Korean Rockfish Power, Machu Picchu DNA, Breastfed Benefits
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🗓️ 8 September 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Today, you’ll learn about a toxic fish that could help save lives, new secrets about the people who once lived in Machu Picchu, and a study that looked at the benefits of breastfeeding.
Korean Rockfish Power
- “This fish delivers a nasty sting. Could it also save lives?” by Phie Jacobs. 2023.
- https://www.science.org/content/article/fish-delivers-nasty-sting-could-it-also-save-lives
- “Rockfish.” Monterey Bay Aquarium. N.d.
- https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/rockfish
- “What Is Cystic Fibrosis?” NIH. 2022.
- https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/cystic-fibrosis
Machu Picchu DNA
- “Machu Picchu’s servants hailed from distant lands conquered by the Incas, genetic study finds.” by Kristina Killgrove. 2023.
- https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/machu-picchus-servants-hailed-from-distant-lands-conquered-by-the-incas-genetic-study-finds
- “The discovery of Machu Picchu.” by Richard Cavendish. 2011.
- https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/discovery-machu-picchu
- “Machu Picchu History and Discovery.” Discover Peru. n.d.
- http://www.discover-peru.org/machu-picchu-history/
Breastfed Benefits
- “Breastfeeding is associated with a 33% reduction in first-year post-perinatal infant mortality.” EurekAlert! 2023.
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/996448
- “How Reliable Are the Birth Certificate Variables for Mothers with Medicaid Coverage?” by Embry M. Howell, et al. 2021.
- https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/104257/how-reliable-are-birth-certificate-variables-for-mothers-with-medicaid_1.pdf
- “What do we know about infant mortality in the U.S. and comparable countries?” by Rabah Kamal, et al. 2019.
- https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/infant-mortality-u-s-compare-countries/#Infant%20death%20rate%20per%201,000%20live%20births,%202007-2017
- “Infant Mortality.” CDC. 2022.
https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/infantmortality.htm
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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 learn super cool stuff. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Nate. |
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| 0:13.9 | welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind. |
| 0:17.5 | If you're a lawyer listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about a toxic fish that could help save lives, new secrets about the people |
| 0:25.4 | who once lived in Machu Picchu, and a study that looked at the benefits of breastfeeding. |
| 0:30.5 | Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:33.0 | Lirking in the waters off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is a spiny little fish known as the Korean rockfish. |
| 0:40.0 | It's kind of boring in color, so it's not easy to spot, but if you do see it, you've got to watch out. |
| 0:45.0 | Those sharp spines can deliver a toxin that'll make you wish you had never met it. |
| 0:49.0 | Korean rockfish, eh? |
| 0:51.0 | So just how bad is the toxin? |
| 0:54.0 | So to be perfectly honest, it's not life-threatening, but it'll really sting, and that |
| 0:58.8 | sting can definitely get infected. But there's a twist here, because researchers have recently discovered that this little guy might |
| 1:04.6 | actually hold the key to fighting deadly infections and patients with cystic fibrosis. |
| 1:09.2 | Ooh, gotta love a good redemption story. The Korean rockfish isn't so bad after all. Love it. So what's going on here? |
| 1:16.4 | Like is it the toxin that's helping people? |
| 1:19.6 | Nope. To really understand what's going on we need to talk a little bit about drug resistant bacteria. |
| 1:24.8 | I do know that's a huge problem actually. |
| 1:27.2 | Infections caused by bacteria are treated with antibiotics right? |
| 1:31.1 | But lots of bacteria can adapt to those so that the antibiotics |
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