Today, you’ll learn about a new study that gives us a hint at who we might be attracted to, scientists growing new trees from the genes up, and how aggressive people might actually have more self-control than you’d think. 

Find episode transcripts here:https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/partner-look-alikes-crispr-wood-aggressive-self-control

Partner Look-alikes

• “UQ Research Could Explain Why Some People Look Similar to Their Partner.” N.A. 2023.
  • https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2023/07/uq-research-could-explain-why-some-people-look-similar-their-partner
• “Speed Dating is Making a Comeback.” by Carly Mallenbaum. 2023.
  • https://www.axios.com/2023/06/25/speed-dating-app-fatigue-social

CRISPR Wood

• “Genetically Edited Wood Could Make Paper More Sustainable.” by Robert F. Service. 2023.
  • https://www.science.org/content/article/genetically-edited-wood-could-make-paper-more-sustainable
• “History of Papermaking Around the World.” Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking. N.d.
  • https://paper.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/2021-04/History%20of%20Papermaking%20Around%20the%20World.pdf
• “What Is CRISPR?” The Jackson Laboratory. 2023.
  • https://www.jax.org/personalized-medicine/precision-medicine-and-you/what-is-crispr

Aggressive Self-Control

• “Aggression As Successful Self-Control.” by David S. Chester. 2023.
  • https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/spc3.12832
• “Controlled cruelty: New study finds aggression can arise from successful self-control.” n.a. 2023.
  • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230713141930.htm#

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