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Today, you’ll learn about trippy psychedelic drugs that could alter everything we know about mental health, a glacier on Mount Everest that is literally blowing away and an object in the far reaches of our solar system that may or may not be there.
Psychedelic drugs are making a comeback, but not on the party scene. They could be the future of mental health.
The Future of Psychedelic Science by Ryan O’Hare
About Us by Imperial Centre for Psychedelic Research
Back to the future: Psychedelic drugs in psychiatry by Peter Grinspoon, MD
The Future Of Psychedelic Medicine Might Skip The Trip by Will Yakowicz
The worldview-changing drugs poised to go mainstream by Ed Prideaux
Top 10 Hardest-Throwing Pitchers in Baseball by Matthew Jussim
How Dock Ellis dropped acid and threw a no-hitter by Larry Getlen
A glacier on Mount Everest is literally blowing away.
Everest’s Highest Glacier has Lost 2,000 Years of Ice in 30 Years by Brandon Specktor
Behind the Scenes of a Comprehensive Scientific Expedition to Mt. Everest by Sandra Elvin, Pete Athans, Paul Mayewski, Jiban Ghimire, Aurora C. Elmore, and Valerie Craig
Glaciers are shrinking fast. Scientists are rushing to figure out how fast by Rebecca Hersher
Everest expedition with 6 CCI scientists sets 3 world records by UMaine News (Contact: Beth Staples)
25 of the strangest Guinness World Records ever by USA Today Travel
What is a glacier? by National Snow & Ice Data Center
Why That Giant Ice Cube Is in Your Drink by Anna Archibald
An object in the far reaches of our solar system may or may not actually exist, but scientists are trying to find out for sure.
If Planet Nine exists, why has no one seen it? by Zaria Gorvett
Uncovering the mystery of Planet Nine by Lucy Freeman
PLANET 9: OLD DATA COULD UNCOVER THE SOLAR SYSTEM'S NEWEST WORLD, 38 YEARS LATE by Passant Rabie
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Today, you’ll learn about an unusual proposal to use human tinkle to make buildings on Mars, a billion-year-old black diamond with an interstellar history and what it’s going to take for airplanes to become totally electric.
A very unusual proposal to use human waste products could allow us to build on Mars.
Researchers propose making concrete with human bodily fluids by Hunter Dulay
Mars explorers might make concrete-like materials from their own blood and urine by Amanda Kooser
Concrete on Mars Could Literally Be Made Out of Astronaut Blood, Sweat, And Tears by Michelle Starr
Blood, sweat, and tears: extraterrestrial regolith biocomposites with in vivo binders by A.D. Roberts, D.R. Whittall, R. Breitling, E.Takano, J.J. Blaker, S.Hay, and N.S. Scrutton
A Brief History of the Flush Toilet by The British Association of Urological Surgeons
What is Plasma? by University of Rochester Health Encyclopedia
A billion-year-old black diamond has an interstellar - and very rich - history.
The Enigma: Billion-year-old black diamond sold for £3.16m by BBC News
A Huge Black Diamond, Purportedly From Outer Space, Is Now Up for Sale by Corryn Wetzel
55-sided, 555-carat 'Enigma' black diamond (potentially from space) goes on sale by Harry Baker
Enigma Black Diamond Sells For $4.3 Million At Auction by Tanya Klich
How an Ad Campaign Invented the Diamond Engagement Ring by Uri Friedman
We have electric cars, but what’s it going to take for airplanes to become totally electric?
What It’ll Take to Get Electric Planes Off the Ground by Gregory Barber
The challenges and opportunities of battery-powered flight by Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan, Alan H. Epstein, Yet-Ming Chiang, Esther Takeuchi, Marty Bradley, John Langford & Michael Winter
Electric Planes Are Coming Sooner Than You Think by Elissa Garay
World's first electric plane start up parts ways with CEO in mysterious rift by Jennifer Korn
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Today, you’ll learn about how alien-like life figured out a bizarre way to survive at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, a donut-shaped machine that just set a bunch of records in the world of nuclear fusion and how babies are becoming superheroes in the fight against cancer and HIV.
Learn about how alien-like life figured out how to survive at the bottom of the Arctic ocean.
'Alien-like' life thrives on dead matter in Arctic deep by Helen Briggs
Fossil-eating sponges discovered in the Arctic by James Ashworth
Giant sponge gardens discovered on seamounts in the Arctic deep sea by Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
890-Million-Year-Old Fossills Are Sponges, Oldest Animals: Study by Abby Olena
Deep-sea sponges: Biotechnology and the blue economy by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
This donut isn’t what you think - it could set records in the world of nuclear fusion.
A giant donut-shaped machine just proved a near-limitless clean power source is possible by Danya Gainor and Angela Dewan
Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy by Jonathan Amos
Nuclear-fusion reactor smashes energy record by Elizabeth Gibney
The new heroes in the fight against HIV are not who you expect: they’re babies!
A Woman Is Cured of H.I.V. Using a Novel Treatment by Apoorva Mandavilli
Testing cord blood transplants as a cure for leukemia — and HIV by Sabin Russell
Progress in HIV/AIDS cure: N.Y. woman is free of HIV for 4 years by Leila Fadel interviews Dr. Carlos del Rio
A third person has been cured of HIV, scientists report by Nicoletta Lanese
About HIV/Aids and Treatment by the CDC
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Today, you’ll learn about how COVID-19 may have revamped cities for the better, astounding new technology that could one day regrow human limbs and how an agricultural fertilizer is going from feeding the world to potentially powering the world.
The pandemic changed more than just our home lives, it also changed the way we live in our cities.
