Brewer’s Yeast, Constructed Languages, Memory Direction
APR 18, 202413 MIN
Brewer’s Yeast, Constructed Languages, Memory Direction
APR 18, 202413 MIN
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<p>Today, you’ll learn about a new plan to use waste from beer brewing to clean metal out of our water supply, a study that puts languages like Orc and Klingon to the test, and a discovery about the direction our memories travel in our brains. </p><p> </p><p>Brewer’s Yeast </p><p> </p><ul><li>“The same beer waste that gives us Vegemite could help us recycle metal waste.” <a href="https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/the-same-beer-waste-that-gives-us-vegemite-could-help-us-recycle-metal-waste" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">n.a. 2024.</a> </li><li>“Spent brewer’s yeast as a selective biosorbent for metal recovery from polymetallic waste streams.” <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2024.1345112/full" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">by Anna Sieber, et al. 2024.</a> </li><li>“What Is E-Waste Recycling and How Is it Done?” <a href="https://earth.org/what-is-e-waste-recycling/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">by Tin Lok Wu. 2023. </a> </li></ul><p> </p><p>Constructed Languages </p><p> </p><ul><li>“From Star Trek’s Klingon to Tolkien’s Orkish: Unraveling the auditory aesthetics of constructed languages.” <a href="https://www.psypost.org/from-star-treks-klingon-to-tolkiens-orkish-unraveling-the-auditory-aesthetics-of-constructed-languages/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">by Eric W. Dolan. 2024.</a> </li><li>“Does Orkish Sound Evil? Perception of Fantasy Languages and Their Phonetic and Phonological Characteristics.” <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00238309231202944" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">by Christine Mooshammer, et al. 2024. </a> </li></ul><p> </p><p>Memory Direction </p><p> </p><ul><li>“Brain Waves Travel in One Direction When Memories Are Made and the Opposite When Recalled.” <a href="https://www.engineering.columbia.edu/news/brain-waves-travel-one-direction-when-memories-are-made-and-opposite-when-recalled" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">by Grant Currin. 2024.</a> </li><li>“Theta and Alpha Oscillations Are Traveling Waves in the Human Neocortex.” <a href="https://www.cell.com/neuron/pdf/S0896-6273(18)30417-3.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">by Honghui Zhang, et al. 2018.</a> </li><li>“The direction of theta and alpha travelling waves modulates human memory processing.” <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01838-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">by Uma R. Mohan, et al. 2024. </a> </li></ul><p> </p><p><em>Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with</em><a href="https://twitter.com/producercody" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em> </em></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/calbits/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Calli</em></a><em> and</em><a href="https://twitter.com/smashleyhamer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em> </em></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nate_from_the_internet/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Nate</em></a><em> — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to </em><a href="https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity</em></a><em> to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.</em> </p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
