Re-release: Covid’s Bright Side, Frog’s Out On a Limb, Fertilizing Fuel

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🗓️ 30 December 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Today, you’ll learn about how COVID-19 may have revamped cities for the better, astounding new technology that could one day regrow human limbs and how an agricultural fertilizer is going from feeding the world to potentially powering the world.

Covid’s Bright Side

The Pandemic Might Have Redesigned Cities Forever by Adam Rogers
- https://www.wired.com/story/the-pandemic-might-have-redesigned-cities-forever/
Pandemic-led decline of US cities may be reversing by Howard Schneider
- https://www.reuters.com/world/the-great-reboot/pandemic-led-decline-us-cities-may-be-reversing-2021-05-04/
Car-Free Transportation Gets Boost from U.S. Grant Program by Laura Bliss
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-29/bike-pedestrian-infrastructure-favored-in-raise-grants
Pandemic-era Street Spaces: Parklets, Patios, and the Future of the Public Realm by John Bela
- https://dirt.asla.org/2021/09/09/pandemic-era-street-spaces-parklets-patios-and-the-future-of-the-public-realm/
The Status of Outdoor Dining Across the Country by Amy McCarthy
- https://www.eater.com/22833407/pandemic-outdoor-dining-america-impact-neighborhoods

Frogs Out On a Limb

A new device helps frogs regrow working legs after an amputation by Carolyn Wilke
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/frog-leg-regeneration-new-device-regrow-amputation
Frogs regrow amputated legs in breakthrough experiment by Patrick Pester
- https://www.livescience.com/frogs-regrow-amputated-legs-in-lab
Could Humans Ever Regenerate a Limb? by Jesse Emspak
- https://www.livescience.com/59194-could-humans-ever-regenerate-limbs.html
How do we use frogs in research? by The Francis Crick Institute
- https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2019-12-16_how-do-we-use-frogs-in-research
Scientists regrow frog’s lost leg by Tufts University
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/940952

Fertilizing Fuel

Can ‘Green’ Ammonia Be a Climate Fix? by Nicola Jones
- https://www.wired.com/story/can-green-ammonia-be-a-climate-fix/
Green ammonia could produce climate-friendly ways to store energy and fertilize farms by Stephen Ornes
- https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2119584118
Ammonia: zero-carbon fertiliser, fuel and energy store by The Royal Society
- https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/low-carbon-energy-programme/green-ammonia
Satellite Data Detects Hundreds of New Sources of Ammonia Pollution by Jason Daley
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/satellite-data-detects-hundreds-new-sources-ammonia-pollution-180970967/
Watch this TED talk to get up to speed on green ammonia and shipping by Maria Gallucci
- https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/sea-transport/watch-this-ted-talk-to-get-up-to-speed-on-green-ammonia-and-shipping

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0:00.0	Hi guys welcome back to Curiosity Daily. I'm Callie. Before we get into today's episode I wanted to let you know that during the holiday season
0:07.0	We've been re-releasing some of our favorite episodes from this past year. So if you haven't already checked those out, you should.
0:13.0	Today's show is one of our most popular and my favorite story is one where we talk about some very hoppy frogs.
0:20.0	This is the last of our re-releases. So on behalf of everyone here at Curiosity Daily,
0:24.1	we wish you a happy holidays and a happy new year.
0:26.7	See you in 2023. Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:38.0	Time flies when you learn super cool stuff.
0:40.0	I'm Nate.
0:41.0	And I'm Callie.
0:42.0	If you're dropping in for the first time, welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you grow your mind.
0:47.3	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today, you'll learn about how COVID-19 may have revamped cities for the better, astounding new
0:55.1	technology that could one day regrow human limbs and how an agricultural fertilizer
1:00.3	is going from feeding the world to potentially powering the world.
1:03.6	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
1:06.6	Hey there, before we get into our story, let's first recognize that
1:10.8	as of March 2022, over 6 million people have lost their lives to
1:15.2	COVID-19. Six million. That's a hard number to imagine but it includes
1:20.3	grandparents, mothers, fathers, fathers,
1:23.1	siblings, sons, and friends.
1:25.5	That's right.
1:26.4	We all have been affected by the pandemic,
1:28.8	some more than others, without a doubt.
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