Early Warning Birds, Ancient Fairy Tales, Breaks vs. Sprains
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Learn about how birds could help us predict natural disasters; fairy tales’ old origins; and how breaks and sprains heal.
Kivi Kuaka: how birds could be the key to an early warning system for natural disasters by Briana Brownell
- Hakai Magazine. (2021). Can Birds Help Us Avoid Natural Disasters? | Hakai Magazine. Hakai Magazine; Hakai Magazine. https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/can-birds-help-us-avoid-natural-disasters/
- The project - Kivi Kuaka. (2021, May 3). Kivi Kuaka. https://kivikuaka.fr/theproject/?lang=en
Your Favorite Fairy Tales Are Way Older Than You Think by Ashley Hamer
- Folk tales are older than you think - Durham University. (2021). Dur.ac.uk. https://www.dur.ac.uk/news/research/?itemno=27041
- Comparative phylogenetic analyses uncover the ancient roots of Indo-European folktales | Royal Society Open Science. (2016). Royal Society Open Science. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.150645
- No fairy tale: Origins of some famous stories go back thousands of years. (2016, January 20). Science News. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/no-fairy-tale-origins-some-famous-stories-go-back-thousands-years
- Keats, J. (2017). The Origins of an Ancient Fairy Tale. Discover Magazine; Discover Magazine. https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-origins-of-an-ancient-fairy-tale
- Fairy Tales: September 2021 podcast playlist | Podcast Brunch Club. (2021, August 31). Podcast Brunch Club. https://podcastbrunchclub.com/fairytales/
Why do breaks heal faster than sprains? by Cameron Duke
- Clemence Lim. (2021, June 14). Better to break a bone than to tear a ligament or tendon? Ask your Physio. Core Concepts Physiotherapy; Core Concepts Pte Ltd. https://www.coreconcepts.com.sg/article/better-to-break-a-bone/
- Healing Expectations for Different Tissue Types - Symmetry Physical Therapy. (2017, July 25). Symmetry Physical Therapy. https://symmetryptaustin.com/healing-expectations-for-different-tissue-types/
- J Gordon Betts, Desaix, P., Johnson, E., Johnson, J. E., Korol, O., Kruse, D., Poe, B., Wise, J., Womble, M. D., Young, K. A., & College, O. (2013). Anatomy & physiology. Openstax College, Rice University.
- Ligament. (2020). Physiopedia. https://www.physio-pedia.com/Ligament
- ligament | Definition, Function, Types, & Facts | Britannica. (2021). In Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/science/ligament
- CORRECTION: In the original version of this episode, the words "osteoclasts" and "osteoblasts" were defined incorrectly; the current version of this episode reflects the correct meaning of each term.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Curiosity.com. |
| 0:06.5 | I'm Cody Goff. |
| 0:07.5 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:08.5 | Today you learn about how birds could be the key to an early warning system for natural disasters, why your favorite |
| 0:14.8 | fairy tales are older than you think, and why breaks heal faster than springs. |
| 0:20.7 | Let's satisfy some curiosity. Natural disasters can be hard to see coming, |
| 0:27.0 | but scientists may have found something that will make predicting hurricanes and earthquakes and tsunamis a whole lot easier. |
| 0:35.0 | Make that some things, |
| 0:38.0 | and those things are hundreds of migratory birds. Here's why. On the day after Christmas in 2004, there was a magnitude |
| 0:48.8 | nine earthquake off the coast of Indonesia and it caused one of the most powerful and devastating |
| 0:55.5 | tsunamis in recorded history. The earthquake was so strong that it slowed the |
| 1:01.5 | Earth's rotation and shortened the length of a day by about 2.5 |
| 1:07.0 | microseconds. Between 20 minutes and 7 hours after the quake waves up to a hundred feet or 30 meters tall |
| 1:15.8 | crashed to shores in 14 countries across the Pacific. Nearly a quarter of a |
| 1:22.0 | million people were killed by the tsunami. |
| 1:25.0 | There had been no warning. |
| 1:28.0 | Well, the question on everyone's mind was the same. |
| 1:32.0 | Could we find a way to warn the public about a future tsunami |
| 1:36.6 | and give them enough time to get to safety? Well reports from survivors gave |
| 1:42.1 | scientists an idea. |
| 1:44.0 | See, before the tsunami hit the coast of Indonesia, |
| 1:48.0 | people living there noticed birds coming to shore. |
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