Curiosity Daily

Today you’ll learn about how scientists finally learned how to manipulate quantum light, the effects of noise on your health, and how kids today are developing fewer food allergies. 

Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/noise-pollution-quantum-light-pets-food-allergies

Noise Pollution    

• “Lizards at US Army installation are stress eating during flyovers” by Mischa Dijkstra
  • https://blog.frontiersin.org/2023/03/29/frontiers-amphibian-reptile-science-colorado-checkered-whiptails-noise-pollution/
• “Behavior, stress and metabolism of a parthenogenic lizard in response to flyover noise” by Megen E. Kepas et al.
  • https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/famrs.2023.1129253/full
• “The Effects of Noise on Health” by Stephanie Dutchen
  • https://hms.harvard.edu/magazine/viral-world/effects-noise-health
• “SOUND LIMITERS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” by Graeme Nash
  • https://www.daftonline.co.uk/sound-limiters-weddings-need-know#:~:text=Most%20live%20amplified%20rock%20%26%20pop,NOT%20a%20%E2%80%9Ctenth%E2%80%9D%20louder.
• “Noise Sources and Their Effects” by Purdue
  • https://www.chem.purdue.edu/chemsafety/Training/PPETrain/dblevels.htm
• “Criteria for Designating Wildlife Species of Special Concern” by Boulder County
  • https://assets.bouldercounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bccp-designating-wildlife-species-of-special-concern-20131112.pdf
• “ketones and diabetes” by Diabetes UK
  • https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/managing-your-diabetes/ketones-and-diabetes#:~:text=Ketones%20are%20a%20type%20of,without%20it%20being%20a%20problem.
• “Noise pollution is hurting animals – and we don’t even know how much” by Fay E. Clark and Jacob Dunn
  • https://theconversation.com/noise-pollution-is-hurting-animals-and-we-dont-even-know-how-much-186408
• “Fear responses to noises in domestic dogs: Prevalence, risk factors and co-occurrence with other fear related behaviour” by Emily J. Blackwell et al.
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016815911200367X?casa_token=hWzg_YfSMNAAAAAA:Cs1o0BRqlGssuYANFCEhFUcQ8LL5ooZdQUB_Jlqz3U8AGI42qCZ8No9bgre8Uu4nL1OpxFew
• “From Soundwave to Soundscape: A Guide to Acoustic Research in Captive Animal Environments” by Fay E. Clark and Jacob C. Dunn
  • https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.889117/full

Quantum Light 

• “Scientists Finally Manipulate Quantum Light, Fulfilling Einstein's 107-Year-Old Dream” by Tim Newcomb
  • https://news.yahoo.com/scientists-finally-manipulate-quantum-light-141000650.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmVkZGl0LmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMtAq9Zay0TzKLyKHnDSFVvL1q1Qr6j4nprKUiAZulzrf-tBjMbBscJ5NSdVhSFp9-mowNuQhLKbYq0hbUzaEyHjGb9P6mlKJV6nKce9FYpYYImaIqQUQtbUibDtYY5A6oU0IpPoVGuxAdCg5mZsXp2FfzfakXBzE-adQwZsOjSe
• “Photon bound state dynamics from a single artificial atom” by Natasha Tomm et al.
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-023-01997-6?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction&utm_campaign=CONR_PF018_ECOM_GL_PHSS_ALWYS_DEEPLINK&utm_content=textlink&utm_term=PID100107765&CJEVENT=55514f92cfe911ed811000e50a1cb829
• “Scientists open door to manipulating 'quantum light'” by The University of Sydney
  • https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/03/21/scientists-open-door-to-manipulating-quantum-light-usyd-physics.html
• “Spontaneous emission” by Wikipedia
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_emission
• “This Month in Physics History” by APSNews
  • https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200508/history.cfm

Pets & Food Allergies 

• “Preschoolers with pets have fewer food allergies” by PLOS
  • https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/preschoolers-with-pets-have-fewer-food-allergies
• “Unique trackway on Permian Karoo shoreline provides evidence of temnospondyl locomotory behaviour” by David P. Groenewald et al.
  • https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0282354
• “Living with cats or dogs may lower children’s risk of food allergies” By Dan Hurley
  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023/03/29/dogs-cats-children-food-allergies/

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