Pills Can Detect Radiation, Metabolism Myth, Waking Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed

Curiosity Weekly

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4.6 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Learn about how our metabolism changes; waking up on the wrong side of the bed; and painkillers as radiation dosimeters.

The metabolism changes much more gradually as we get older than we thought by Grant Currin

Metabolism changes with age, just not when you might think. (2021, August 12). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/925132
Pontzer, H., et. al. (2021). Daily energy expenditure through the human life course. Science, 373(6556), 808–812. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe5017
Mazhukhina, K. (2021). When does metabolism start to drop? It’s much later than you might think, study shows. The Sacramento Bee; The Sacramento Bee. https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article253549369.html

Waking Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed Is Totally Real by Reuben Westmaas originally aired July 23, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/nasa-s-sun-probe-waking-up-on-the-wrong-side-of-th

If you're exposed to radiation, pop some painkillers into your pocket by Briana Brownell

Remember: A personal dosimeter is waiting in your first aid kit! (2021, August 12). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/925145
Mrozik, A., & Bilski, P. (2021). Popular Medicines as Radiation Sensors. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(15), 16637–16643. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2021.3082285
Radiation sickness - Symptoms and causes. (2020). Mayo Clinic; https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/radiation-sickness/symptoms-causes/syc-20377058

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0:30.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from
0:37.7	Curiosity.com. I'm Cody Goff and I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn
0:42.0	about how metabolism changes a lot more slowly with age than we thought,
0:46.0	why waking up on the wrong side of the bed is totally real,
0:50.0	and why you should put a painkiller in your pocket
0:52.6	if you're exposed to radiation.
0:54.4	Let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:58.0	One of the sad truths of getting older
1:00.5	is that your metabolism slows down and you just can't eat like you used to.
1:05.0	But is that really true?
1:07.0	Actually, not in the way you think,
1:09.0	according to surprising new data from an international team of researchers.
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