The Myth of Man Flu, Arctic Lakes, Buzzing Bats

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Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Let’s talk about whether “man flu” is fact or fiction, how the Arctic lakes just threw a curveball at our climate change projections, and the genius new way bats are tricking their predators.

The Myth of Man Flu

“Man flu is not a thing – Gender-specific secondary analysis of a prospective randomized-controlled trial for acute rhinosinusitis” by Reidl et al.
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022399922003324?via%3Dihub
“Stop accusing men of overreacting – 'man flu' really does exist, doctor claims” by Nicola Davis
- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/dec/11/stop-accusing-men-of-overreacting-man-flu-really-does-exist-claims-doctor
“'Man Flu' May Be Real After All, Study Says” by Alice G. Walton
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2017/12/12/man-flu-may-be-an-actual-thing-study-finds/?sh=723fbdb31240
“The science behind “man flu”” by Kyle Sue
- https://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5560
“Is "man flu" really a thing?” By Robert H. Shmerling, MD
- https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/man-flu-really-thing-2018010413033

Arctic Lakes

“Bats buzz like hornets to scare off owl predators” by Freda Kreier
- https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01274-1
“Bats buzz like hornets to scare away predators” by Tess Joosse
- https://www.science.org/content/article/bats-buzz-hornets-scare-away-predators#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20mouse%2Deared,and%20send%20owls%20scurrying%20away

Buzzing Bats

“Arctic lakes are vanishing in surprise climate finding” by University of Florida
- https://phys.org/news/2022-08-arctic-lakes-climate.html
“In a surprise climate change finding, Arctic lakes are vanishing” by Karen Graham
- https://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science/in-a-surprise-climate-change-finding-arctic-lakes-are-vanishing/article#ixzz7hLx9zkz6

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:08.6	Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff.
0:10.9	I'm Nate.
0:11.6	And I'm Callie.
0:12.4	If you're dropping in for the first time
0:13.8	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:17.3	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today we're going to talk about whether or
0:21.6	not Manflu is fact or fiction, how the Arctic lakes
0:25.6	just threw a curveball at our climate change projections, and the genius new way bats are tricking
0:31.0	their predators.
0:32.0	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:35.0	Whoo, okay, I'm glad to be back after being sick for so long, Cali.
0:39.0	I was stuck in bed, coughing, sneezing, I thought I was going to die I thought wow this case of man flu is really messing me up
0:48.3	So I went online to look up if the man flu can kill you and I was shocked to find out the man flu is not
0:54.8	real there's a whole study about it and everything. Okay I have so many questions
1:01.0	Nate when people talk about the man flu I thought it was about
1:04.1	men maybe exaggerating cold symptoms the idea that a guy gets the sniffles and feels like
1:08.9	the world is over but you thought this was a real scientific diagnosis?
1:13.2	Well, I thought it was real because until recently there was science being reported by
1:17.9	mainstream publications like The Guardian and the Telegraph that it was real.
1:22.4	Man flu comes from the idea that men, when they have a normal cold,
1:26.2	experienced symptoms to a greater severity more similar to flu symptoms.
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