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Learn about why you might feel stronger after just one workout; why the Earth’s core doesn’t melt, even though it’s so hot; and prosopagnosia, the surprising neurological condition of face blindness. Feeling stronger after one workout? It's not your muscles, it's your nervous system by Grant Currin Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning. (2016). United Kingdom: Human Kinetics. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Essentials_of_Strength_Training_and_Cond/bfuXCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%3E16%20workouts  ‌How We Get Stronger. (2020, July 1). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/well/move/how-we-get-stronger.html  Glover, I. S., & Baker, S. N. (2020). Cortical, corticospinal and reticulospinal contributions to strength training. The Journal of Neuroscience, JN-RM-1923-19. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.1923-19.2020  Why strength depends on more than muscle: Neural adaptations could account for differing strength gains despite similar muscle mass. (2017). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170710091652.htm  Jenkins, N. D. M., Miramonti, A. A., Hill, E. C., Smith, C. M., Cochrane-Snyman, K. C., Housh, T. J., & Cramer, J. T. (2017). Greater Neural Adaptations following High- vs. Low-Load Resistance Training. Frontiers in Physiology, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2017.00331  If The Earth's Core Is So Hot, Why Doesn't It Melt? by Ashley Hamer New theory explains how Earth’s inner core remains solid despite extreme heat |  KTH. (2017). KTH. https://www.kth.se/en/aktuellt/nyheter/new-theory-explains-how-earth-s-inner-core-remains-solid-despite-extreme-heat-1.705398  Hexagonal Close Packing. (2020). Wolfram.com; Wolfram Research, Inc. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/HexagonalClosePacking.html  ‌Belonoshko, A. B., Lukinov, T., Fu, J., Zhao, J., Davis, S., & Simak, S. I. (2017). Stabilization of body-centred cubic iron under inner-core conditions. Nature Geoscience, 10(4), 312–316. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2892  What do you do when you can’t recognize faces? by Cameron Duke Bate, S. (2019, December 26). New Promise for Those Who Suffer from Face Blindness. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-promise-for-those-who-suffer-from-face-blindness/  Damasio, A. R., Damasio, H., & Van Hoesen, G. W. (1982). Prosopagnosia: Anatomic basis and behavioral mechanisms. Neurology, 32(4), 331–331. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.32.4.331  Dingfelder, S. (2019, August 21). My life with face blindness: I spent decades unable to recognize people. Then I learned why. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/08/21/feature/my-life-with-face-blindness/  Kennerknecht, I., Grueter, T., Welling, B., Wentzek, S., Horst, J., Edwards, S., & Grueter, M. (2006). First report of prevalence of non-syndromic hereditary prosopagnosia (HPA). American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 140A(15), 1617–1622. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.31343  Psychology Experiments: Cambridge Face Memory Test. (2020). BBK.ac.uk. http://www.bbk.ac.uk/psychology/psychologyexperiments/experiments/facememorytest/startup.php?r=8&p=0&d=1&dn=0&g=0&m=68f7d848edeaebd6cc29371b806b3017  Sacks, O. (2010, August 23). Face-Blind. The New Yorker; The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/08/30/face-blind  Samuelson, K. (2017, July 14). Why You Can’t Recognize Other People’s Faces. Time. https://time.com/4838661/prosopagnosia-face-blindness/  Understanding Prosopagnosia - Faceblind. (2015). Faceblind.org. https://www.faceblind.org/research/  Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.