Social Media Fatigue, Brainwave Tuning, Self-Cooling Tent

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Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

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🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Today we discuss what causes a sense of social media fatigue, how scientists are tuning into our brainwaves to make us learn new tasks faster, and how a researcher invented a self-cooling tent that only needs sunshine and water to work.

Social Media Fatigue

“Too much overload and concerns: Antecedents of social media fatigue and the mediating role of emotional exhaustion” by Nan Sheng et al.
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S074756322200320X
“New research sheds light on the underlying psychological mechanisms linked to social media fatigue” by Emily Manis
- https://www.psypost.org/2023/02/new-research-sheds-light-on-the-underlying-psychological-mechanisms-linked-to-social-media-fatigue-67670

Brainwave Tuning

“Tuning into brainwave rhythms speeds up learning in adults” by Fred Lewsey
- https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/brainwavelearning
“Learning at your brain’s rhythm: individualized entrainment boosts learning for perceptual decisions” by Elizabeth Michael et al.
- https://academic.oup.com/cercor/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cercor/bhac426/6814397?login=false

Self-Cooling Tent

“A Self-Cooling Tent that Runs on Just Water and Sunshine” by Mac Murray
- https://today.uconn.edu/2023/01/a-self-cooling-tent-that-runs-on-just-water-and-sunshine/
“Tent with a solar-powered cooling system and antimicrobial properties” researched by Alei Ahmadi Kasani
- https://uconn.flintbox.com/technologies/adf221a3-8ce8-471e-8707-18e35656301b
“Evaluation of titanium alloy as heat absorber for solar-based water treatment system” by Nattadon Pannucharoenwong et al.
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484721005473
“UConn researcher invents a self-cooling tent to fight rising temperatures for campers, disaster victims” by Amy Coval
- https://www.ctinsider.com/living/article/uconn-researcher-self-cooling-tent-17741837.php
“Water-cooled tent would drop camping temperatures by up to 20 °F” By C.C. Weiss
- https://newatlas.com/outdoors/water-cooled-camping-tent/

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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. I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for
0:13.7	the first time welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you
0:17.4	to grow your mind. If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn
0:21.6	about how scientists are tuning into our brain waves to make us learn new
0:25.3	tasks faster, how a researcher invented a self-cooling tent that only needs sunshine and water
0:30.9	to work, and what causes a sense of social media fatigue.
0:34.8	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity. Social media can be
0:39.8	kind of exhausting. I think we all know this. I mean I myself have felt that burnout sometimes you know it's just it's a lot
0:47.0	But there is actually a term for it and it's called social media fatigue
0:51.9	Okay, by this point in the show, you and I have done over 100 episodes and inevitably a few of those
0:58.3	episodes get shared across social media.
1:00.8	Yeah.
1:01.8	Thankfully, most people are really kind and engage with the material in a cool way.
1:06.6	Others can be a bit of a bummer and you and I also hosted a YouTube channel and the comments,
1:11.7	interactions, all that, it's, there are some ups and downs.
1:15.0	But I can totally see that if the negative stuff keeps happening over and over,
1:19.0	hey, it could get old really fast.
1:22.0	And that is just one hyper-specific relation to social media
1:25.5	fatigue because a study published in the Computers and Human
1:28.6	Behavior Journal recently looked into all the factors relating to social media
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