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Something You Should Know

How DNA Works and How It Solves Crimes & Understanding Food Culture

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Science, Self-improvement, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Education

4.54.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Don’t you hate it when you put on a mask to go out in public and your glasses get all fogged up? This episode begins with a few tips to keep your glasses clear as a bell while you are wearing a face mask. https://health.clevelandclinic.org/how-to-keep-your-glasses-fog-free-while-wearing-a-mask/ You hear a lot about DNA today – there are test kits that can trace your DNA and locate your ancestors and on TV it seems DNA can solve a lot of crimes. So what is DNA exactly, how does it work, where does it come from and is it really as good at solving crime as it appears on TV? Here to explain all about is Alan McHughen who is a scientist, educator, DNA expert and author of the book DNA Demystified (https://amzn.to/3eUNihl). Teenagers can easily sleep until noon – but it’s a lot harder when you get older. Why? That’s one of the things I discuss about sleep and just how important it is to get enough sleep and how it can wreak havoc with your health if you don’t. http://www.menshealth.com/health/sleep-and-age There is a really fascinating food culture today. Young people especially spend a great deal of their time and money eating certain foods, watching cooking shows on TV, going to trendy restaurants and identifying themselves by the food they eat – or don’t eat (I’m a vegan!) . The question is -why? Why are people getting so wrapped up in this food culture and spending so much money on it? Eve Turow-Paul has been living in and researching all about food culture around the world and she joins me with some really interesting insight. Eve is author of the book Hungry: Avocado Toast, Instagram Influencers, and Our Search for Connection and Meaning (https://amzn.to/38lrc54). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today on something you should know,

0:26.0

how do you keep your glasses from fogging up when you put on a mask to go out in public?

0:31.0

Then, understanding DNA, what it is, what it does, and how it catches bad guys.

0:38.0

It's a very powerful tool, I think, you know, if I did something 20 years ago,

0:43.0

criminally, and I left DNA there, I would be really frightened,

0:46.0

because the knock is going to come on my door any day now.

0:50.0

Also, why is it teenagers can sleep till noon with no trouble,

0:54.0

but it gets harder as you get older.

0:57.0

And you may not have thought about it, but we've created a fascinating and somewhat bizarre culture around food.

1:03.0

Why do we have a culture of particularly young people spending their discretionary income and time on things like avocado toast,

1:12.0

or $25 goals of ramen, or taking pictures of their food?

1:15.0

This is a topic that I have become obsessed with.

1:18.0

All this today on something you should know.

1:22.0

Nothing's more British than a copper and a biscuit.

1:27.0

Taking a 15-minute break to reset, recharge and feel better.

1:32.0

But the perfect brick needs the perfect biscuit.

1:36.0

And let's be honest, as the original and the best, only a MacVitties one will do.

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