Smart Drugs, Frozen Organ Transplant, Curly Hair Cool
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Today, you’ll learn about a new study that shows drugs like Ritalin aren’t so smart after all, how frozen rat kidneys could lead to a medical revolution, and a new study that shows how people with curly hair are extra cool.
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Smart Drugs
- “'Smart Drugs' Make You Worse at Solving Complex Problems, New Study Finds.” by Elizabeth Bowman, et al. 2023.
- “People who use ‘smart drugs’ worse at complex tasks, study finds.” by Melissa Davey. 2023.
Frozen Organ Transplant
- “Scientists Successfully Unfroze Rat Organs and Transplanted Them - a 'Historic' Step that Could Someday Transform Transplant Medicine.” by Marion Renault. 2023.
- “Organ Donation Statistics.” HRSA. 2023.
- “Vitrification.” Wikipedia. N.d.
Curly Hair Cool
- “Life Before Air Conditioning: Curly Hair Kept Early Humans Cool.” by Francisco Tutella. 2023.
- “Human scalp hair as a thermoregulatory adaptation.” by Tina Lasisi, et al. 2023.
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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 |
| 0:14.0 | welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind. |
| 0:17.8 | If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about a new study that |
| 0:21.7 | shows drugs like Ritalin aren't so smart after all, |
| 0:25.0 | how frozen rat kidneys could lead to a medical revolution, |
| 0:29.0 | and a new study that shows how people with curly hair are extra cool. |
| 0:34.0 | Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:37.4 | There's a million stories out there |
| 0:39.2 | about how anxious teens and college students |
| 0:41.6 | who are totally stretched thin are doing anything |
| 0:43.8 | they can to make the grade including taking so-called brain booster drugs. |
| 0:49.4 | So I've heard about people in like stressful jobs taking prescription drugs like Ritalin to try and stay |
| 0:54.4 | sharp and like get ahead. |
| 0:56.6 | Yeah, well a new study has some pretty surprising news for those people. |
| 1:00.4 | Not only do those drugs not help, they might actually make your performance worse. |
| 1:05.0 | Wow! |
| 1:06.0 | So much for a magic pill that can make you smarter and more successful, huh? |
| 1:10.0 | Yeah, exactly. |
| 1:11.0 | So these drugs, Ritalin, Modafyl, and dextrometamine are usually prescribed to people with |
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