Drink = Brain Shrink, Secret Tree Species, L.H.C. Round 3

Curiosity Weekly

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🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Today, you’ll learn about how a single drink a day can add years to the age of your brain, how scientists figured out that thousands of tree species are yet to be discovered, and how the world’s biggest and best particle accelerator is powering up for its third run.

A drink away does not keep the doctor away.

“Just One Beer or Glass of Wine a Day may Cause Your Brain to Shrink, Study Suggests” by Mike Snider
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/03/09/beer-glass-wine-daily-brain-shrink/9425508002/
“Just One Extra Drink a Day may Change the Brain” by Tara Haelle
- https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/news/20220310/one-extra-drink-a-day-changes-brain
“It’s Time to Rethink How Much Booze May be too Much” by Julia Belluz
- https://www.vox.com/2018/4/24/17242720/alcohol-health-risks-facts
“The ‘French Paradox’ Turned out to be an Illusion, but it led to some Interesting research” by Emma Wightman
- https://theconversation.com/the-french-paradox-turned-out-to-be-an-illusion-but-it-led-to-some-interesting-research-78196

No, that tree is not the same as that other one.

“Earth May Have 9,200 More Tree Species Than Previously Thought” by Jude Coleman
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tree-species-earth-biodiversity
“How Much Space Does Nature Need? 30 Percent of the Planet May Not be Enough” by Jonathan Lambert
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nature-will-protecting-30-percent-earth-prevent-extinction-crisis
“Thousands of Tree Species Remain Undiscovered, Say Scientists” by Lucy Sherriff
- https://www.discovery.com/nature/unknown-trees

Imagine two needles smashing into each other.

“Large Hadron Collider is waking up after a 3-year nap, and it could help explain why the universe exists.” by Mara Johnson-Groh
- https://www.livescience.com/large-hadron-collider-third-run
“CERN’s particle accelerator starts up after a three-year hiatus” by Nicole Wetsman
- https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/22/23037077/cern-particle-accelerator-restarts-upgrades-dark-matter”
“The Large Hadron Collider is about to turn back on after a 3-year hiatus” by Chelsea Gohd
- https://www.space.com/cern-large-hadron-collider-turn-on-run-3
“The Large Hadron Collider” by CERN
- https://home.cern/science/accelerators/large-hadron-collider
AT&T’s Internet Data Calculator
- https://www.att.com/support/pages/data-calculator/
“Standard Model” by Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Model

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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. I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time
0:14.7	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind. If you're a loyal
0:20.3	listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about how a single drink a day
0:24.5	can add years to the age of your brain,
0:26.6	how scientists figured out that thousands of tree species
0:29.3	are yet to be discovered, and how the world's biggest and best particle accelerator is
0:34.1	powering up for its third run. Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:38.8	You know how they say a glass of wine the day keeps the doctor away? I'm pretty sure it's an apple a day, Cal.
0:45.1	Okay, fine, but we've all heard that drinking a glass of wine could potentially be beneficial for your health.
0:50.5	I've definitely got some friends who seem to think that way. Sure.
0:53.4	Well, a new study shows that not only could it be false, but drinking a glass of day could
0:57.9	lead to significant brain shrinkage.
1:00.1	One glass is all it takes? For women, yes.
1:03.0	For men, the moderate drinking amount factored into the study
1:05.6	was up to two glasses of wine or beer a day.
1:08.2	And based on the research, the amount of alcohol needed
1:10.4	to start brain shrinkage could be as little as half a glass.
1:13.6	Yikes.
1:14.6	But okay let's peel this back a bit.
1:16.6	When you say brain shrinkage, what do you actually mean?
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