Today, you’ll learn about urban greening, a new sci-fi like crystal that’ll make things move without electricity, and Darwin’s Paradox. Urban Greening “Large positive ecological changes of small urban greening actions.” by Luis Mata, et al. 2023. “Small urban greening projects can dramatically increase the number of insect species in cities.” Science Daily. 2023. “The collapse of insects.” by Julia Janicki, Gloria Dickie, Simon Scarr, & Jitesh Chowdhury. 2022. Power Crystals “Researchers Develop Arrays of Tiny Crystals That Deliver Efficient Wireless Energy.” CU Boulder. 2023. “Researchers develop arrays of tiny crystals that deliver efficient wireless energy.” by Susan Glairon. 2023. “How Efficient are Engines: Thermodynamics and Combustion Efficiency.” Rentar Fuel Catalyst. 2018. Race Car Blinks “Vegetarian diet of corals explains age-old mystery dating back to Darwin.” ScienceDaily. 2023. “Solving ‘Darwin’s Paradox’: why coral island hotspots exist in an oceanic desert.” The Conversation. 2016. “Scientists Solve ‘Darwin’s Paradox’.” National Geographic. 2016. “How Do Stony Corals Grow?” NOAA. n.d. Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, you’ll learn about a new twist with carbon and plants, some good news for all you walkers out there, and a new study on kids and self-esteem. Carbon & Plants “For Decades, Our Carbon Emissions Sped the Growth of Plants - Not Anymore.” YaleEnvironment360. 2023. “CO2 is making Earth greener - for now.” by Samson Reiny. 2016. “Climate Change: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide.” by Rebecca Lindsey. 2023. “Global water use efficiency saturation due to increased vapor pressure deficit.” by Fei Li, et al. 2023. “As Carbon Dioxide Grows More Abundant, Trees Are Growing Bigger, Study Finds.” E360 Digest. 2022. Healthy Walking “World’s largest study shows the more you walk, the lower your risk of death, even if you walk fewer than 5,000 steps.” European Society of Cardiology. 2023. “Top 5 Negative Side Effects of a Sedentary Lifestyle.” USA Vein Clinics. 2022. “Sedentary Lifestyle: Overview of Updated Evidence of Potential Health Risks.” by Jung Ha Park, et al. 2020. “The more you walk, the lower your risk of early death, even if you walk fewer than 5,000 steps.” ScienceDaily. 2023. Self Esteem in Kids “Self-Esteem.” by Douglas Heingartner. 2023. “What I am Like/Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC).” n.a. N.d. “Children’s domain-specific self-evaluations and global self-worth: A preregistered cross-cultural meta-analysis.” by Yixin Tang, et al. 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, you’ll learn about a breakthrough in decoding brain activity using Pink Floyd, an anatomy class that would be a hit at Gotham University, and an everyday germ-blowing machine. Pink Floyd Brain Activity “Neuroscientists Re-create Pink Floyd Song from Listeners’ Brain Activity.” by Lucy Tu. 2023. “Music can be reconstructed from human auditory cortext activity using nonlinear decoding models.” by Ludovic Bellier, et al. 2023. Superhero Science “Dissecting the anatomy of a ‘superheroic’ science class.” by Emily Caldwell. 2023. “Effects of using superheroes in an undergraduate human anatomy curriculum.” by Jeremy J. Grachan. 2023. “Anatomists Assemble! Integrating superheroes into the anatomy and physiology classroom.” By Jeremy J. Grachan & Melissa M. Quinn. 2021. Bathroom Germs “Hand dryers can infect clean hands with bathroom germs.” by McKenzie Prillaman. 2023. “The bacterial horror of hot-air hand dryers.” by John Ross, MD, FIDSA. 2018. Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, you’ll learn about hidden consciousness in comatose patients, the eerie secret glowing language of frogs, and the mysterious blinking of race car drivers. Comatose Consciousness “Source of Hidden Consciousness in ‘Comatose’ Brain Injury Patients Found.” Columbia University. 2023. “Injury patterns associated with cognitive motor dissociation.” by Eva Franzova, et al. 2023. Glowing Frogs “Many frogs glow in blue light, and it may be a secret, eerie language.” by Jake Buehler. 2023. “Evidence for ecological tuning of novel anuran biofluorescent signals.” by Courtney Whitcher, et al. 2023. “Naturally occurring fluorescence in frogs.” by Carlos Taboada, et al. 2017. “Ultraviolet fluorescence discovered in New World flying squirrels (Glaucomys).” by Allison M Kohler, et al. 2019. “Salamanders and other amphibians are aglow with biofluorescence.” by Jennifer Y Lamb & Matthew P Davis. 2020. Race Car Blinks “Race car drivers usually blink at the same places in each lap.” by Darren Incorvaia. 2023. “Why You Blink Your Eyes.” by Troy Bedinghaus, OD. 2023. Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, you’ll learn about turning dirty fog into clean drinking water, how hookworms might help stave off diabetes, and a surprising link between memory and paranoia. Dirty Fog to Clean Water “Collecting clean water from fog.” by Fabio Bergamin. 2023. “Scientists are harvesting water by building fog harps and zapping the air.” by Angela Chen. 2018. Hookworms “Hookworms successfully prevent type 2 diabetes in human trial.” by Bronwyn Thompson. 2023. “Metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetic patients: a review of current evidence.” by Virginia M.G. Regufe, et al. 2020. “Parasites - Hookworm.” CDC. 2023. Paranoia & Memory “Paranoia appears to have a strange effect on memory.” by Eric W. Dolan. 2023. “Paranoia Is Associated With Impaired Novelty Detection and Overconfidence in Recognition Memory Judgements.” by William N. Koller & Tyrone D. Cannon. 2021. “Paranoia.” by Paul Frysh. 2021. Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.