Mars Organics, Cognitive Flexibility, Copper Age Leadership

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

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4.6 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Today, you’ll learn about some tantalizing molecules found on Mars, a new study that shows how cognitive flexibility can help teachers keep their cool, and how a new scientific method revealed an unexpected truth about women in the Copper Age.

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Mars Organics

“Diverse Organic-Mineral Associations in Jezero Crater, Mars.” by Sunanda Sharma, et al. 2023.
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06143-z
“NASA’S Perseverance Rover Finds Preserved Organic Molecules on Mars.” by Isaac Schultz. 2023.
- https://gizmodo.com/nasa-perseverance-rover-preserved-organic-matter-mars-1850630956
“Fly over Perseverance rover’s Mars stomping grounds in new video.” by Robert Lea. 2023.
- https://www.space.com/jezero-crater-perseverance-rover-mars-express-video
“Distinguish between organic and inorganic molecules?” by Nam D. 2018.
- https://socratic.org/questions/distinguish-between-organic-and-inorganic-molecules

Cognitive Flexibility

“The Role of Cognitive Flexibility in Moderating the Effect of School-Related Stress Exposure.” by Orly Harel, et al. 2023.
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-31743-0
“Study Finds That Cognitive Flexibility Helps Teachers Deal With Stress.” Staff Writer. 2023.
- https://www.mentaldaily.com/article/2023/07/study-finds-that-cognitive-flexibility-helps-teachers-deal-with-stress
“Demystifying cognitive flexibility: Implications for clinical and developmental neuroscience.” by Dina R. Dajani & Lucina Q. Uddin. 2015.
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414037/
“7 Ways to Develop Cognitive Flexibility.” by Marianne Stenger. 2017.
- https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/7-ways-develop-cognitive-flexibility/

Copper Age Leadership

“New Scientific Method Reveals Female Leadership in Copper Age Iberia.” News Staff. 2023.
- https://www.sci.news/archaeology/ivory-lady-12075.html
“Amelogenin peptide analyses reveal female leadership in Copper Age Iberia (c.2900 - 2650 BC). by Marta Cintas-Peña, et al. 2023.
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-36368-x

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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.
0:11.0	I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Gally. If you're dropping in for the first time
0:14.3	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind. If you're a
0:18.4	loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about some tantalizing molecules found on Mars, a new study that shows how
0:25.2	cognitive flexibility can help teachers keep their cool, and how a new scientific method revealed
0:31.0	an unexpected truth about women in the copper age.
0:34.0	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:37.0	NASA is reporting that their perseverance over has found a little something on Mars that just might be organic.
0:43.4	Ooh, okay, so the first thing I think of when I think of organic is like avocados,
0:47.8	which will be good for the future hipster martians who like to survive on avocato toast.
0:51.6	Solid plan, and I love avocato Toast, but it's not exactly what I'm talking about.
0:56.2	The Perseverance Rover has been up on Mars since 2021, roving around, scanning this and that,
1:01.2	just getting the lay of the land.
1:03.0	But NASA packed it with an instrument they call Sherlock
1:06.3	that's able to scan for organic matter.
1:08.6	Okay, I love Sherlock even more than I love organic stuff.
1:11.4	The game is a foot, dear Watson.
1:13.0	Right, well it actually stands for scanning habitable environments with Riemann and
1:17.4	luminescence for organics and chemicals.
1:20.0	Yeah, I prefer Sherlock.
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