  • https://www.southernwings.co.nz/aircraft-propeller-basics/
• “Keeping the SR-71 Blackbird (the World's First Stealth Plane) Secret Was Near Impossible” by Robert Beckhusen
  • https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/keeping-the-sr-71-blackbird-the-worlds-first-stealth-plane-17936
• “SR-71 Blackbird: Stories, Tales, and Legends” by Richard H. Graham
  • https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHkAJAq-2HQC&lpg=PA223&ots=9AS2-nsLCs&dq=limits%20on%20General%20staff%20on%20one%20flight&pg=PA223#v=snippet&q=record&f=false

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Today, you’ll learn about how researchers at MIT created an incredible new type of fabric that can save thousands of lives, how sleep scientists are explaining alien abductions, and how evolution is being sped up by human beings, causing ripple effects all over the place.

We have clothing with speakers, clothing you can hear, but now there’s clothing that can hear you. 

This fabric can hear your heartbeat by Carolyn Wilke

• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fabric-hear-heartbeat-fiber-vibration-voltage-sound-material

A fabric that “hears” your heart's sounds by Jennifer Chu

• https://news.mit.edu/2022/fabric-acoustic-microphone-0316

Researchers Create a Fabric That Can ‘Hear’ Your Heartbeat by Margaret Osborne

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-create-a-fabric-that-can-hear-your-heartbeat-180979753/

Hear and There: Sounds from Everywhere! by Daniel Henning, Edin Sabic, and Michael C. Hout

• https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2018.00063

Heart Disease Facts by The CDC

• https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm

Electrical and Electromagnetic Fundamentals by Joseph J. Carr

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/static-electricity

Smart Fibers Could Turn Army Uniforms Into Wearable Computers by Kyle Mizokami

• https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a36732071/army-uniform-fibers-create-wearable-computers/

Alien abductions may actually have a scientific explanation - just not the UFO sighting kind you might think. 

'Alien abduction' stories may come from lucid dreaming, study hints by Mindy Weisberger

• https://www.livescience.com/lucid-dreaming-ufo-alien-abductions.html

COULD SUSPECTED ALIEN ABDUCTIONS JUST BE … LUCID DREAMING? by Elizabeth Rayne

• https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/could-suspected-alien-abductions-be-lucid-dreaming

How Betty and Barney Hill's Alien Abduction Story Defined the Genre by Linda Lacina

• https://www.history.com/news/first-alien-abduction-account-barney-betty-hill

Is it normal to believe you have been abducted by aliens? by Dr. Ema Sullivan-Bissett

• https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/perspective/abducted-by-aliens.aspx

Sleep Paralysis Sources

• Sleep paralysis and folklore by Ann M. Cox
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5167075/
• Sleep Paralysis in Brazilian Folklore and Other Cultures: A Brief Review by José F. R. de Sá and Sérgio A. Mota-Rolim
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5013036/

Can we speed up evolution? Humans didn’t think so, but we inadvertently are. 

A New Database Reveals How Much Humans Are Messing With Evolution by Amit Katwala

• https://www.wired.com/story/database-humans-messing-with-evolution/

Uncovering the underlying patterns in contemporary evolution by McGill University Newsroom

• https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/uncovering-underlying-patterns-contemporary-evolution-336562

Pollution Facts & Types of Pollution by Alina Bradford 

• https://www.livescience.com/22728-pollution-facts.html

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Today, you’ll learn about a brilliant biotechnology that is turning mosquitoes against themselves, how babies use a slimy indicator to figure out who can be trusted and the freaky things that would happen if we messed with the speed of light.

Hate mosquitos? These modified mosquitoes do, too. 

Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes may soon be buzzing in Florida and California. Here's why. by Ryan W. Miller

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/03/08/genetically-modified-mosquitoes-florida-california/9424548002/

2 Billion Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Cleared for Release in California and Florida by Ed Cara

• https://gizmodo.com/2-billion-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-cleared-for-r-1848630797

California's first lab-grown mosquitoes may take flight—stirring controversy by Lisa M. Krieger

• https://phys.org/news/2022-03-california-lab-grown-mosquitoes-flightstirring-controversy.html

Malaria’s Impact Worldwide by The CDC

• https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/malaria_worldwide/impact.html

Mosquitoes and Disease by Illinois Department of Public Health

• http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/pcmosquitoes.htm

Want a baby to trust you? Try sharing some spit. 

