Why It’s Relaxing to Breathe in Through Your Nose

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🗓️ 4 December 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Learn about why it’s relaxing to breathe in through your nose and the first woman who’s ever been struck by a meteor. We’ll also answer a listener question about why smacking electronics helps to make them work again.

Why do relaxation exercises have you breathe in through your nose? Two words: nitric oxide by Grant Currin

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Only One Woman Has Ever Been Struck by a Meteor by Mae Rice

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LISTENER Q: Why does smacking electronics make them work again? by Ashley Hamer

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Why Does Smacking A Remote Control Sometimes Make It Work Again? (2017, November 14). Science ABC. https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/why-does-smacking-a-remote-control-sometimes-make-it-work-again.html
https://www.facebook.com/modernsurvivalblog. (2019, September 13). Battery Corrosion | Why They Leak And How To Prevent It. Modern Survival Blog. https://modernsurvivalblog.com/preps/battery-corrosion-why-they-leak-and-how-to-prevent-it/

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Curiosity.com.
0:07.0	I'm Ashley Hamer.
0:08.0	And I'm Natalia Reagan.
0:09.0	Today you learn about why it's relaxing to breathe in through your nose and you'll hear the story of the
0:13.9	first woman who's ever been struck by a meteor. We'll also answer a listener
0:18.2	question about why smacking electronics helps to make them work again.
0:21.8	Let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:24.0	If you've ever done relaxation exercises like yoga or guided meditation,
0:30.0	you've probably been told to breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth. Have you ever
0:34.4	wondered why? Well, it turns out that something special happens to the air you breathe in through
0:40.2	your nose. So special, in fact fact that the scientists who discovered it
0:44.4	nabbed the Nobel Prize in 1998. Go ahead and breathe in through your nose while I
0:51.6	explain what makes it so relaxing.
0:54.9	The nose actually does quite a few things to help transform air into breath.
1:00.0	It filters out some particles, including potential allergens and pathogens.
1:04.4	It also starts the process of warming up and humidifying air before it gets into the lungs.
1:09.8	But how does nose breathing affect the way you feel?
1:13.6	Well, as those Nobel Prize winning chemists figured out,
1:17.3	it all comes down to a molecule that your nose makes
1:20.4	right there in your very own nasal cavities.
1:24.0	That molecule is called nitric oxide.
1:27.2	It's a signaling molecule that does a lot of stuff
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