Global Singlehood, Anti-Drinking Pill, Moon Ice

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Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

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🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Today you’ll learn about how a groundbreaking new study explores the nature of singlehood across the globe, how a new drug might be able to treat alcohol addiction, and how scientists have created a new type of ice that has never been seen on Earth before!

Global Singlehood

“Large-scale cross-cultural study provides insights into mating performance and singlehood” by Mane Kara-Yakoubian
- https://www.psypost.org/2023/01/large-scale-cross-cultural-study-provides-insights-into-mating-performance-and-singlehood-67199
“Mating Performance and Singlehood Across 14 Nations” by Menelaos Apostolou et al.
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14747049221150169

Anti-Drinking Pill

“Pre-clinical and clinical evidence for suppression of alcohol intake by apremilast” by Kolter B. Grigsby
- https://www.jci.org/articles/view/159103
“The FDA-approved drug apremilast suppresses alcohol intake: clinical and pre-clinical validation” by Kolter B. Grigsby et al.
- https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.13.444033v1
“High Drinking in the Dark Mice: A genetic model of drinking to intoxication” by Amanda M. Barkley-Levenson and John C. Crabbe
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4016107/

Moon Ice

“Scientists made a new kind of ice that might exist on distant moons” by Jonathan O'Callaghan
- https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00293-w?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=a5dcc69734-briefing-dy-20230203&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-a5dcc69734-42946487
“SCIENTISTS CREATED A NEW TYPE OF ICE — IT COULD ALSO EXIST ON DISTANT MOONS” by Raoul Rao
- https://www.inverse.com/science/new-form-of-ice-space
“With frigid innovation, scientists make a new form of ice” By Will Dunham
- https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/with-frigid-innovation-scientists-make-new-form-ice-2023-02-03/

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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 it for the first time,
0:14.0	welcome to Curiosity, where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:17.8	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back.
0:19.8	Today, you'll learn about how a groundbreaking new study explores the nature of singlehood across the globe,
0:25.7	how a new drug might be able to treat alcohol addiction,
0:29.2	and how scientists have created a new type of ice that has never been seen on Earth before.
0:35.0	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:38.0	Romance is a tough topic for those trying to find the right one to settle down with.
0:43.0	But maybe it shouldn't be so hard to talk about
0:44.8	because it turns out a massive amount of the population
0:47.8	feels like they have trouble finding love.
0:50.7	Okay, so are we turning into like a dating advice podcast now?
0:54.0	All right, you have peaked my interest, I am curious, what are we talking about here?
0:59.1	So a team of researchers talked to over 7,000 people from 14 countries in a study on poor mating performance.
1:07.0	Now that's a term that here is not strictly referring to sex.
1:11.0	The researchers were more concerned about the social side of sex, so
1:14.7	attracting and retaining intimate partners. And it turns out that poor mating performance
1:19.9	is a very common problem. Ooh, that is not something you want to have is a common problem, but how common?
1:27.4	So nearly 25% of the participants were found to have issues holding on to a romantic partner, and that's if they can even find a
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