Curiosity Daily Podcast: Pills Can Detect Radiation, Metabolism Myth, Waking Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed

Learn about how our metabolism changes; waking up on the wrong side of the bed; and painkillers as radiation dosimeters.

October 06, 2021

Episode Show Notes:

The metabolism changes much more gradually as we get older than we thought by Grant Currin

Waking Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed Is Totally Real by Reuben Westmaas originally aired July 23, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/nasa-s-sun-probe-waking-up-on-the-wrong-side-of-th

If you're exposed to radiation, pop some painkillers into your pocket by Briana Brownell

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