Curiosity Weekly

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  • Why Don’t Predators Hunt Their Prey into Extinction?

    Learn about why predators don’t hunt their prey into extinction, then discover the history of crossword puzzles from author Adrienne Raphel!

    Why Don’t Predators Hunt Their Prey Into Extinction? By Cameron Duke

    • Dickman, C., Nimmo, D., Ritchie, E., & Doherty, T. (2019, May 14). Invasive predators are eating the world’s animals to extinction – and the worst is close to home. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/invasive-predators-are-eating-the-worlds-animals-to-extinction-and-the-worst-is-close-to-home-64741
    • Krohne, D. T. (2018). Ecology : evolution, application, integration. Oxford University Press.
    • PREDATOR-PREY DYNAMICS. (2019). Utk.Edu. http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/bioed/bealsmodules/predator-prey.html
    • The Red Queen | The American Naturalist. (2020). The American Naturalist. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/283213?journalCode=an

    Additional resources from Adrienne Raphel:

    • Pick up "Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and The Puzzling People Who Can’t Live Without Them" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3kOjdCv
    • Adrienne Raphel's website: https://www.adrienneraphel.com/
    • Adrienne Raphel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adrienneraphel

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    12 min
  • Why Social Isolation Could Breed Conspiracy Theorists

    Learn about what it would be like to travel through a wormhole, how the pumpkin became North America’s Halloween mascot, and how social isolation can fuel conspiracy theories.

    What Would It Be Like to Ride Through a Wormhole? By Ashley Hamer

    • Lindley, D. (2005). The Birth of Wormholes. Physics, 15. https://physics.aps.org/story/v15/st11
    • Nola Taylor Redd. (2017, October 21). What Is Wormhole Theory? Space.Com. https://www.space.com/20881-wormholes.html
    • Ceurstemont, S. (2012, March 13). What a trip through a wormhole would look like. New Scientist TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20120415112903/http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/03/what-a-trip-through-a-wormhole-would-look-like.html
    • What does a journey through a wormhole actually look like? (2014, November 13). Physicscentral.Com. http://physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com/2014/11/what-does-journey-through-wormhole.html

    How Did Pumpkins Become Halloween’s Go-to Decoration? By Kelsey Donk

    • History.com Editors. (2019, October 25). How Jack O’Lanterns Originated in Irish Myth. HISTORY. https://www.history.com/news/history-of-the-jack-o-lantern-irish-origins
    • Butler, S. (2013, October 25). The Halloween Pumpkin: An American History. HISTORY. https://www.history.com/news/the-halloween-pumpkin-an-american-history
    • Why Do We Carve Pumpkins at Halloween? | Britannica. (2020). In Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/story/why-do-we-carve-pumpkins-at-halloween

    Social Isolation Could Breed Conspiracy Theorists by Anna Todd

    • Graeupner, D., & Coman, A. (2017). The dark side of meaning-making: How social exclusion leads to superstitious thinking. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 69, 218–222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2016.10.003
    • Hutson, M. (2017). A Conspiracy of Loneliness. Scientific American Mind, 28(3), 15–15. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamericanmind0517-15b
    • Social Exclusion Leads to Conspiratorial Thinking, Study Finds | Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. (2017). Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. https://spia.princeton.edu/news/social-exclusion-leads-conspiratorial-thinking-study-finds


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    14 min
  • How Romantic Partners Influence Each Other's Relationship Goals

    Learn about why officials in Idaho once dropped beavers from parachutes, how your romantic partner might be influencing your goals (and vice versa), and test your podcast knowledge with this month’s Curiosity Challenge trivia game.

