Brain & Chronic Pain, Frogs Play Dead, Avian Flu Gene Edit

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Today, you’ll learn about a brainy new study on chronic pain, how female frogs play dead to avoid having to deal with male frogs, and a possible breakthrough on avian flu that involves editing chickens.

Brain & Chronic Pain

“New study provides evidence for more effective brain-based treatment of chronic back pain.” ScienceDaily. 2023.
“New Study Provides Evidence for More Effective Brain-Based Treatment of Chronic Back Pain.” by Julia Milzer. 2023.
“Retraining the brain to treat chronic pain.” NIH. 2021.

Frogs Play Dead

“Drop dead! Female mate avoidance in an explosively breeding frog.” by Carolin Dittrich. 2023.
“Explosive breeding in tropical anurans: environmental triggers, community composition, and acoustic structure.” by Juan Sebastian Ulloa, et al. 2019.

Avian Flu Gene Edit

“Creating resistance to avian influenza infection through genome editing of the ANP32 gene family.” by Alewo Idoko-Akoh. 2023.
“Bird Flu Cost the US $3.3 Billion and Worse Could Be Coming.” by Maryn Mckenna. 2015.

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:09.0	Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff.
0:11.0	I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time,
0:13.6	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:17.2	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about a brainy new study on chronic pain, how female frogs play dead to avoid having to deal with
0:27.0	male frogs, and a possible breakthrough on avian flu that involves editing chickens.
0:33.0	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:36.0	A new study is suggesting that some chronic pain is all in the mind.
0:41.0	Okay, no wait,, stop, right there.
0:43.7	That sounds like the biggest kind of gaslighting.
0:45.7	Like imagine going to your doctor and complaining about pain and then they tell you it's just a
0:49.2	figment of your imagination?
0:50.6	That would be the worst.
0:52.4	Okay, let me back up a little bit because this study is actually really cool and could lead to treatments that could help potentially millions of people who suffer from chronic pain.
1:03.0	Okay, you've got my attention, I'm still skeptical.
1:07.0	Fair enough.
1:08.0	So let's talk about chronic pain.
1:10.0	All right, this has been a pretty regular topic on the show for years.
1:13.2	Absolutely, because it is a massive global problem.
1:17.2	By some estimates, nearly one in five people around the world suffer from chronic pain, and
1:21.2	that is pain that lasts for at least three months at a time.
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