Curiosity Daily Podcast: Covid’s Bright Side, Frogs Out on a Limb, Fertilizing Fuel

Episode show notes:

The pandemic changed more than just our home lives, it also changed the way we live in our cities.

The Pandemic Might Have Redesigned Cities Forever by Adam Rogers

• https://www.wired.com/story/the-pandemic-might-have-redesigned-cities-forever/

Pandemic-led decline of US cities may be reversing by Howard Schneider

• https://www.reuters.com/world/the-great-reboot/pandemic-led-decline-us-cities-may-be-reversing-2021-05-04/

Car-Free Transportation Gets Boost from U.S. Grant Program by Laura Bliss

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-29/bike-pedestrian-infrastructure-favored-in-raise-grants

Pandemic-era Street Spaces: Parklets, Patios, and the Future of the Public Realm by John Bela

• https://dirt.asla.org/2021/09/09/pandemic-era-street-spaces-parklets-patios-and-the-future-of-the-public-realm/

The Status of Outdoor Dining Across the Country by Amy McCarthy

• https://www.eater.com/22833407/pandemic-outdoor-dining-america-impact-neighborhoods

Frogs found new legs with and exciting new breakthrough in limb regeneration.

A new device helps frogs regrow working legs after an amputation by Carolyn Wilke

• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/frog-leg-regeneration-new-device-regrow-amputation

Frogs regrow amputated legs in breakthrough experiment by Patrick Pester

• https://www.livescience.com/frogs-regrow-amputated-legs-in-lab

Could Humans Ever Regenerate a Limb? by Jesse Emspak

• https://www.livescience.com/59194-could-humans-ever-regenerate-limbs.html

How do we use frogs in research? by The Francis Crick Institute

• https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2019-12-16_how-do-we-use-frogs-in-research

Scientists regrow frog’s lost leg by Tufts University

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/940952

Ammonia gets a bad rap, but a new “green” ammonia may be our solution to net zero carbon emissions.

Can ‘Green’ Ammonia Be a Climate Fix? by Nicola Jones

• https://www.wired.com/story/can-green-ammonia-be-a-climate-fix/

Green ammonia could produce climate-friendly ways to store energy and fertilize farms by Stephen Ornes

• https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2119584118

Ammonia: zero-carbon fertiliser, fuel and energy store by The Royal Society

• https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/low-carbon-energy-programme/green-ammonia

Satellite Data Detects Hundreds of New Sources of Ammonia Pollution by Jason Daley

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/satellite-data-detects-hundreds-new-sources-ammonia-pollution-180970967/

Watch this TED talk to get up to speed on green ammonia and shipping by Maria Gallucci

• https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/sea-transport/watch-this-ted-talk-to-get-up-to-speed-on-green-ammonia-and-shipping

Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.