    Romantic Partners Influence Each Other's Goals by Kelsey Donk

    • Romantic partners influence each other’s goals. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/uob-rpi090820.php
    • Nikitin, J., Wünsche, J., L. Bühler, J., Weidmann, R., Burriss, R. P., & Grob, A. (2020). Interdependence of Approach and Avoidance Goals in Romantic Couples Over Days and Months. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa149

    Why Idaho Officials Dropped Beavers from Parachutes by Steffie Drucker

    • Wright, S. (2015). Parachuting Beavers Into Idaho’s Wilderness? Yes, It Really Happened. @KBSX915. https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/post/parachuting-beavers-idahos-wilderness-yes-it-really-happened#stream/0
    • Zorthian, J. (2015, October 23). The True History Behind Idaho’s Parachuting Beavers. Time; Time. https://time.com/4084997/parachuting-beavers-history/
    • Wagner, L. (2015, October 22). WATCH: Long-Lost Parachuting Beaver Footage From 1950. NPR.Org. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/22/450958213/watch-long-lost-parachuting-beaver-footage-from-1950
    • Crew, B. (2015, January 29). Why 76 Beavers Were Forced to Skydive into the Idaho Wilderness in 1948. Scientific American Blog Network. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/why-76-beavers-were-forced-to-skydive-into-the-idaho-wilderness-in-1948/
    • VIDEO: https://youtu.be/APLz2bTprMA

    Episodes referenced in Curiosity Challenge Trivia with Melissa:

    • https://www.curiositydaily.com/the-rando-who-translated-gilgamesh-why-horses-lost-their-toes-and-a-sperm-swimming-discovery/
    • https://www.curiositydaily.com/a-harmful-mutation-evolved-for-good-why-astronauts-are-using-old-sailing-tech-in-space-and-codys-message/
    • https://www.curiositydaily.com/two-types-of-empathy-why-razors-dull-and-can-you-learn-perfect-pitch/


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    14 min
  • Our Ability to Drink Milk Evolved Way Faster Than Scientists Thought

    Learn about the disturbing original plots of five beloved fairy tales, how the HALT method can help control your impulses, and why our ability to drink milk evolved way faster than we thought!

    Here Are the Disturbing and Gory Origins of 5 Beloved Fairy Tales by Stephanie Bucklin

    • Grimm 021: Cinderella. (2011). Pitt.Edu. https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm021.html
    • Snow White. (2014). Vcu.Edu. https://germanstories.vcu.edu/grimm/schneeeng.html
    • Beauty and the Beast. (2011). Pitt.Edu. http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/beauty.html
    • Hans Christian Andersen : The Snow Queen. (2019). Andersen.Sdu.Dk. https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheSnowQueen_e.html
    • Hans Christian Andersen: The Little Mermaid. (2020). Gilead.Org.Il. http://hca.gilead.org.il/li_merma.html

    Learn the “HALT” Method to Control Your Impulses by Annie Hartman

    • Original episode: https://www.curiositydaily.com/space-elevator-science-halt-impulse-control-method/

    Our ability to drink milk evolved way faster than we thought by Cameron Duke

    • An Evolutionary Whodunit: How Did Humans Develop Lactose Tolerance? (2012, December 28). NPR.Org. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/12/27/168144785/an-evolutionary-whodunit-how-did-humans-develop-lactose-tolerance
    • Burger, J., Link, V., Blöcher, J., Schulz, A., Sell, C., Pochon, Z., Diekmann, Y., Žegarac, A., Hofmanová, Z., Winkelbach, L., Reyna-Blanco, C. S., Bieker, V., Orschiedt, J., Brinker, U., Scheu, A., Leuenberger, C., Bertino, T. S., Bollongino, R., Lidke, G., … Wegmann, D. (2020). Low Prevalence of Lactase Persistence in Bronze Age Europe Indicates Ongoing Strong Selection over the Last 3,000 Years. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.033
    • Stony Brook University. (2020, September 3). Genetic Analysis of Bones From a Bronze Age Battle Reveal Lactose Tolerance Quickly Spread Throughout Europe. Scitechdaily.Com. https://scitechdaily.com/genetic-analysis-of-bones-from-a-bronze-age-battle-reveal-lactose-tolerance-quickly-spread-throughout-europe/


    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/our-ability-to-drink-milk-evolved-way-faster-than-scientists-thought

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    14 min
  • How Superstitions Can Reduce Anxiety

    Learn how superstitions can actually reduce anxiety, why rebooting can often fix computer problems, and why the first full dinosaur skeleton ever found is finally being studied 160 years later.

