Winchcombe Meteorite, Aya-What Now?, Toxic Cleanup

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🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Today we explore how a recent meteorite that landed in the UK is giving us clues to the mysteries of the universe, the positive and negative side-effects found in a recent study on ayahuasca, and how some toxic “forever chemicals” were found to be completely eradicated with new technology.

Winchcombe Meteorite

“Pristine meteorite found within hours of hitting Earth” by Eleanor K. Sansom
- https://astronomy.com/news/2022/11/pristine-meteorite-found-within-hours-of-hitting-earth
“The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system” by ASHLEY J. KING et al.
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq3925

Aya-What Now?

“How Safe Is Ayahuasca? Large-Scale Study Explores” by Molly Campbell
- https://www.technologynetworks.com/biopharma/news/how-safe-is-ayahuasca-large-scale-study-explores-367665
“Adverse effects of ayahuasca: Results from the Global Ayahuasca Survey” by José Carlos Bouso et al.
- https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0000438
“What Is Ayahuasca? Experience, Benefits, and Side Effects” by Healthline
- https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/ayahuasca

Toxic Cleanup

“Pollution cleanup method destroys toxic “forever chemicals”” by David Danelski
- https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2022/12/12/pollution-cleanup-method-destroys-toxic-forever-chemicals
“Hydrogen-polarized vacuum ultraviolet photolysis system for enhanced destruction of perfluoroalkyl substances” by Gongde Chen et al.
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666911022000259
“For Decades, Polluters Knew PFAS Chemicals Were Dangerous But Hid Risks From Public” by Jared Hayes and Scott Faber
- https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/decades-polluters-knew-pfas-chemicals-were-dangerous-hid-risks-public

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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.
0:11.1	I'm Nate.
0:11.9	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time, welcome to Curiosity
0:15.2	where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind. If you're a loyal
0:18.6	listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about how a recent meteorite that landed in the UK is giving us clues to the mysteries of the universe,
0:26.5	the positive and negative side effects found in a recent study on Iowasca,
0:31.1	and how some toxic forever chemicals were found to be completely
0:35.1	eradicated with new technology. Without further ado, let's satisfy some
0:39.2	curiosity. Okay, prepare for me to get a little nerdy about this because I just read such a cool story about meteorites, more specifically the Wintko meteorite that recently landed in Gloucestershire, England.
0:51.5	Okay, well, I'm right there with you.
0:54.0	Meteorites are well worth getting nerdy over.
0:56.8	For example, there are 70,000 meteorite collections all over the world, but we only know where 50 of them came from, which is insane.
1:06.3	And I assume that we can add this Wenchko meteorite to that list.
1:09.6	Okay, not only that, but researchers are saying that this meteorite holds some key information about the history of the universe.
1:16.4	A meteorite that can tell us where the universe came from?
1:19.8	I'm going to need to know more.
1:21.4	Tell me about the Wchcomb meteorite.
1:24.0	Okay, so this meteorite, as I mentioned,
1:26.6	landed in England back in 2021 and about 10 p.m.
1:30.5	And we know this exact timing because it was big enough to see in the sky.
1:35.0	Oh yeah, yeah, okay, so over a thousand of our fellow meteorite lovers reported seeing a fireball light up the sky that night. This group included a 16-person
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