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    Curiosity WeeklyIce Age Survivors, Micro Knots, Octopus Farm
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    Today you’ll learn about what long lost genomes from the last ice age teach us about ancient hunter-gatherers, how a covid-era obsession helped make a resilient new material, and a proposal to create something very controversial: the world’s first octopus farm.

    Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/ice-age-survivors-micro-knots-octopus-farm

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    © Warner Bros. DiscoveryLength 17 min4 May 2023ScienceFactsEducationalCultureUSAEpisodic

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    Today you’ll learn about what long lost genomes from the last ice age teach us about ancient hunter-gatherers, how a covid-era obsession helped make a resilient new material, and a proposal to create something very controversial: the world’s first octopus farm.

    Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/ice-age-survivors-micro-knots-octopus-farm

    Ice Age Survivors

    “Ice age survivors” by Max-Planck-Gesellschafthttps://www.mpg.de/19941740/0223-evan-ice-age-survivors-150495-x“Large-scale genomic analysis documents migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers” by UNM Newsroomhttps://news.unm.edu/news/large-scale-genomic-analysis-documents-migrations-of-ice-age-hunter-gatherersMicro Knots

    “Knots smaller than human hair make materials unusually tough” by Robert Perkinshttps://phys.org/news/2023-03-smaller-human-hair-materials-unusually.html“Knots are not for naught: Design, properties, and topology of hierarchical intertwined microarchitected materials” by WIDIANTO P. MOESTOPO et al.https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade6725Octopus Farm

    “World's first octopus farm proposals alarm scientists” by Claire Marshallhttps://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64814781“The world's first octopus farm - should it go ahead?” by Claire Marshallhttps://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59667645“Live chilling of turbot and subsequent effect on behaviour, muscle stiffness, muscle quality, blood gases and chemistry” by B Roth, AK Imsland and A Fosshttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/animal-welfare/article/abs/live-chilling-of-turbot-and-subsequent-effect-on-behaviour-muscle-stiffness-muscle-quality-blood-gases-and-chemistry/9578F848E35B0E1C7AD1A6B7DFAD7B21“Nitrogen and Water” By Water Science Schoolhttps://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/nitrogen-and-water#:~:text=Excess%20nitrogen%20can%20harm%20water,block%20light%20to%20deeper%20waters.Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.

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