Episode Details

Today, you’ll learn about a potential obstacle to human flight to Mars, a discovery in a Laotian cave that is sending archaeologists back to the drawing board, and how new technology could keep us cool in a warming world without adding to the problem of climate change. 

Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/space-swells-brain-cavity-cave-fossils-keeping-cool

Space Swells Brain Cavity  

• “Brain Cavities That Swell in Space May Need At Least 3 Years to Recover.” by McKenzie Prillman. 2023.
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/astronaut-brain-swell-space-recover

Cave Fossils 

• “Laos Cave Fossils Prompt Rethink of Human Migration Map.” by Jude Coleman. 2023.
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01903-3
• “Fossil bones found in Laotian cave are oldest evidence for modern humans in mainland South-East Asia, say scientists.” by Anna Salleh. 2023.
  • https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-06-14/oldest-evidence-for-modern-humans-in-mainland-south-east-asia/102471990

Keeping Cool 

• “New Technologies Could Keep People Cool in a Warming World.” by Kathiann Kowalski. 2023.
  • https://www.snexplores.org/article/new-technologies-could-keep-people-cool-in-a-warming-world
• “How Air-Conditioning Creates a Climate Conundrum.” by Spoorthy Raman. 2022.
  • https://www.audubon.org/magazine/summer-2022/how-air-conditioning-creates-climate-conundrum

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