{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64f1f67000d9130011234429/65fb39304876ab0016ab4549?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Learning From Friends, Hair & Heart, Feeding Weeds","description":"<p>Today, you’ll learn about how we learn the same information differently from people we like than from those we don’t like, a drug men already take that could have incredible added benefits, and a weed that could feed a hungry world.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Learning From Friends&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“The brain is ‘programmed’ for learning from people we like.” <a href=\"https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/brain-programmed-learning-people-we\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lund University. 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Ingroup sources enhance associative inference.” <a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-023-00043-8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Marius Boeltzig. 2023.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hair &amp; Heart&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Common hair loss and prostate drug may also cut heart disease risk in men and mice.” <a href=\"https://aces.illinois.edu/news/common-hair-loss-and-prostate-drug-may-also-cut-heart-disease-risk-men-and-mice\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Lauren Quinn. 2024.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Finasteride delays atherosclerosis progression in mice and is associated with a reduction in plasma cholesterol in men.” <a href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227524000129#abs0010\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Patrick McQueen, et al. 2024.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Feeding Weeds&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Common plant could help reduce food insecurity, researchers find.” <a href=\"https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/common-plant-could-help-reduce-food-insecurity-researchers-find/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Jeff Mulhollem. 2024.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Food Resilience in the Face of Catastrophic Global Events.” <a href=\"https://sites.psu.edu/emergencyfoodresilience/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Penn State University. N.d</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“What You Need to Know About Food Security and Climate Change.” <a href=\"https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2022/10/17/what-you-need-to-know-about-food-security-and-climate-change\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Worldbank. 2022</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Valorizing staple Native American food plants as a food resilience resource.” <a href=\"https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1117805/full\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Daniel J. Winstead, et al. 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><p>&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Discovery"}