The Pandemic Might Have Redesigned Cities Forever by Adam Rogers
Pandemic-led decline of US cities may be reversing by Howard Schneider
Car-Free Transportation Gets Boost from U.S. Grant Program by Laura Bliss
Pandemic-era Street Spaces: Parklets, Patios, and the Future of the Public Realm by John Bela
The Status of Outdoor Dining Across the Country by Amy McCarthy
Frogs found new legs with and exciting new breakthrough in limb regeneration.
A new device helps frogs regrow working legs after an amputation by Carolyn Wilke
Frogs regrow amputated legs in breakthrough experiment by Patrick Pester
Could Humans Ever Regenerate a Limb? by Jesse Emspak
How do we use frogs in research? by The Francis Crick Institute
Scientists regrow frog’s lost leg by Tufts University
Ammonia gets a bad rap, but a new “green” ammonia may be our solution to net zero carbon emissions.
Can ‘Green’ Ammonia Be a Climate Fix? by Nicola Jones
Green ammonia could produce climate-friendly ways to store energy and fertilize farms by Stephen Ornes
Ammonia: zero-carbon fertiliser, fuel and energy store by The Royal Society
Satellite Data Detects Hundreds of New Sources of Ammonia Pollution by Jason Daley
Watch this TED talk to get up to speed on green ammonia and shipping by Maria Gallucci
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Today, you’ll learn about a massively mysterious volcanic explosion that literally sent shockwaves around the world, how salty batteries are set to sweeten the competition in the energy storage industry and how scientists have no idea why animals keep evolving into crabs.
A volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga affected the entire world.
Scientists are Racing to Understand the Fury of Tonga’s Volcano by Robin Andrews
Tonga Shrouded by Ash and Mystery After Powerful Volcano Erupts By Natasha Frost, Mitra Taj and Eric Nagourney
Experts explain why Tonga eruption was so big by Nick Perry
Why the Tongan eruption will go in the history of volcanology by Alexandra Witze
NASA scientists estimate Tonga blast at 10 megatons by Geoff Brumfiel
Will sodium-based batteries be the future of electronics?
Facts about Sodium by Stephanie Pappas
Sodium - Chemical Element by The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica
A Brief History of Salt by Time Staff
Sodium Batteries May Power Your New Electric Car by Gregory Barber
Sodium batteries are one step closer to saving you from a mobile phone fire by Robert F. Service
Why do animals keep evolving into crabs?
Animals Keep Evolving Into Crabs, and Scientists Don’t Know Why by Ed Browne
Why everything eventually becomes a crab by Sara Kiley Watson
Animals Keep Evolving Into Crabs, Which Is Somewhat Disturbing by Caroline Delbert
Creature Feature - Haunted Beaches: The Fleet-Footed Ghost Crabs by Andrew Hosie
Coconut Crab Claw Strength Rivals Lion’s Bite, Study Shows by Landess Kearns
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Today, you’ll learn about a metallic object in space that might be worth seven hundred quintillion dollars, how genetically engineered pig hearts could save tons of human lives and how bioluminescent waves are putting on trippy light shows in the world’s oceans.
16 Psyche may be worth $700 quintillion dollars, but it’ll take a probe visiting the planetesimal to find out.
16 Psyche: An Asteroid once thought to be worth $700 quintillion by Chris Young
Asteroid 16 Psyche Thought to Be Worth $10,000 Quadrillion Could Be a “Rubble Pile” by Aristos Georgiou
16 Psyche: The asteroid that could make every person on Earth a billionaire by Paul Ratner
NASA TO STUDY A $700 QUINTILLION ‘GOLDMINE’ ASTEROID by Matthew Hart
Hubble Telescope reveals asteroid Psyche’s rusty surface by Amy Oliver
Science of Psyche: Unique Asteroid Holds Clues to Early Solar System by Naomi Hartono
Asteroid Psyche by NASA
One man was the lucky recipient of a heart transplant from an unlikely source - can organs from animals help humans?
Will animal-to-human organ transplants overcome their complicated history? by Laura Beil
Man gets genetically modified pig heart in world-first transplant by BBC News with analysis by Michelle Roberts
First-ever pig-to-human heart transplant offers hope for thousands in need of organs by Karen Weintraub
The ethics of a second chance: Pig heart transplant recipient stabbed a man seven times years ago by Lizzie Johnson and William Wan
Bioluminescent waves are lighting up the oceans for swimmers and sealife alike.
Dolphins, Surfers and Waves Sparkle in Bright Blue Bioluminescent Glow Off California Coast by Katherine J. Wu
The science behind bioluminescent waves by Harry Baker
Bioluminescent Waves Light Up the Shoreline by Amanda Maxwell
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The award-winning Curiosity Daily podcast from CuriosityDaily.com will help you get smarter about the world around you — every day. In less than 10 minutes, you’ll get a unique mix of research-based life hacks, the latest science and technology news, and more. Nate Bonham and Calli Gade will help you learn about your mind and body, outer space and the depths of the sea, and how history shaped the world into what it is today.
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This episode originally aired on 4/3/2020. New episodes coming soon.
Learn about the shocking prevalence of torture scenes in movies; why durian, the world’s smelliest fruit, smells so bad; and where mold comes from.
Torture is prevalent and effective in movies (but not in real life) by Kelsey Donk
Scientists discovered why durian is the world's smelliest fruit by Kelsey Donk
Where does mold come from? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Tim)
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This episode originally aired on 10/4/2019. New episodes coming soon.
Learn about how dogs’ personalities are rooted in their DNA; one skill that doesn’t get worse as you get older; and how your sense of smell works.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
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