{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64f1f67000d9130011234429/65fb3bf92201590017c2d4cc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Human Diversity, Ancient Tool Use, Deep Sea Discoveries","description":"<p>Happy 300 episodes to our Curiosity Daily listeners! Today, you’ll learn about a massive database of human genomes that’s uncovering major new genetic discoveries, the scientists building stone age tools from scratch… and then putting them to work, and a treasure trove of deep sea discoveries in an underwater mountain range.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Human Diversity&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Ambitious survey of human diversity yields millions of undiscovered genetic variants.” <a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00502-0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Max Kozlov. 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“NIH’s All of Us Research Program Releases First Genomic Dataset of Nearly 100,000 Whole Genome Sequences.” <a href=\"https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-s-all-us-research-program-releases-first-genomic-dataset-nearly-100000-whole-genome-sequences\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NIH. 2022.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“About.” <a href=\"https://allofus.nih.gov/about\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NIH. 2021.</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ancient Tool Use&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Scientists try out stone age tools to understand how they were used.” <a href=\"https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1034349\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">EurekAlert! 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Experiments with replicas of Early Upper Paleolithic edge-ground stone axes and adzes provide criteria for identifying tool functions.” <a href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440323001711?via%3Dihub\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Akira Iwase, et al. 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Deep Sea Discoveries&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“See the strange new species discovered near Chile - with the help of a deep-diving sea robot.” <a href=\"https://www.popsci.com/environment/new-species-sea-chile/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Laura Baisas. 2024.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Scientists Confirm Underwater Mountains Harbor Abundant Life Off Chile’s Coast.” <a href=\"https://schmidtocean.org/underwater-mountains-harbor-abundant-life/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Schmidt Ocean Institute. 2024.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“How much of the ocean has been explored?” <a href=\"https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/explored.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NOAA. n.d.</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"}