Daily Science Brief

An announcement explaining why I'm cancelling the podcast. If you want more information about it, I wrote a public blog post over on the Patreon page. Check it out.

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Host, Research, and Writing: Bobby Frankenberger
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Outro Music: Stravyn
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Penguins with dagger-like beaks, a collapsing Atlantic current, a brain map of 600,000 cells, and a bear skull that proves gladiators fought wild animals.

SOURCES
Early penguins may have used dagger-like beaks to skewer prey | New Scientist
Key Atlantic current could start collapsing as early as 2055, new study finds | Live Science
Map of 600,000 brain cells rewrites the textbook on how the brain makes decisions | Live Science
Skull of bear held captive to fight Roman gladiators discovered near ancient amphitheater in Serbia | Live Science
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Why scrolling on the toilet could be bad for your health, why we may have way less carbon storage underground than we thought, whether plant-based dog food really works, and how humans and AIs fall for the same persuasion tricks.

SOURCES
Smartphone scrolling on the toilet could increase risk of haemorrhoids | New Scientist
We may have 10 times less carbon storage capacity than we thought | New Scientist
Plant-based dog foods provide almost all the nutrients pets need | New Scientist
These psychological tricks can get LLMs to respond to “forbidden” prompts | Ars Technica
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Blobs from failed planets hiding in Mars, a possible anti-aging drug, a surprising benefit of the hepatitis B vaccine, and recycling old cars into new ones.

SOURCES
Dozens of mysterious blobs discovered inside Mars may be the remnants of 'failed planets' | Live Science
Rapamycin may extend lifespans by protecting against DNA damage | New Scientist
Hepatitis B vaccine linked with a lower risk of developing diabetes | New Scientist
Can we finally recycle all of the metal in scrap cars? | New Scientist
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Volcanoes can lead to revolutions, onions powering solar panels, a spacecraft predicting solar storms, and computers you can throw in the wash.

SOURCES
Volcanic eruptions may have helped spark the French Revolution | New Scientist
Scientists turned to a red onion to improve solar cells — and it could make solar power more sustainable | Live Science
Spacecraft used to forecast solar storm 15 hours before it hit Earth | New Scientist
Scientists cram an entire computer into a single fiber of clothing — and you can even put it through your washing machine | Live Science
Fibre computer enables more accurate recognition of human activity | EurekAlert! - AAAS

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