    How Superstitions Can Actually Reduce Anxiety by Reuben Westmaas

    • Brooks, A. W., Schroeder, J., Risen, J. L., Gino, F., Galinsky, A. D., Norton, M. I., & Schweitzer, M. E. (2016). Don’t stop believing: Rituals improve performance by decreasing anxiety. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 137, 71–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2016.07.004
    • Oksman, O. (2016, July 25). The psychology of luck: how superstition can help you win. The Guardian; The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jul/25/psychology-donald-trump-win-luck-superstition

    Why Does Rebooting Fix Computer Problems? By Sonja Hodgen

    • Miles, R. (2016, September 14). Explained: why a reboot is the go-to computer fix. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/explained-why-a-reboot-is-the-go-to-computer-fix-65261
    • 1&1 IONOS Inc. (2020, March 25). What is a bootloader? IONOS Digitalguide; 1&1 IONOS Inc. https://www.ionos.com/digitalguide/server/configuration/what-is-a-bootloader/
    • Operating System Definition | What is an Operating System? (2019). Webopedia.Com. https://www.webopedia.com/TERM/O/operating_system.html
    • Rouse, M. (2017). flash memory card. SearchStorage; TechTarget. https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/memory-card?_ga=2.8198770.1576329453.1600860503-1257166889.1600860503

    The First Complete Dinosaur Skeleton Ever Found has Finally Been Studied After 160 Years by Grant Currin

    • Scelidosaurus: ready for its closeup at last. (2020, August 26). University of Cambridge. https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/scelidosaurus
    • Norman, D. B. (2020). Scelidosaurus harrisonii (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Early Jurassic of Dorset, England: biology and phylogenetic relationships. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa061


    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-superstitions-can-reduce-anxiety

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    12 min
  • Hacking Earth to Fight Climate Change

    Learn about the likelihood that we all live in a computer simulation. Then, author Thomas Kostigen explains how geoengineering might help cool the planet and save the world.

    Two physicists calculated the likelihood that we live in a computer simulation by Grant Currin

    • The Physics arXiv Blog. (2020, August 28). This Equation Calculates the Chances We Live in a Computer Simulation. Discover Magazine. https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/this-equation-calculates-the-chances-we-live-in-a-computer-simulation
    • Bibeau-Delisle, A., & Brassard, G. (2020). Probability and consequences of living inside a computer simulation. ArXiv.Org. https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.09275

    Additional resources from Thomas Kostigen, New York Times-bestselling author and journalist:

    • Pick up "Hacking Planet Earth: How Geoengineering Can Help Us Reimagine the Future" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2ZNRCt8
    • See all of Thomas Kostigen's books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2FGZvtE
    • Thomas Kostigen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kostigen


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    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/hacking-earth-to-fight-climate-change

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    13 min
  • Earth's Atmosphere May Be Rusting the Moon

    Learn why the concept of zero is newer than you might think, how you can worry more productively, and why the Earth’s atmosphere might be rusting the moon.

