{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64f1f67000d9130011234429/65a6a0782841bb00173b9b63?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Bilingual Brain, Morning Sickness, Cat Purrs","description":"<p>Today, you’ll learn about how the bilingual brain might be better at multitasking, good news for women who are at risk for morning sickness, and the strangely complex science behind cat purring.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Bilingual Brain&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“The bilingual brain may be better at ignoring irrelevant information.” <a href=\"https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1008839\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">EurekAlert!. 2023.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Bilingual attentional control: Evidence from the Partial Repetition Cost paradigm.”<a href=\"https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bilingualism-language-and-cognition/article/bilingual-attentional-control-evidence-from-the-partial-repetition-cost-paradigm/834021DD237E5E767F05C3AF3F0B2B04\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> by Grace deMeurisse &amp; Edith Kaan. 2023.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Morning Sickness&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Cause of Morning Sickness and a Potential Treatment Identified.” <a href=\"https://www.technologynetworks.com/proteomics/news/cause-of-morning-sickness-and-a-potential-treatment-identified-382003\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Rhianna-lily Smith. 2023.</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“GDF15: emerging biology and therapeutic applications for obesity and cardiometabolic disease.” <a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-021-00529-7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Dongdong Wang, et al. 2021.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“GDF15 linked to maternal risk of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.” <a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06921-9\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by M. Fejzo, et al. 2023.</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Cat Purrs&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“How do cats purr? New finding challenges long-held assumptions.” <a href=\"https://www.science.org/content/article/how-do-cats-purr-new-finding-challenges-long-held-assumptions\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Phie Jacobs. 2023.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies without neural input.” <a href=\"https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)01230-7?_returnURL=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960982223012307?showall%3Dtrue\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Christian T. Herbst, et al. 2023.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“How Low Can You Go? Physical Production Mechanism of Elephant Infrasonic Vocalizations.” <a href=\"https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1219712\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Christian T. Herbst, et al. 2012.&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></p>","author_name":"Discovery"}