Heat Through Your Head, Red Blood Cell Immunity, Venus Oceans

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🗓️ 6 December 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Learn about whether you lose more heat through your head; red blood cells in immunity; and Venus’ non-existent oceans.

You Don’t Lose The Most Heat Through Your Head by Ashley Hamer

Noreen. (2011, June). You Don’t Lose Heat Faster Through Your Head than Other Parts of Your Body. Today I Found Out. http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/06/you-dont-lose-heat-faster-through-your-head-than-other-parts-of-your-body/
Sample, I. (2008, December 18). Scientists debunk the myth that you lose most heat through your head. The Guardian; The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/dec/17/medicalresearch-humanbehaviour

Red blood cells might play a big role in immunity by Cameron Duke

Lam, L. K. M., Murphy, S., Kokkinaki, D., Venosa, A., Sherrill-Mix, S., Casu, C., Rivella, S., Weiner, A., Park, J., Shin, S., Vaughan, A. E., Hahn, B. H., Odom John, A. R., Meyer, N. J., Hunter, C. A., Worthen, G. S., & Mangalmurti, N. S. (2021). DNA binding to TLR9 expressed by red blood cells promotes innate immune activation and anemia. Science Translational Medicine, 13(616). https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.abj1008
Perelman School of Medicine. (2021, October 20). Study finds red blood cells play significant role in immune system through discovery of DNA-binding capability. Medicalxpress.com; Medical Xpress. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-10-red-blood-cells-significant-role.html

Contrary to popular belief, Venus probably never had oceans by Briana Brownell

Did Venus ever have oceans? (2021, October 13). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/931214
Turbet, M., Bolmont, E., Chaverot, G., Ehrenreich, D., Leconte, J., & Marcq, E. (2021). Day–night cloud asymmetry prevents early oceans on Venus but not on Earth. Nature, 598(7880), 276–280. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03873-w

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0:00.0	The famous five are away on a splendid weekend adventure.
0:03.5	Do we have to go home today?
0:05.5	sighed Anne.
0:06.5	I agree said Dick.
0:08.0	Even Timmy looks sad.
0:09.5	Cheer up everyone.
0:11.5	Beams Julian, I booked long weekend tickets we can return anytime on Monday
0:17.0	Oh you are clever Julian said Anne save over 50% with the long weekend a ticket from Great Western Railway.
0:24.4	Adventures start here. Selected routes turn supply, saving in comparison to an anytime return fare.
0:30.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:38.0	I'm Cody Gough.
0:39.0	And I'm Ashley Hamer.
0:40.0	Today you learn about whether you really do lose the most heat through your head,
0:44.0	the surprising discovery that red blood cells might play a key role in immunity,
0:48.0	and why Venus probably never had oceans after all.
0:51.0	Let's satisfy some curiosity. There are plenty of seasonal
0:56.3	myths out there. Things like cold weather gives you colds. It doesn't. And you can't
1:01.8	sunburn on a cloudy day. You certainly can. Well, here's the truth behind
1:06.7	another often repeated myth. You do not, in fact, lose most of your body heat through your head.
1:14.0	See, this myth probably stemmed from some experiments performed by the U.S. military in the 1950s.
1:20.0	Not exactly the heyday of scientific rigor.
1:23.0	In those studies, researchers dressed volunteers in Arctic survival suits
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