High Voice Gene, Egyptian Art X-Ray, Finding Fresh Water

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🗓️ 11 August 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Today, you’ll learn about a newly discovered genetic link between high voices and high blood pressure, a mysterious new discovery behind some ancient Egyptian art, and about freshwater lying underneath the ocean floor.

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High Voice Gene

“Have a High-Pitched Voice? It Might Be In Your Genes.”
- https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01901-5
“Do you have high-pitched voice? Note, it's in your genes.” by IANS. 2023.
- https://www.onmanorama.com/lifestyle/health/2023/06/13/you-have-high-pitched-voice-it-is-in-genes.amp.html

Egyptian Art X-Ray

“Paint Like an Egyptian: X-Rays Reveal Creative Process Behind Ancient Tomb Art.” by Tanvi Dutta Gupta. 2023.
- https://www.science.org/content/article/paint-egyptian-xray-egyptian-tomb-art
“Hidden mysteries in ancient Egyptian paintings from the Theban Necropolis observed by in-situ XRF mapping.” by Philippe Martinez, et al. 2023.
- https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287647

Finding Fresh Water

“Found: Giant Freshwater Deposits Hiding Under the Sea.”
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/found-giant-freshwater-deposits-hiding-under-the-sea/
“5 Billion People Will Face Water Shortages by 2050, U.N. Says.” by Daniel Cusick. 2022.
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/5-billion-people-will-face-water-shortages-by-2050-u-n-says/
“Earth’s Underground Water Quantified.” by Jonathan Amos. 2015.
- https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34837461

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:08.4	Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff. I'm Nate.
0:11.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping him for the first time welcome to curiosity where we am to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind if you're a loyal listener welcome back
0:18.7	Today you'll learn about a newly discovered genetic link between high voices and high blood pressure a new discovery
0:24.0	discovery behind some ancient Egyptian art and about fresh water
0:28.0	and about fresh water lying underneath the ocean floor.
0:32.0	Without further I do, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:35.0	Ahem!
0:37.0	Lala la la.
0:41.0	Um, everything okay there, Kali? L'L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-O I'm just testing my blood pressure.
0:46.2	Uh-huh, that, okay, I was thinking you're like choking to death or something.
0:51.6	Very funny.
0:54.0	Kidding, you have a lovely voice.
0:57.0	Okay, but really what's going on?
0:59.0	How are you testing your blood pressure by singing?
1:01.0	Okay, I might be exaggerating just a little bit, but check this out. A team of
1:06.0	researchers looked at voice recordings and genetic data from almost 13,000 people in
1:10.4	Iceland and identified a mutations in a gene called A, B, C, 9 that influences how high or
1:16.0	low a person's voices.
1:18.0	So that's like the world's biggest Icelandic playlist.
1:21.1	But what does it have to do with blood pressure?
1:24.0	I was hoping you'd ask that.
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