Babies may use saliva sharing to figure out relationships by Erin Garcia de Jesús

• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/baby-saliva-spit-sharing-relationships-kiss-food

Kids attend to saliva sharing to infer social relationships by Christine Fawcett

• https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn5157

Babies can tell who has close relationships based on one clue: saliva by Anne Trafton

• https://news.mit.edu/2022/babies-relationships-saliva-0120

When babies see people swap spit, they know what’s what by Juan Siliezar

• https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn5157
  
   

Let’s keep lightspeed where it’s at. Just trust us here. 

What would happen if the speed of light was much slower? by Ashley P. Taylor

• https://www.livescience.com/what-if-speed-of-light-slowed-down

What Is Relativity? by Michael Schirber

• https://www.livescience.com/32216-what-is-relativity.html

What time is it? That depends on how fast you're traveling. by American Museum of Natural History

• https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein/time/time-machines

'A Slower Speed of Light' turns the strangeness of near-light speed travel into a game by Janus Kopfstein

• https://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/11/6/3608218/a-slower-speed-of-light

How Fast is the Speed of Light by LTP NASA

• https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/Numbers/Math/Mathematical_Thinking/how_fast_is_the_speed.htm#:~:text=Light%20travels%20at%20a%20constant,7.5%20times%20in%20one%20second.

How Fast is the World’s Fastest Human? By Kara Rogers

• https://www.britannica.com/story/how-fast-is-the-worlds-fastest-human#:~:text=Speed%20is%20the%20rate%20at,was%2010.44%20meters%20per%20second.

The Doppler Effect by the Physics Classroom

• https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/waves/Lesson-3/The-Doppler-Effect

The Most Extreme Human Spaceflight Records by Mike Wall

• https://www.space.com/11337-human-spaceflight-records-50th-anniversary.html

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Today, you’ll learn about the cutest warriors helping humans on the front lines in the fight against climate change, an important new study that reveals how you can add years to your life, yes… years, and an ancient Mayan dental practice that added some flashy bling to their teeth.

Otter’s holding hands? Adorable, AND these little cuties are on the front lines of climate change. 

The Cutest Way to Fight Climate Change? Send in the Otters by Matt Simon

• https://www.wired.com/story/the-cutest-way-to-fight-climate-change-send-in-the-otters/

Sea otter by Monterey Bay Aquarium

• https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/sea-otter

How sea otters can fight climate change by Ula Chrobak

• https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210914-how-sea-otters-help-fight-climate-change

Why combatting climate change just got a whole lot cuter by Carley Gomez

• https://www.abc10.com/article/tech/science/climate-change/combatting-climate-change/103-80d00b4a-adc0-4781-837a-aae073fa5bf1

Companies hoping to grow carbon-sucking kelp may be rushing ahead of the science by James Temple

• https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/19/1035889/kelp-carbon-removal-seaweed-sinking-climate-change/#:~:text=An%20expert%20panel%20assembled%20by,of%20carbon%20dioxide%20per%20year.

Here are the 10 most popular cars in Boston by Jack Pickell

• ​​https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/car-culture/2018/09/12/most-popular-cars-in-boston/#:~:text=The%20Boston%20Globe%20analyzed%20data,according%20to%20the%20newspaper's%20analysis.

We all know we should eat healthy - but did you know it could add YEARS to your life? Yes. Years. 

