Remote Work Baby Boom, Acne Antibiotics, Chagas Infection

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Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Today you’ll learn about how remote work is resulting in people having more children than before the pandemic, how scientists are searching for new treatments for acne, and how indigenous groups in South America have a genetic resistance to Chagas disease.

Remote Work Baby Boom

“The Surprising Effects of Remote Work” by Derek Thompson
- https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/03/us-remote-work-impact-fertility-rate-babies/673301/
“Early Remote Work Impacts on Family Formation” by Lyman Stone and Adam Ozimek
- https://eig.org/remote-work-family-formation/
“Career Paths with a Two-Body Problem: Occupational Specialization and Geographic Mobility” by Valeria Rueda and Guillaume Wilemme
- https://research.upjohn.org/up_workingpapers/346/
“The Great Pandemic Baby Bump” By Jerusalem Demsas
- https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/11/pandemic-baby-bump-fertility/671964/

Acne Antibiotics

“Antibiotics for acne: Study shows why one works best.” By Isabella Backman. 2023.
- https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-antibiotics-acne.html
“Acne.” National Institutes of Health. 2020.
- https://www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics/acne#:~:text=Acne%20is%20a%20common%20skin,commonly%20called%20pimples%20or%20zits.

Chagas Infection

“Genetic adaptations help Amazonian populations resist chaga infection.” n.a. 2023.
- https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-genetic-amazonian-populations-resist-chagas.html
“Parasites - American Trypanosomiasis (also known as Chagas Disease): Detailed FAQs.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2022.
- https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/chagas/gen_info/detailed.html#intro
“Amazonian Populations Have Genetic Protection Against Chagas Disease.” n.a. 2023.
- https://www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/news/amazonian-populations-have-genetic-protection-against-chagas-disease-370944
“Indigenous people from Amazon show genetic signatures of pathogen-driven selection.” By Caina M. Couto-Silva, et al. 2023.
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo0234
“Parasite Drove Natural Selection in Amazonian Indigenous Groups.” By Natalia Mesa, PhD. 2023.
- https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/parasite-drove-natural-selection-in-amazonian-indigenous-groups-71004

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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 learn in 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.
0:17.6	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn how remote work is
0:21.2	resulting in people having more children than before the
0:23.7	pandemic, how scientists are searching for new treatments for acne, and how indigenous
0:28.5	groups in South America have a genetic resistance to Chaga's disease.
0:32.6	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:36.0	For nearly half a century, Americans have been having fewer and fewer babies
0:39.4	every decade to the point that in 2020,
0:41.5	we saw the lowest official fertility rate ever.
0:44.0	But in 2022 that all changed with the biggest baby bump we've seen in many many years.
0:50.0	Are you saying what I think you're're saying because we all know what happened between
0:55.2	2020 and 2022? Oh you guessed it we were all just watching House of the Dragon
0:59.8	that was it exactly. Okay but jokes aside the real reason we were all That was
1:05.0	it.
1:10.0	it.
1:11.0	exactly.
1:12.0	No, but jokes aside. Okay, on one hand it makes sense. Everybody was locked down inside, struggling to find
1:14.9	something to do, but if you were locked down with a partner, you were locked down
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