Making Dragon Fire, Dating Ghosts, Blazing Fast Covid Tests

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Tune in to learn about how fire-breathing creatures are possible, what makes a bad breaker-upper, and new blazing fast, cheap, and accurate COVID tests.

Dragons could be real.

“House Of The Dragon: Yes, fire-breathing animals could really exist” by Stephen Kelly
- https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/house-of-dragon-fire-breathing/
“What Does Science Say About Flying and Fire Breathing Dragons?” by Anne Marie Helmenstine
- https://www.thoughtco.com/the-science-behind-flying-and-fire-breathing-dragons-4163130#:~:text=After%20all%2C%20a%20flying%2C%20fire,found%20in%20the%20wild%20today

Break up with someone the right way.

“Study finds “ghosting” short-term partners is associated with psychopathy and Machiavellianism” by Emily Manis
- https://www.psypost.org/2022/04/study-finds-ghosting-short-term-partners-is-associated-with-psychopathy-and-machiavellianism-62982
“Dark Triad” by Psychology Today
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/dark-triad

Speed meets accuracy with covid tests.

UT Dallas Researchers Develop Accurate Rapid Test for Viruses by University of Texas at Dallas
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950413
COVID-19 and PCR Testing by Cleveland Clinic
- https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagnostics/21462-covid-19-and-pcr-testing
Digital Plasmonic Nanobubble Detection for Rapid and Ultrasensitive Virus Diagnostics by Yaning Lui, et al.
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29025-w

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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're learning super cool stuff. I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time,
0:14.1	welcome to Curiosity, where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:18.0	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today, you'll learn about how fire-breathing creatures are possible.
0:24.0	What makes a bad breaker-upper and a new blazing fast, cheap and accurate COVID test.
0:30.0	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:32.8	Cali, I am crazy excited.
0:36.1	Finally, our long wait is over and it's all going to be worth it.
0:39.8	After watching every single episode of Game of Thrones, the prequel is finally here.
0:44.4	I've been waiting for this for years. It's called House of the Dragon and it premieres August 21st on HBO Max.
0:50.5	I cannot believe it's here.
0:52.1	Okay, well of, dragons exist.
0:55.0	Camoda dragons, spirit of dragons, water dragons.
0:58.0	There are all sorts of these fun lizards all over the world.
1:00.0	Well, they do show up across many cultures, but what's really cool is that when you look at the science,
1:05.6	an animal like a dragon being able to breathe fire isn't as ridiculous as it sounds.
1:10.7	What makes you so sure about that? Because it still sounds ridiculous to me.
1:15.0	Well I was reading a recent interview with Henry G. who's an evolutionary biologist and author of a very short history of life on Earth.
1:22.0	And he says that the idea of dragons existing is
1:24.5	quote not quite as daft as you might think one of his main points was that
1:29.7	creatures even more ridiculous than dragons already do exist on Earth, like the Bombardier
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