Changing your diet could add up to 13 years to your life, study says by Sandee LaMotte

• https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/08/health/longer-life-diet-wellness/index.html

Estimating impact of food choices on life expectancy: A modeling study by Lars T. Fadnes, Jan-Magnus Økland, Øystein A. Haaland, and Kjell Arne Johansson 

• https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003889

Dietary changes may extend life span by up to 10 years by Robby Berman

• https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/can-dietary-changes-extend-life-span

Eating Less Red Meat and More of These ‘Key 3’ Foods Could Add 10 Years to Your Life Expectancy by Kells McPhillips

• https://www.wellandgood.com/derm-check-winter-skyrizi/

America’s Women and the Wage Gap by The National Partnership for Women and Families

• https://www.nationalpartnership.org/our-work/resources/economic-justice/fair-pay/americas-women-and-the-wage-gap.pdf

Why Good Nutrition is Important by Center for Science in the Public Interest

• https://www.cspinet.org/eating-healthy/why-good-nutrition-important

An ancient Mayan dental practice was all about the bling, baby. 

The ancient Mayan practice of dental modification by Katelyn Green

• https://sciworthy.com/what-did-the-ancient-maya-do-to-their-teeth/

Mayans: Civilization, Culture & Empire by History.com Editors

• https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-americas/maya

Belize cave was Maya child sacrifice site by Bruce Bower

• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/belize-cave-was-maya-child-sacrifice-site

This Exhibition Has Real Bite by Roslyn Sulcas

• https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/arts/design/teet

Dr. Verdugo’s Research Papers

• https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Cristina-Verdugo-2113635702

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Today, you’ll learn about a super exciting space program, blasting off in a few months, that will take us back to the moon for the first time in 50 years, how the simple snap of your fingers actually involves some cool physics and the chemistry behind the skunky stank of cannabis.

We’re going back to the moon, for the first time in 50 years! 

NASA

• Artemis-I: https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram
• Artemis: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/
• Artemis Program: https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram
• Around the Moon with NASA’s First Launch of SLS with Orion: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/around-the-moon-with-nasa-s-first-launch-of-sls-with-orion
• NASA Readies Rocket for Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-readies-rocket-for-artemis-i-wet-dress-rehearsal
• The Artemis Plan: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/artemis_plan-20200921.pdf
• Rocket Weight and Thrust: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/sls_reference_guide_2022_web.pdf

NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket reaches the launch pad by Brendan Byrne

• https://www.npr.org/2022/03/18/1087417075/nasas-artemis-1-moon-rocket-reaches-the-launch-pad

NASA's Artemis program will land the first person of color on the moon by Ashley Strickland

• https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/09/world/nasa-artemis-person-of-color-crew-scn/index.html

NASA's Artemis 1 moon megarocket rolls out to the launch pad today and you can watch it live by Chelsea Gohd

• https://www.space.com/artemis-1-moon-megarocket-rollout-webcast

Why NASA’s new ‘Mega Moon Rocket’ is so incredible by Adam Mann

• https://www.livescience.com/megamoon-rocket-is-incredible

SpaceX Starship: Stunning Concept Art Reveals NASA’s New Lunar Lander by Mike Brown

• https://www.inverse.com/innovation/spacex-starship-nasa-new-concept-art

Inventions we use everyday that were actually created for space exploration by Josie Green

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/08/space-race-inventions-we-use-every-day-were-created-for-space-exploration/39580591/

How Heavy Is A School Bus? (Empty And Full) by Measuring Stuff

• https://measuringstuff.com/how-heavy-is-a-school-bus-empty-and-full/#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20an%20empty%20school,the%20weight%20of%20the%20passengers.

Thanos’ snap - is it actually possible? We’re not only exploring if it’ll work but the physics behind snapping your fingers. 

New high-speed video reveals the physics of a finger snap by Emily Conover

• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/finger-snap-physics-new-high-speed-video-thanos

The Surprising Physics of Finger Snapping by Karen Hopkin

• https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-surprising-physics-of-finger-snapping/

The ultrafast snap of a finger is mediated by skin friction by Raghav Acharya, Elio J. Challita, Mark Ilton and M. Saad Bhamla

• https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/doi/10.1098/rsif.2021.0672

How a Single Finger Snap Became a Scientific Game-Changer by Cayla Mihalovich

• https://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20220224/finger-snap-a-scientific-achievement

Snapping your fingers is a move worthy of a professional athlete by Elana Spivack

• https://www.popsci.com/science/finger-snapping-physics/

Why does weed smell like… well, weed? 

