Strong Muscle Gene, The Secrets of Viking Poop, Parrot Chat

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Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Today you’ll learn about how some researchers have activated a specific gene in the body that can make your muscles stronger without exercise, how a parasite that can still be found today was discovered in ancient viking poop, and how parrots understand timing when it comes to communication.

Strong Muscle Gene

“Researchers Discover a Gene That Makes Your Muscles Significantly Stronger” by The University of Melbourne
- https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-discover-a-gene-that-makes-your-muscles-significantly-stronger/

The Secrets of Viking Poop

“Viking Poop Helps Scientists Reconstruct Genome of Ancient Human Parasite” by Michelle Starr
- https://www.sciencealert.com/viking-poop-helps-scientists-reconstruct-genome-of-ancient-human-parasite
“DNA in Viking poop sheds new light on 55,000-year-old relationship between gut companions” by University of Copenhagen
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/963666
“Dietary Inulin and Trichuris suis Infection Promote Beneficial Bacteria Throughout the Porcine Gut” by Sophie Stolzenbach, Laura J. Myhill, Lee O’Brien Andersen, Lukasz Krych, Helena Mejer, Andrew R. Williams, Peter Nejsum, C. Rune Stensvold, Dennis S. Nielsen and Stig M. Thamsborg
- https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00312/full

Parrot Chat

“900 PET PARROTS REVEAL RANGE OF VOCAL MIMICRY” BY U. PITTSBURGH
- https://www.futurity.org/parrots-vocal-mimicry-2839832-2/
“A survey of vocal mimicry in companion parrots” by Lauryn Benedict et al.
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-24335-x’

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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 first time
0:14.7	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind. If you're a loyal
0:19.8	listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about how researchers have activated a specific gene in the body that can make
0:26.2	your muscles stronger without exercise.
0:29.0	How a parasite that can still be found today was discovered in Viking poop and how parrots
0:34.7	understand timing when it comes to communication. Without further ado, let's satisfy
0:39.7	some curiosity. You know what is by far the worst part of exercise?
0:44.8	Exercising?
0:45.8	Yeah, it's having to exercise, doing all that work, taking all that effort, all that
0:51.4	brain power and time that goes into it.
0:54.0	Oh, exhausting.
0:55.0	Now fortunately for lazy people like me,
0:58.0	there is new research out of the University of
1:00.0	Melbourne that has discovered the doorway to a brand new way to get stronger muscles
1:04.7	without actually working out. Uh-huh, sure, so this is actually starting to sound a little
1:09.6	bit like a pyramid scheme, Nate? Is this a pyramid scheme? I mean I get where you're coming from.
1:14.3	This is maybe a late night infomercial. Yeah, a little bit.
1:17.8	Do you want to gain muscle without working out? Have we got a salute? There's probably a
1:20.8	dozen of those products out there already. But no, that is not what this is. This is not a pyramid scheme nor a lay night infomercial. This is a medical discovery that shows that inside the human body is a specific gene called C-1-8 OR-F-25 or C-1-8 for short.
1:39.1	I know it's very catchy.
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