{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64f1f67000d9130011234429/664b5e04e25fc50012ea83ee?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Diversified Farming, Sense of Smell, Simple Rhythms","description":"<p>Today, you’ll learn about how diversifying farms has a ton of upsides and virtually no downsides, the way we tend to predict how something will smell before we smell it, and a universally shared preference for simple rhythms in music.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Diversified Farming&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Major study reports that people and environment both benefit from diversified farming, while bottom lines also thrive.” <a href=\"https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2024/major-study-reports-that-people-and-environment-both-benefit-from-diversified-farming-while-bottom-lines-also-thrive/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">University of Copenhagen. 2024.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture.” <a href=\"https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj1914\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Laura Vang Rasmussen, et al. 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“The Green Revolution: Norman Borlaug and the Race to Fight Global Hunger.” <a href=\"https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/green-revolution-norman-borlaug-race-to-fight-global-hunger/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Ray Offenheiser. 2020.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sense of Smell&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“The sense of smell is influenced by cues from other senses.” <a href=\"https://www.su.se/department-of-psychology/news/the-sense-of-smell-is-influenced-by-cues-from-other-senses-1.727242\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Stockholm University. 2024.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Olfactory categorization is shaped by a transmodal cortical network for evaluating perceptual predictions.” <a href=\"https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2024/03/29/JNEUROSCI.1232-23.2024\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Stephen Pierzchajlo, et al. 2024.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Simple Rhythms&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Cross-cultural research reveals universal bias towards simple rhythmic ratios in music.” <a href=\"https://www.psypost.org/cross-cultural-research-reveals-universal-bias-towards-simple-rhythmic-ratios-in-music/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Eric W. Dolan. 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Commonality and variation in mental representations of music revealed by a cross-cultural comparison of rhythm priors in 15 countries.” <a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01800-9\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Nori Jacoby, et al. 2024.&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"}