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Learn about “brain fog” in menopause; NASA’s patent prevalence; and a plant gene found in an insect for the first time. Additional resources from Dr. Jen Gunter: Pick up "The Menopause Manifesto" from Amazon: https://amzn.to/33dlIYy   Website: https://drjengunter.com/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJenGunter  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJGunter/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjengunter/  People Working On NASA Projects Rack Up Every One In 1,000 Patents by Joanie Faletto NASA - NASA Engineers and Scientists-Transforming Dreams Into Reality. (2014). Nasa.gov. https://www.nasa.gov/50th/50th_magazine/scientists.html  Home | NASA Spinoff. (2021). Nasa.gov. https://spinoff.nasa.gov/  ‌40 Years of NASA Spinoff. (2011). NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/40-years-of-nasa-spinoff  ‌Memory Foam Supports and Shapes in Women’s Apparel | NASA Spinoff. (2019). Nasa.gov. https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2019/cg_4.html  A plant gene was found in an insect for the first time by Cameron Duke Plant gene found in insect, shields it from leaf toxins. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/cp-pg031721.php  Xia, J., Guo, Z., Yang, Z., Han, H., Wang, S., Xu, H., Yang, X., Yang, F., Wu, Q., Xie, W., Zhou, X., Dermauw, W., Turlings, T. C. J., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Whitefly hijacks a plant detoxification gene that neutralizes plant toxins. Cell, 184(7), 1693-1705.e17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.014  Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to learn something new every day withCody Gough andAshley Hamer — for free! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.