Solar Salads, Cursed Caffeine, Webb’s First Photo

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Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Today, you’ll learn about the benefits of shading rooftop gardens with solar panels, caffeine’s dark secrets, and how the first image from the James Webb telescope promises a great run for Hubble’s successor.

The sun really can feed you.

“Your Rooftop Garden Could Be a Solar-Powered Working Farm” by Matt Simon
- https://www.wired.com/story/your-rooftop-garden-could-be-a-solar-powered-working-farm/
“Exploring The Potential of Rooftop Agrivoltaics” by Jennifer Bousselot and Thomas Hickey, Jr.
- https://livingarchitecturemonitor.com/articles/potential-rooftop-agrivoltaics-sp22
“Volunteer State (Finally) Discovers Solar Power — With A Regenerative Twist” by Tina Casey
- https://cleantechnica.com/2022/04/04/volunteer-state-finally-discovers-solar-power-with-a-regenerative-twist/

Caffeine: the ultimate chicken or the egg dilemma.

“The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?” by Michael Pollan

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/jul/06/caffeine-coffee-tea-invisible-addiction-is-it-time-to-give-up

“Caffeine: How much is too much?” by Mayo Clinic Staff

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/caffeine/art-20045678#:~:text=Caffeine

“Caffeine - Uses, Side Effects, And More” from WebMD

https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-979/caffeine#:~:text=Caffeine

“How and When Did Humans Start Consuming Alcohol?” by Sedeer el-Showk

https://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/accumulating-glitches/how_and_when_did_humans/#:~:text=According

“Coffee and caffeine consumption and depression: A meta-analysis of observational studies” by Longfei Wang, Xiaoli Shen, Yili Wu, and Dongfeng Zhang

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26339067/

A picture might be worth more than a thousand words.

“1st image snapped by iconic Webb telescope pushes limits of the 'laws of physics'” by Tom Metcalfe
- https://www.livescience.com/james-webb-telescope-image-limits-of-physics
““Better than our most optimistic prediction” – first images from James Webb exceed all expectations” by Jamie Priest
- https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/james-webb-telescope-first-images/
“About Webb Orbit” By NASA
- https://webb.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html

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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 the
0:14.2	first time, welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you
0:18.0	to grow your mind. If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn
0:22.0	about the benefits of shading rooftop gardens with solar panels, caffeine
0:26.2	's dark secrets, and how the first image from the James Webb telescope promises a great
0:31.1	run for Hubble's successor.
0:33.0	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:36.0	Callie, I am super excited.
0:38.0	It's almost time to start filling my vegetable planters.
0:41.0	Oh, I love this time of year.
0:42.0	There is nothing better than bringing in fresh veggies. Saves money. planters. Oh, I love this time of year.
0:42.5	There is nothing better than bringing in fresh veggies.
0:44.6	Saves money, saves time going to the grocery store.
0:46.7	I love to do it, and to share them.
0:49.1	But what if I told you that your vegetable garden might not just be the solution for the occasional afternoon hunger paying,
0:54.0	that it can have a mutually beneficial relationship with clean energy technology and help fight
0:58.9	against rising urban temperatures. You're talking about using cucumbers to get us out of a pickle?
1:04.0	Yeah, researchers are now exploring the benefits of using rooftops to simultaneously harvest crops and electricity.
1:11.0	The method is called agrivolteics. You've got the rooftop
1:14.8	garden. I've heard of this. Wouldn't that be a green rooftop, those buildings
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