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Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff. I'm Nate.

And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time, welcome to Curiosity, where we aim to blow

your mind by helping you to grow your mind. If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about how high blood pressure can reduce the gray matter in your brain, why scientists think the surface of mercury is covered in diamonds,

and how, while we have gene pairs from both parents

our bodies will use one parent's gene over the others depending on the

circumstances. Without further ado let's satisfy some curiosity.

You know what raises my blood pressure?

Uh, thinking about your blood pressure running high?

Oh, yeah. And not only that, but thinking about how high blood pressure can

severely impact your brain and alter its structure.

Ah, la la, la, la, I'm going to cover my ears for this.

I'd like to have my brain structures stay the same, thank you.

Hey, hands off ears, Nate, it's better to know. A new study shows that people whose overall blood pressure has increased from early adulthood to middle age have less gray matter in their brains.

That doesn't sound good. Which one is the gray matter again?

It's the part of the brain responsible for body movements, memory retention, and regulating our emotions.

I'm freaking out, Callie. I have to get this under control.

Not to make it worse, but the study also showed that elevated blood pressure correlated to worse

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