Why does cannabis smell skunky? by John Arnst

• https://www.livescience.com/why-cannabis-smells-like-skunk

Great News, Scientists Finally Figured Out Why Cannabis Smells 'Skunky' by Carly Cassella

• https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-why-cannabis-smells-skunk-y-and-the-answer-could-hold-health-benefits

Here’s the chemistry behind marijuana’s skunky scent by Ariana Remmel

• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/marijuana-skunk-smell-cannabis-pot-plant-chemistry

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Today, you’ll learn about how some cleaning products in your kitchen may be terrible for the environment even though they’re labeled “green,” hot blobs of iron playing games with Earth’s magnetic field and how some far-out theories in physics predict there are infinite versions of you.

How do household cleaning products affect the environment? by Alexandra Franklin-Cheung

• https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/how-do-household-cleaning-products-affect-the-environment/

Household Cleaning Products Market by Precedence Research

• https://www.precedenceresearch.com/household-cleaning-products-market

Are your cleaning products really green? Here’s how to tell. by Shaena Montanari

• https://www.popsci.com/story/environment/sustainable-cleaning-products/

EPA.gov

• Identifying Greener Cleaning Products
  • https://www.epa.gov/greenerproducts/identifying-greener-cleaning-products
• EPA Safer Choice-Certified Product Search
  • https://www.epa.gov/saferchoice/products
• EPA DfE-Certified Product Search
  • https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-labels/dfe-certified-disinfectants
• The Effects: Dead Zones and Harmful Algal Blooms
  • https://www.epa.gov/nutrientpollution/effects-dead-zones-and-harmful-algal-blooms

How to find ‘green’ cleaning products that get the job done by Laura Daily

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/choosing-green-cleaning-products/2021/08/23/e7a20ba4-fea2-11eb-ba7e-2cf966e88e93_story.html

Microplastics are everywhere — but are they harmful? By XiaoZhi Lim

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01143-3

Cosmetic Fragrance and Flavor Ingredient Right to Know Act of 2021 by Breast Cancer Prevention Partners

• https://www.bcpp.org/resource/cosmetic-fragrance-and-flavor-ingredient-right-to-know-act-of-2021/

Hot blobs of iron playing games with Earth’s magnetic field. 

The Magnetic North Pole Is Rapidly Moving Because of Some Blobs by Jennifer Leman

• https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a32496561/why-magnetic-north-pole-moving/

The north magnetic pole is leaving Canada for Siberia. These 'blobs' may be the reason why. by Laura Geggel

• https://www.livescience.com/magnetic-north-pole-to-siberia.html

Fact check: A compass is oriented to the Earth's magnetic field lines, doesn't prove flat earth by Kate S. Petersen

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/02/22/fact-check-compass-works-globe-because-magnetic-field-lines/6848272001/

Strong planetary magnetic fields like Earth's may protect oceans from stellar storms by Royal Astronomical Society

• https://phys.org/news/2019-03-strong-planetary-magnetic-fields-earth.html

Origins of Earth’s magnetic field remain a mystery by Jennifer Chu

• https://news.mit.edu/2020/origins-earth-magnetic-field-mystery-0408

When north goes south: Is Earth's magnetic field flipping? by Chris Holt

• https://astronomy.com/news/2021/09/when-north-goes-south-is-earths-magnetic-field-flipping

Flip Flop: Why Variations in Earth's Magnetic Field Aren't Causing Today's Climate Change By Alan Buis, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

• https://climate.nasa.gov/ask-nasa-climate/3104/flip-flop-why-variations-in-earths-magnetic-field-arent-causing-todays-climate-change

How some far-out theories in physics predict there are infinite versions of you. 

