Curiosity Daily

Curiosity Daily

The award-winning Curiosity Daily podcast from CuriosityDaily.com will help you get smarter about the world around you. In less than 10 minutes, you’ll get a unique mix of research-based life hacks, the latest science and technology news, and more. Nate Bonham and Calli Gade will help you learn about your mind and body, outer space and the depths of the sea, and how history shaped the world into what it is today.Head to discovery+ to stream even more science content, from Animal Planet to Science Channel. Go to discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial today. Terms Apply. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Bigger Brains, Reef Songs, AI Speech

Today, you’ll learn about why our brains are getting bigger and why that’s a good thing, how the sweet songs of the reef could help save it, and an AI device that gives a voice to the voiceless.  

 

Bigger Brains  

 

  • “Human brains are getting larger. That may be good news for dementia risk.” UC David Health. 2024.  
  • “Trends in Intracranial and Cerebral Volumes of Framingham Heart Study Participants Born 1930 to 1970.” by Charles DeCarli, MD, et al. 2024.  
  • “Framingham Heart Study.” Framingham Heart Study. N.d.  
  • “Study examines factors behind decline in dementia incidence.” NIH. 2016.  

 

Reef Songs 

 

  • “Sounds appealing - reef recordings entice coral larvae to start building.” by Ben Coxworth. 2024.  
  • “Life Below Water.” UN. n.d.  
  • “Status of Coral Reefs.” Reef Resilience Network. N.d.  
  • “Soundscape enrichment increases larval settlement rates for the brooding coral Porites astreoides.” by Nadege Aoki, et al. 2024.  

 

AI Speech 

 

  • “Speaking without vocal cords, thanks to a new AI-assisted wearable device.” by Christine Wei-li Lee. 2024.  
  • “Speaking without vocal folds using a machine-learning-assisted wearable sensing-actuation system.” by Ziyuan Che, et al. 2024.  

 

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