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Thu. 06/23 - The "Anti-Hunger" Molecule Formed By Intense Workouts

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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

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4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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A newly-identified molecule may explain why some workouts make you super hungry and others leave you without an appetite at all. Plus, a spectacular planetary conjunction is on display this weekend––how to catch sight of five planets at once. Researchers have a new theory for why all those fish fell from the sky in Texas last year. And a new J.R.R. Tolkien book is coming out in November. Sort of. Sponsors: Shopify, Get a 14-day free trial at shopify.com/cool Indeed, Get a free $75 credit PLUS earn up to $500 extra in sponsored job credits with Indeed’s Virtual Interviews at Indeed.com/goodnews Links: Why Does a Hard Workout Make You Less Hungry? (NY Times) The unexpected link between hunger and exercising (MIC) 'Anti-hunger' molecule forms after exercise, scientists discover (Stanford) Five major planets to line up in rare planetary conjunction (BBC) Five planets are aligned in night sky for first time in 18 years in June (Washington Post) Rare 5-planet alignment comes into better view this week (Space.com) Researchers figured out why fish fell from the sky in Texarkana, and it's pretty gross (The Dallas Morning News) Mon. 01/03 - It's Raining Fish (Hallelujah) (Cool Stuff Ride Home) New Tolkien Book, The Fall Of Númenor, Collects The Second Age Stories That Influence Prime Video's The Rings Of Power (SlashFilm) New Tolkien book: The Fall of Númenor to be published (The Tolkien Society) Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is changing its name (CNN) Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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it's thursday june 23rd 22 2022. I'm Jackson Bird today. A newly identified molecule may explain why some workouts make you super hungry and others leave you without an appetite at all. Plus, a spectacular planetary conjunction is on display this weekend,

0:55.3

how to catch sight of five planets at once.

0:59.0

Researchers have a new theory for why all those fish fell from the sky in Texas last year,

1:04.6

and a new J.R. Tolkien book is coming out in November, sort of.

1:09.9

Here's some cool stuff for your ride home.

1:15.1

You know how sometimes after you exercise you're absolutely ravenous, but other times

1:21.0

you're kind of not hungry at all? Scientists may have just figured out why, and it's thanks to a

1:27.0

newly identified molecule they're calling an anti-hunger molecule.

1:32.2

In a study published in the journal Nature last week, scientists looked at how small molecules change in the bloodstream during exercise in mice

1:40.3

as part of a broader investigation into the molecular changes that occur in our bodies

1:45.0

when we work out. Quoting from the New York Times, for decades, scientists have known various

1:51.2

substances like the hormones leptin and grelin travel to the brain and prompt us to be more or less

1:57.3

interested in eating. Studies show exercise alters the level of these substances,

2:02.4

but so do diet and sleeping habits. Some researchers began to wonder whether there might be some

2:07.6

kind of exercise-specific reaction that influences appetite. End quote. So this team from Stanford,

2:15.1

Baylor, and other institutions put some mice on a treadmill

2:18.0

and used a mass spectrometer to look for spikes or peaks in certain molecules,

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