Parallel Worlds Exist and Interact With Our World, Say Physicists by Bryan Nelson

• https://www.treehugger.com/parallel-worlds-exist-and-interact-with-our-world-say-4863488

Do parallel universes exist? We might live in a multiverse. by Vicky Stein and Daisy Dobrijevic

• https://www.space.com/32728-parallel-universes.html

The Real Science of the Multiverse by Jess Romeo

• https://daily.jstor.org/the-real-science-of-the-multiverse/

What is multiverse theory by Paul Sutter

• https://www.livescience.com/multiverse

Are Many Worlds and the Multiverse the Same Idea? by Sean Carroll

• https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/are-many-worlds-and-the-multiverse-the-same-idea

The weirdest idea in quantum physics is catching on: There may be endless worlds with countless versions of you. By Corey S. Powell

• https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/weirdest-idea-quantum-physics-catching-there-may-be-endless-worlds-ncna1068706

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Today, you’ll learn about the surprising sexual implications of the COVID pandemic, if the biggest comet ever discovered is going to end the world and how the natural power built into the ocean could, one day, power a bunch of stuff on land.

Even though we were all home during the pandemic, something else was on the rise. 

Covid chaos fueled another public health crisis: STDs by Alice Miranda Ollstein

• https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/12/covid-std-crisis-00015717

Why sexual identities shifted during the pandemic by Jessica Klein

• https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220224-why-sexual-identities-shifted-during-the-pandemic

The pandemic offered a unique chance for many people to come out as queer by Anna Iovine

• https://mashable.com/article/covid-coming-out-queer-lgbtq-pandemic

Scientists discovered the biggest comet ever - will it end the world? 

Largest comet ever observed bumps Hale-Bopp from pedestal by Stephanie Pappas 

• https://www.livescience.com/bernardinelli-bernstein-comet-largest

The Most Monstrous Comet Ever Known Is Headed Straight for Us by David Axe

• https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-biggest-comet-ever-discovered-bernardinelli-bernstein-is-headed-our-way

The 'megacomet' Bernardinelli-Bernstein is the find of a decade. Here's the discovery explained. by Meghan Bartels

• https://www.space.com/giant-comet-bernardinelli-bernstein-discovery-size-activity

Mega Comet Arriving From the Oort Cloud Is 85 Miles Wide by George Dvorsky

• https://gizmodo.com/bernardinelli-bernstein-biggest-comet-ever-1848502226

Comets by NASA

• https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/overview

Oort Cloud by NASA

• https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/oort-cloud/overview/

People on land are trying to access the power of the ocean - here’s how. 

The US Is Finally Trying to Unlock the Power of Wave Energy by ​​Ysabelle Kempe

• https://grist.org/technology/the-u-s-is-finally-looking-to-unlock-the-potential-of-wave-energy/
• https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-is-finally-trying-to-unlock-the-power-of-wave-energy/

Federal spending bill expected to aid Oregon State wave energy, wildfire and mass timber projects by Sean Nealon

• https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/federal-spending-bill-expected-aid-oregon-state-wave-energy-wildfire-and-mass-timber-projects

European Marine Energy Centre - About Us

• https://www.emec.org.uk/about-us/

Can shore-based wave power unlock clean, affordable ocean energy? by Julian Spector

• https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/ocean-energy/is-shore-based-wave-power-the-key-to-unlocking-affordable-clean-energy-from-the-sea

NREL continues to explore marine wave energy by Ryan Kennedy

• https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/02/16/nrel-continues-to-explore-marine-wave-energy/

Wave Energy Market to See Booming Growth | Eco Wave Power, Carnegie Clean Energy, Mocean Energy by Newsmantraa

• https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/wave-energy-market-to-see-booming-growth-eco-wave-power-carnegie-clean-energy-mocean-energy

It’s settled: Where The Wave first started by Doug Williams

• https://www.espn.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/18888/its-settled-where-the-wave-first-started

Scientists Figured Out How And When Our Sun Will Die, And It’s Going To Be Epic by Michelle Starr

• https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-figured-out-how-and-when-our-sun-will-die-and-it-s-going-to-be-epic

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In this episode, you'll learn how a creature feeds on the brain tissue of a young boy after he ingests worm eggs, and how a killer works its way through the body of a Vietnam veteran, laying waste to his organs and lymph system.

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