Hope for Mass Extinction, Mild Fever, Wax Worm Saliva

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Today you’ll learn about how climate change research benefits from studying populations instead of species, how sometimes it’s better not to take any medication for your fever, and how worm saliva might solve the world’s plastic problem. Watch the premiere of The Lazarus Project on Sunday, June 4, at 9:00pm on TNT!

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Hope for Mass Extinction

“Study: To save nature, focus on populations, not species” by University of Massachusetts Amherst

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-nature-focus-populations-species.html

“Greater evolutionary divergence of thermal limits within marine than terrestrial species” by Matthew Sasaki et al.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01534-y

Mild Fever

“Mild fever helps clear infections faster, new study suggests.” by Bev Betkowski. 2023.
- https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-mild-fever-infections-faster.html
“Fever integrates antimicrobial defences, inflammation control, and tissue repair in a cold-blooded vertebrate.” by Farah Haddad, et al. 2023.
- https://elifesciences.org/articles/83644

Wax Worm Saliva

“Was Worm Saliva Is the Unlikely Hero of Fighting Plastic Waste.” by Jacquelyne Germain. 2022.
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wax-worm-saliva-is-the-unlikely-hero-of-fighting-plastic-waste-180980908/
“Lowly was worm’s saliva may boost fight against plastic pollution.” by Will Dunham. 2022.
- https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/lowly-wax-worms-saliva-may-boost-fight-against-plastic-pollution-2022-10-04/
“Microplastics Detected in Human Blood in New Study.” by Margaret Osborne. 2022.
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/microplastics-detected-in-human-blood-180979826/

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:08.6	Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff.
0:10.8	I'm Nate.
0:11.8	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time,
0:13.6	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:17.3	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about how climate change
0:21.2	research benefits from studying populations instead of species. about how
0:25.0	sometimes climate change research benefits from studying populations instead of species, how sometimes it's better to not take any medication for your fever,
0:29.0	and how worm saliva might solve the world's plastic problem.
0:32.0	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity. saliva might solve the world's plastic problem.
0:32.8	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:35.9	So we've talked about a lot of climate change stories before,
0:38.4	but we almost never get to talk about one that leaves us with a little bit of hope.
0:42.2	New research shows that by studying the individual risk of climate change in each population,
0:46.7	we might be able to adapt to a warming world for good.
0:49.7	Mmm, more doom and gloom climate change stories. I wish I could just travel back in time to a point
0:55.8	where climate change wasn't always on my mind. Well I actually have some good news for you.
1:00.3	If you want to cozy up this weekend and watch the premiere of the Lazarus Project on Sunday, June 4th,
1:05.0	that's literally the entire premise of the show.
1:08.0	The Lazarus Project is a show about how we can take charge of what's beyond our control,
1:12.0	regain hope and adapt to a better
1:14.0	future instead of a worse one which is a lot like today's climate change story.
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