Diversified Farming, Sense of Smell, Simple Rhythms

Today, you’ll learn about how diversifying farms has a ton of upsides and virtually no downsides, the way we tend to predict how something will smell before we smell it, and a universally shared preference for simple rhythms in music.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Diversified Farming&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>“Major study reports that people and environment both benefit from diversified farming, while bottom lines also thrive.” <a href="https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2024/major-study-reports-that-people-and-environment-both-benefit-from-diversified-farming-while-bottom-lines-also-thrive/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Copenhagen. 2024.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture.” <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj1914" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">by Laura Vang Rasmussen, et al. 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“The Green Revolution: Norman Borlaug and the Race to Fight Global Hunger.” <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/green-revolution-norman-borlaug-race-to-fight-global-hunger/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">by Ray Offenheiser. 2020.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li></ul>&nbsp;Sense of Smell&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>“The sense of smell is influenced by cues from other senses.” <a href="https://www.su.se/department-of-psychology/news/the-sense-of-smell-is-influenced-by-cues-from-other-senses-1.727242" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stockholm University. 2024.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Olfactory categorization is shaped by a transmodal cortical network for evaluating perceptual predictions.” <a href="https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2024/03/29/JNEUROSCI.1232-23.2024" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">by Stephen Pierzchajlo, et al. 2024.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li></ul>&nbsp;Simple Rhythms&nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>“Cross-cultural research reveals universal bias towards simple rhythmic ratios in music.” <a href="https://www.psypost.org/cross-cultural-research-reveals-universal-bias-towards-simple-rhythmic-ratios-in-music/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">by Eric W. Dolan. 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Commonality and variation in mental representations of music revealed by a cross-cultural comparison of rhythm priors in 15 countries.” <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01800-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">by Nori Jacoby, et al. 2024.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li></ul>&nbsp;Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with<a href="https://twitter.com/producercody" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/calbits/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Calli</a> and<a href="https://twitter.com/smashleyhamer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nate_from_the_internet/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">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" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity</a> to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.&nbsp; <hr> 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.