Your Romantic Relationships Are All Similar, Why Cuttlefish Wore 3-D Glasses, and the Oldest Material on Earth

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🗓️ 3 February 2020

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Learn about why your next relationship will probably be like your last one; what scientists learned by studying the oldest material on Earth; and what researchers learned when they had cuttlefish wear 3-D glasses.

Why Your Next Relationship Will Probably Be Like Your Last by Kelsey Donk

Changing partners doesn’t change relationship dynamics, study shows. (2019). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-08/uoa-cpd082719.php
Johnson, M. D., & Neyer, F. J. (2019). (Eventual) stability and change across partnerships. Journal of Family Psychology, 33(6), 711–721. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000523

Scientist Discovered the Oldest Material on Earth by Grant Currin

WMAP- Life and Death of Stars. (2010). Nasa.Gov. https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/rel_stars.html
Meteorite contains the oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/fm-mct010820.php
This ancient stardust is the oldest ever to be examined in a lab. (2020, January 13). Science News. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-meteorite-stardust-oldest-ever-examined-lab
7 billion-year-old stardust is the oldest stuff on Earth. (2020, January 13). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2020/01/13/seven-billion-year-old-stardust-is-oldest-stuff-earth/
Heck, P. R., Greer, J., Kööp, L., Trappitsch, R., Gyngard, F., Busemann, H., Maden, C., Ávila, J. N., Davis, A. M., & Wieler, R. (2020). Lifetimes of interstellar dust from cosmic ray exposure ages of presolar silicon carbide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(4), 1884–1889. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1904573117

Why Scientists Put Cuttlefish in 3-D Glasses by Grant Currin

Yes, This Cuttlefish Is Wearing 3-D Glasses. (2020, January 8). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/science/3d-glasses-cuttlefish.html
Cuttlefish use depth perception similar to vertebrate vision when hunting prey. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/aaft-cud010620.php

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from
0:04.4	Curiosity.com. I'm Cody Goff. And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about why your
0:08.8	next relationship will probably be like your last one. What scientists learned by studying the oldest material on Earth,
0:15.0	and what researchers learned when they had cuddle fish wear 3D glasses.
0:18.7	Let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:20.7	When you're single, it's normal to wonder how the next romance will be different.
0:25.0	I mean you definitely won't date another person like your ex, right?
0:29.0	Well I've got some bad news.
0:31.0	A new study that's the first of its kind suggests that your next relationship will probably be just like your last one.
0:37.0	I just can't believe it.
0:40.0	Can't you?
0:42.0	For this research published in the Journal of Family Psychology,
0:44.8	researchers examined the relationships of 554 people in Germany over an eight-year period.
0:50.9	Specifically, the researchers looked at people at four different points.
0:55.0	Toward the end of one relationship, and then later that year, and then within the first year of the next
1:00.0	relationship, and then a year after that. The researchers were curious about a few
1:04.4	different common problems. They asked the participants about their satisfaction in
1:08.6	the relationship and how often they had sex. The team also wanted to know if the participants felt they could
1:14.4	open up to their partners and whether they expressed appreciation and how confident they were
1:19.3	in their relationship. Pretty common priorities for any relationship.
1:23.0	And here's what they found.
1:25.0	After the end of that initial honeymoon phase you have at the start of a relationship,
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