Why Koala Fingerprints Look Eerily Human
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🗓️ 10 May 2021
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Learn about how to stop Zoom fatigue; a world that may be on its second atmosphere; and koalas’ human-like fingerprints.
4 reasons you feel "Zoom fatigue" and how to get over them, according to Stanford research by Kelsey Donk:
- Stanford Zoom Exhaustion and Fatigue Scale survey: https://comm.stanford.edu/ZEF
- Ramachandran, V. (2021, February 23). Four causes for “Zoom fatigue” and their solutions | Stanford News. Stanford News; Stanford University. https://news.stanford.edu/2021/02/23/four-causes-zoom-fatigue-solutions/
- Bailenson, J. N. (2021). Nonverbal overload: A theoretical argument for the causes of Zoom fatigue. Technology, Mind, and Behavior, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000030
Astronomers discover a planet that may be on its second atmosphere by Grant Currin:
- Distant Planet May Be On Its Second Atmosphere, NASA’s Hubble Finds. (2021). NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/distant-planet-may-be-on-its-second-atmosphere-nasas-hubble-finds
- Swain, M. R., et. al. (2021). Detection of an Atmosphere on a Rocky Exoplanet. ArXiv.org. https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.05657
Koalas And Humans Have The Same Fingerprints by Anna Todd:
- Wolchover, N. (2011, May 3). Koalas Have Human-like Fingerprints. Livescience.com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/14007-koalas-human-fingerprints.html
- Alasdair Wilkins. (2011, May 4). Koalas have exactly the same fingerprints as humans. Io9; io9. https://io9.gizmodo.com/koalas-have-exactly-the-same-fingerprints-as-humans-5798400
- Bryce, E. (2019, December 21). Why Do We Have Fingerprints? Livescience.com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/why-do-humans-have-fingerprints.html#:~:text=Fingers%20and%20friction&text=%22People%20have%20had%20two%20ideas,Hull%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom.
- Warman, P. H., & Ennos, A. R. (2009). Fingerprints are unlikely to increase the friction of primate fingerpads. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(13), 2016–2022. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.028977
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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. |
| 0:06.3 | I'm Cody Goff. And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about new research into Zoom fatigue and how to avoid it, a planet that may be on its second atmosphere, |
| 0:15.3 | and why koalas and humans have the same fingerprints. |
| 0:18.9 | Let's satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:20.7 | At this point, I don't think I really need to tell you that Zoom calls are |
| 0:26.3 | getting a little tiring and luckily scientists agree. Thank you confirmation |
| 0:32.1 | bias. Recently a group of Stanford researchers looked at the psychological |
| 0:37.0 | toll that these video calls can take. It's the first peer-reviewed article to break down the psychology behind Zoom fatigue, |
| 0:46.7 | and it may help us make it through this pandemic's grand finale, hopefully. |
| 0:52.4 | According to this research, the first reason we're feeling burned out is just that it's |
| 0:57.1 | really intense to make close-up eye contact for a long time. |
| 1:01.9 | In real life conversation, we don't stare at each other for a whole |
| 1:05.8 | meeting right in real life when people get that close to us it's usually because |
| 1:11.5 | something kind of big is about to happen. |
| 1:14.0 | Either it's going to lead to conflict or mating. |
| 1:18.0 | Nobody needs that kind of stress during a work meeting. |
| 1:21.0 | The simple solution? |
| 1:22.0 | Shrink the video window instead of having it set to full screen. |
| 1:26.7 | And then if you can, back away from your computer a little bit to give yourself some personal |
| 1:31.5 | space. The second reason for Zoom burnout is that seeing yourself during video chats constantly |
| 1:38.0 | is tiring. |
| 1:40.0 | Research shows that people are more critical of themselves when they're looking in a mirror. |
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