Curiosity Daily Podcast: Otterly Amazing, Let’s Go Bananas, Blingy Mayan Grills

Episode show notes:

Otter’s holding hands? Adorable, AND these little cuties are on the front lines of climate change.

The Cutest Way to Fight Climate Change? Send in the Otters by Matt Simon

• https://www.wired.com/story/the-cutest-way-to-fight-climate-change-send-in-the-otters/

Sea otter by Monterey Bay Aquarium

• https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/sea-otter

How sea otters can fight climate change by Ula Chrobak

• https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210914-how-sea-otters-help-fight-climate-change

Why combatting climate change just got a whole lot cuter by Carley Gomez

• https://www.abc10.com/article/tech/science/climate-change/combatting-climate-change/103-80d00b4a-adc0-4781-837a-aae073fa5bf1

Companies hoping to grow carbon-sucking kelp may be rushing ahead of the science by James Temple

• https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/19/1035889/kelp-carbon-removal-seaweed-sinking-climate-change/#:~:text=An%20expert%20panel%20assembled%20by,of%20carbon%20dioxide%20per%20year.

Here are the 10 most popular cars in Boston by Jack Pickell

• ​​https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/car-culture/2018/09/12/most-popular-cars-in-boston/#:~:text=The%20Boston%20Globe%20analyzed%20data,according%20to%20the%20newspaper's%20analysis.

We all know we should eat healthy - but did you know it could add YEARS to your life? Yes. Years.

Changing your diet could add up to 13 years to your life, study says by Sandee LaMotte

• https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/08/health/longer-life-diet-wellness/index.html

Estimating impact of food choices on life expectancy: A modeling study by Lars T. Fadnes, Jan-Magnus Økland, Øystein A. Haaland, and Kjell Arne Johansson

• https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003889

Dietary changes may extend life span by up to 10 years by Robby Berman

• https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/can-dietary-changes-extend-life-span

Eating Less Red Meat and More of These ‘Key 3’ Foods Could Add 10 Years to Your Life Expectancy by Kells McPhillips

• https://www.wellandgood.com/derm-check-winter-skyrizi/

America’s Women and the Wage Gap by The National Partnership for Women and Families

• https://www.nationalpartnership.org/our-work/resources/economic-justice/fair-pay/americas-women-and-the-wage-gap.pdf

Why Good Nutrition is Important by Center for Science in the Public Interest

• https://www.cspinet.org/eating-healthy/why-good-nutrition-important

An ancient Mayan dental practice was all about the bling, baby.

The ancient Mayan practice of dental modification by Katelyn Green

• https://sciworthy.com/what-did-the-ancient-maya-do-to-their-teeth/

Mayans: Civilization, Culture & Empire by History.com Editors

• https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-americas/maya

Belize cave was Maya child sacrifice site by Bruce Bower

• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/belize-cave-was-maya-child-sacrifice-site

This Exhibition Has Real Bite by Roslyn Sulcas

• https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/arts/design/teet

Dr. Verdugo’s Research Papers

• https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Cristina-Verdugo-2113635702

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