{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64f1f67000d9130011234429/65086818d844a90011f00d3f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Comatose Consciousness, Glowing Frogs, Race Car Blinks","description":"<p>Today, you’ll learn about hidden consciousness in comatose patients, the eerie secret glowing language of frogs, and the mysterious blinking of race car drivers.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Comatose Consciousness&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Source of Hidden Consciousness in ‘Comatose’ Brain Injury Patients Found.” <a href=\"https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/source-hidden-consciousness-comatose-brain-injury-patients-found\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Columbia University. 2023.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Injury patterns associated with cognitive motor dissociation.” <a href=\"https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/brain/awad197/7236061?redirectedFrom=fulltext\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Eva Franzova, et al. 2023.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Glowing Frogs&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Many frogs glow in blue light, and it may be a secret, eerie language.” <a href=\"https://www.sciencenews.org/article/frogs-glow-biofluorescence-language\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Jake Buehler. 2023.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Evidence for ecological tuning of novel anuran biofluorescent signals.” <a href=\"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.25.550432v1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Courtney Whitcher, et al. 2023.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Naturally occurring fluorescence in frogs.” <a href=\"https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1701053114\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Carlos Taboada, et al. 2017.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Ultraviolet fluorescence discovered in New World flying squirrels (Glaucomys).” <a href=\"https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/100/1/21/5299493?login=false\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Allison M Kohler, et al. 2019.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Salamanders and other amphibians are aglow with biofluorescence.”<a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-59528-9\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> by Jennifer Y Lamb &amp; Matthew P Davis. 2020.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Race Car Blinks&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Race car drivers usually blink at the same places in each lap.” <a href=\"https://www.snexplores.org/article/race-car-drivers-blink-strategy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Darren Incorvaia. 2023.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Why You Blink Your Eyes.” <a href=\"https://www.verywellhealth.com/why-do-we-blink-our-eyes-3879210#citation-6\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Troy Bedinghaus, OD. 2023.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with</em><a href=\"https://twitter.com/producercody\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em> </em></a><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/calbits/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Calli</em></a><em> and</em><a href=\"https://twitter.com/smashleyhamer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em> </em></a><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/nate_from_the_internet/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Nate</em></a><em> — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to </em><a href=\"https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity</em></a><em> to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.</em>&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Discovery"}