Healthy Breaks, Diarrhea Gene, Motorcycle Light
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2022
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Today we discuss the benefits of taking breaks during work, how milk led to death, and a new configuration of lights that might lead to a massive decrease in the amount of motorcycle accidents that happen at night.Â
Healthy BreaksÂ
- “Microbreaks may help to prevent workplace burnout” by Neil McKim
- “Microbreaks can increase your well-being, but only if you do these types of activities, experts say” by Megan Marples
Diarrhea GeneÂ
- “Famine and disease may have driven ancient Europeans’ lactose tolerance” by Bruce Bower
- “Famine and disease drove the evolution of lactose tolerance in Europe” by University of Bristol
Motorcycle LightÂ
- “New motorcycle lighting design could save lives” by Rice University
- “Effect of motorcycle lighting configurations on drivers’ perceptions of closing during nighttime driving” by Bradley W. Weaver et al.
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1369847822001942
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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 Gally. 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 |
| 0:19.2 | Today you'll learn about the benefit of work breaks, how milk led to death, and a new |
| 0:24.4 | configuration of lights that might lead to a massive decrease in the amount of |
| 0:28.0 | motorcycle accidents that happen at night. Without further ado, let's satisfy some |
| 0:32.3 | curiosity. |
| 0:33.0 | Cali, did you know that not working can actually improve your personal well-being? |
| 0:38.0 | Is this your subtle way of telling me to quit? |
| 0:40.0 | No, no, that's not what I mean. I just mean you shouldn't be afraid to take a break. |
| 0:46.0 | A recent study found that even 10 minute microbreaks can help you avoid burnout, feel more |
| 0:51.7 | recharged and recover, and help you get through tasks all day long without feeling exhausted. |
| 0:56.6 | Importantly though, the type of break you take really matters. |
| 0:59.9 | Okay, how did they convince a workplace that they were going to walk in and study how well their workers didn't work? |
| 1:05.6 | Well, this wasn't just one study. |
| 1:08.0 | It was actually a meta analysis of 22 studies from the past 20 years that all looked at how short breaks affected |
| 1:14.6 | workers and how different activities have different effects during those |
| 1:18.0 | breaks. Okay I see. Did the participants get to choose what they did on their |
| 1:22.4 | break? |
| 1:23.0 | Could I do like my Siddoku or something? |
| 1:25.0 | Well, there are different kinds of work and breaks across these studies. |
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