Partner Look-alikes, CRISPR Wood, Aggressive Self-Control

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🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Today, you’ll learn about a new study that gives us a hint at who we might be attracted to, scientists growing new trees from the genes up, and how aggressive people might actually have more self-control than you’d think.

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Partner Look-alikes

“UQ Research Could Explain Why Some People Look Similar to Their Partner.” N.A. 2023.
- https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2023/07/uq-research-could-explain-why-some-people-look-similar-their-partner
“Speed Dating is Making a Comeback.” by Carly Mallenbaum. 2023.
- https://www.axios.com/2023/06/25/speed-dating-app-fatigue-social

CRISPR Wood

“Genetically Edited Wood Could Make Paper More Sustainable.” by Robert F. Service. 2023.
- https://www.science.org/content/article/genetically-edited-wood-could-make-paper-more-sustainable
“History of Papermaking Around the World.” Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking. N.d.
- https://paper.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/2021-04/History%20of%20Papermaking%20Around%20the%20World.pdf
“What Is CRISPR?” The Jackson Laboratory. 2023.
- https://www.jax.org/personalized-medicine/precision-medicine-and-you/what-is-crispr

Aggressive Self-Control

“Aggression As Successful Self-Control.” by David S. Chester. 2023.
- https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/spc3.12832
“Controlled cruelty: New study finds aggression can arise from successful self-control.” n.a. 2023.
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230713141930.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're learning super cool stuff.
0:11.0	I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time
0:13.7	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:17.5	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about a new study that
0:21.4	gives us a hint at who we might be attracted to,
0:24.3	scientists growing new trees from the genes up, and how aggressive people might actually
0:29.8	have more self-control than you'd think.
0:32.1	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:35.0	Have you ever noticed that some couples kind of look alike?
0:38.0	Yeah, actually, I got a friend Jason brought his new girlfriend to a party.
0:42.0	We all thought it was his sister at first,
0:45.5	which is definitely a little disturbing to say the least, but honestly they make a great couple,
0:50.3	so you know. Well, I mean your friend Jason isn't all that weird because according to a study
0:54.8	conducted by researchers at the University of Queensland and Australia most people are more attracted to people who look like them
1:00.8	so we're all little narcissists looking for our beloved mirror image.
1:06.3	I mean that's one way to look at it I guess.
1:08.6	The study led by PhD student Amy Joe observed 682 volunteers as they undertook a whopping 2,285 speed
1:17.1	dates. In case you weren't a big player on the speed dating scene that's where a whole
1:21.1	bunch of singles meet up in one spot and spend a few
1:23.5	minutes one-on-one with each other. You could have three-minute dates with a few
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