Ice Age Survivors, Micro Knots, Octopus Farm

Today you’ll learn about what long lost genomes from the last ice age teach us about ancient hunter-gatherers, how a covid-era obsession helped make a resilient new material, and a proposal to create something very controversial: the world’s first octopus farm. Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/ice-age-survivors-micro-knots-octopus-farmIce Age Survivors <ul><li>“Ice age survivors” by Max-Planck-Gesellschaft<ul><li><a href="https://www.mpg.de/19941740/0223-evan-ice-age-survivors-150495-x">https://www.mpg.de/19941740/0223-evan-ice-age-survivors-150495-x</a></li></ul></li><li>“Large-scale genomic analysis documents migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers” by UNM Newsroom<ul><li><a href="https://news.unm.edu/news/large-scale-genomic-analysis-documents-migrations-of-ice-age-hunter-gatherers">https://news.unm.edu/news/large-scale-genomic-analysis-documents-migrations-of-ice-age-hunter-gatherers</a></li></ul></li></ul>Micro Knots<ul><li>“Knots smaller than human hair make materials unusually tough” by Robert Perkins<ul><li><a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-03-smaller-human-hair-materials-unusually.html">https://phys.org/news/2023-03-smaller-human-hair-materials-unusually.html</a></li></ul></li><li>“Knots are not for naught: Design, properties, and topology of hierarchical intertwined microarchitected materials” by WIDIANTO P. MOESTOPO et al.<ul><li><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade6725">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade6725</a></li></ul></li></ul>Octopus Farm <ul><li>“World's first octopus farm proposals alarm scientists” by Claire Marshall<ul><li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64814781">https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64814781</a></li></ul></li><li>“The world's first octopus farm - should it go ahead?” by Claire Marshall<ul><li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59667645">https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59667645</a></li></ul></li><li>“Live chilling of turbot and subsequent effect on behaviour, muscle stiffness, muscle quality, blood gases and chemistry” by B Roth, AK Imsland and A Foss<ul><li><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/animal-welfare/article/abs/live-chilling-of-turbot-and-subsequent-effect-on-behaviour-muscle-stiffness-muscle-quality-blood-gases-and-chemistry/9578F848E35B0E1C7AD1A6B7DFAD7B21">https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/animal-welfare/article/abs/live-chilling-of-turbot-and-subsequent-effect-on-behaviour-muscle-stiffness-muscle-quality-blood-gases-and-chemistry/9578F848E35B0E1C7AD1A6B7DFAD7B21</a></li></ul></li><li>“Nitrogen and Water” By Water Science School<ul><li><a href="https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/nitrogen-and-water#:~:text=Excess%20nitrogen%20can%20harm%20water,block%20light%20to%20deeper%20waters">https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/nitrogen-and-water#:~:text=Excess%20nitrogen%20can%20harm%20water,block%20light%20to%20deeper%20waters</a>.</li></ul></li></ul>Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with<a href="https://twitter.com/producercody"> </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/calbits/">Calli</a> and<a href="https://twitter.com/smashleyhamer"> </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nate_from_the_internet/">Nate</a> — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to <a href="https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity">https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity</a> to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.