Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from

Curiosity.com. I'm Cody Gough. And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about how

people really feel about eating meat, how doctors can use cosmic rays in medical

diagnoses, and a mysterious battery that's been running for more than 175 years.

Let's satisfy some curiosity.

There is nothing quite as unappetizing as a pile of raw, slimy chicken breast.

And if you don't believe me just ask a meat eater that's right even people who

regularly indulge in meat find it kind of gross.

And that's given scientists a new idea

for cutting meat consumption.

Alright, before I jump into this next story,

I just want to quickly say,

Ashley and I are both meat eaters, and we're not going to tell you what to do in this next story

We're just going to talk about some science of eating meat. Let's get that out of the way and we'll get through this together

Ahem now let's face it, meat is pretty bad for the planets and for our health.

Livestock farming is a big producer of greenhouse gases and a big contributor to deforestation.

And eating a lot of meat, especially red meat, is linked to heart disease and

certain cancers.

And that's not to mention the ethical concerns like how animals are treated

in factory farms. So if we do want to cut down on meat consumption, a new study from the University of Exeter suggests

that it's probably smart to play to people's feelings of disgust. This study took 711 people who followed different diets.

Most were omnivores, some were vegetarians or vegans,

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