    The Concept of Zero Is Newer Than You'd Expect by Reuben Westmaas

    • Matson, J. (2009, August 21). The Origin of Zero. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/history-of-zero/
    • What is the origin of zero? How did we indicate nothingness before zero? (2007, January 16). Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-origin-of-zer/
    • Szalay, J. (2017, September 18). Who Invented Zero? Livescience.Com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/27853-who-invented-zero.html
    • Devlin, H. (2017, September 13). Much ado about nothing: ancient Indian text contains earliest zero symbol. The Guardian; The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/14/much-ado-about-nothing-ancient-indian-text-contains-earliest-zero-symbol
    • Brahmagupta: Mathematician and Astronomer. (2020, February 20). The Story of Mathematics - A History of Mathematical Thought from Ancient Times to the Modern Day. https://www.storyofmathematics.com/indian_brahmagupta.html

    How to Worry More Productively by Kelsy Donk

    • Ro, C. (2020). The surprising upsides of worrying. Bbc.Com. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200824-why-worrying-isnt-as-bad-as-you-think
    • Anisa Purbasari Horton. (2018, March 20). How I Learned To Worry Productively. Fast Company; Fast Company. https://www.fastcompany.com/40543707/how-i-learned-to-worry-productively
    • Skwarecki, B. (2017, March 20). How to Worry Productively. Vitals; Vitals. https://vitals.lifehacker.com/how-to-worry-productively-1793456809
    • What is Productive Worry? (2012). Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anxiety-files/200805/what-is-productive-worry

    Earth's Atmosphere May be Rusting the Moon by Grant Currin

    • Has Earth’s oxygen rusted the Moon for billions of years? (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/uoha-heo083120.php
    • Li, S., Lucey, P. G., Fraeman, A. A., Poppe, A. R., Sun, V. Z., Hurley, D. M., & Schultz, P. H. (2020). Widespread hematite at high latitudes of the Moon. Science Advances, 6(36), eaba1940. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba1940
    • Kramer, M. (2020, September 8). Researchers find rust on the Moon. Axios; Axios. https://www.axios.com/moon-rust-4a473774-6aa4-4b25-994c-7ba3f032d307.html
    • NASA - The Moon and the Magnetotail. (2020). Nasa.Gov. https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moonmars/features/magnetotail_080416.html

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    Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/earths-atmosphere-may-be-rusting-the-moon

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    12 min
  • It’s “Patient O,” Not “Patient Zero”

    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 Hamer

    • Researchers 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-s
    • Worobey, 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/nature19827

    With Iterative Evolution, a Species Can Evolve TWICE by Cameron Duke

    • Brigit 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.htm
    • Hume, 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/zlz018

    How 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.html
    • Drosophila melanogaster. (2020). Animal Diversity Web. https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Drosophila_melanogaster/
    • Fruit Flies | Entomology. (2017). Uky.Edu. https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef621
    • van 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.2013.12.023
    • Markow, T. A. (2015). The secret lives of Drosophila flies. ELife, 4. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.06793


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    14 min
  • How Cold Was the Last Ice Age?

    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 Currin

    • How cold was the ice age? Researchers now know. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/uoa-hcw082120.php
    • Tierney, J.E., Zhu, J., King, J. et al. (2020). Glacial cooling and climate sensitivity revisited. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2617-x

    Pandemic Stress Study Shows That a Stress Response Can be Healthy by Kelsey Donk

    • People 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.php
    • Ginty, 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.0000000000000848

    How to stop a jack-o-lantern from spoiling by Ashley Hamer

    • Original episode: https://www.curiositydaily.com/arthur-conan-doyle-harry-houdini-friendship-how-to/


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    11 min
  • How Scientists Teleported Fish Behavior

    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 Currin

    • Zebrafish 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-disease
    • Zebrafish Behavior: Opportunities and Challenges. (2019). Annual Reviews. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-neuro-071714-033857
    • Beam me up: Researchers use “behavioral teleporting” to study social interactions. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/ntso-bmu082420.php
    • Karakaya, 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.2020.101418

    Additional resources from Kat Arney:

    • Pick up "Rebel Cell: Cancer, Evolution, and the New Science of Life's Oldest Betrayal" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/32zrPqg
    • Rebel Cell's website: https://www.rebelcellbook.com/
    • Kat Arney's website: https://katarney.com/
    • Kat Arney's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kat_Arney
    • Genetics Unzipped podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/


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    13 min

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