Useful Science

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/60 This week we're talking about climate anxiety and winter sports. Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach. Follow us on Twitter as @usefulsci, Instagram as @usefulscience, or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show NotesThe 2021 Western North American heat dome increased climate change anxiety among British Columbians: Results from a natural experiment https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667278222000050#bib0024 Association Between Ambient Heat and Risk of Emergency Department Visits for Mental Health Among US Adults, 2010 to 2019 Climate change is predicted to make European wine regions hotter and drier, shorten the grape growing season, shift growing regions, and change wine chemistry by altering levels of alcohol, acid, and aroma. Only ‘one reliable host city’ will be left for Winter Olympics if global emissions are not curbed: study

http://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/21 This week we're talking about sleep. Follow us @usefulsci or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show NotesPeople who slept less than 6 hours a night were 4 times more likely to catch a cold. Higher nighttime temperatures due to climate change are projected to disrupt summer sleep patterns, particularly for people who cannot afford air conditioning and people who are more sensitive to heat, like the elderly. Not sleeping enough (staying up for 17 hours straight) impaired performance in the same way as a blood alcohol level above the legal driving limit would (BAC 0.05%).

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/59 This week we're talking about dog ownership and gift giving. Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach. Follow us on Twitter as @usefulsci, Instagram as @usefulscience, or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show NotesDog owners have a 24% lower risk of dying early and a 31% lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. The Gift of Psychological Closeness: How Feasible Versus Desirable Gifts Reduce Psychological Distance to the Giver

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/58 This week we're talking about fatigue & risk management in healthcare workers. Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach. Follow us on Twitter as @usefulsci, Instagram as @usefulscience, or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show NotesAssociation of residency work hour reform with long term quality and costs of care of US physicians: observational study Education Outcomes in a Duty-Hour Flexibility Trial in Internal Medicine Figuring in fatigue: A commentary on Schwartz et al., “Fatigue in surgical residents: An analysis of duty-hours and the effect of hypothetical naps on predicted performance” Addressing fatigue in medical residents with biomathematical fatigue modeling Trends in Strategic Napping in Surgical Residents by Gender, Postgraduate Year, Work Schedule, and Clinical Rotation Fatigue in surgical residents an analysis of duty-hours and the effect of hypothetical naps on predicted performance Biomathematical Modeling Predicts Fatigue Risk in General Surgery Residents

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/57 Deborah talks about two interventions programs designed to address the effects of discrimination on Black youth. Alex presents the results of the Oregon Water Futures Project, which revealed inequalities in water access throughout the state. Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach. Follow us on Twitter as @usefulsci, Instagram as @usefulscience, or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show NotesElevating Water Priorities for Oregon Communities. Program Profile: Adults in the Making (AIM) Program Profile: Strong African American Families (SAAF) Strong African American Families Program The Adults in the Making Program: Long-term Protective Stabilizing Effects on Alcohol Use and Substance Use Problems for Rural African American Emerging Adults

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/56 This week we're talking about racial disparities in health and medicine. Ian and Deborah present research focusing on differences in cancer treatments for Black patients in contrast to White patients, and also discuss athlete head trauma and concussion education in the US. Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach. Follow us on Twitter as @usefulsci, Instagram as @usefulscience, or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show NotesBlack patients in the U.S. are less likely to receive surgery as treatment for esophageal cancer, making them more likely to die from this type of cancer than white patients. Even though 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, survival rates have been improving over the last three decades. However, black women are still 40% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women in the U.S. Assessing Differences in Concussion Symptom Knowledge and Sources of Information Among Black and White Collegiate-Athletes

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/55 This week we're talking about neighborhood connections and green spaces. Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach. Follow us on Twitter as @usefulsci, Instagram as @usefulscience, or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show Notes‘It's real, not fake like a park’: Residents’ perception and use of informal urban green-space in Brisbane, Australia and Sapporo, Japan Residential relocation and change in social capital: A natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/54 This week we're talking about cultural change. Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach. Follow us on Twitter as @usefulsci, Instagram as @usefulscience, or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show NotesGlobal Increases in Individualism Social Structure, Infectious Diseases, Disasters, Secularism, and Cultural Change in America Tuning in to psychological change: Linguistic markers of psychological traits and emotions over time in popular U.S. song lyrics. Temporal Changes in Individualism and Their Ramification in Japan: Rising Individualism and Conflicts with Persisting Collectivism The Church, intensive kinship, and global psychological variation Large-Scale Psychological Differences Within China Explained by Rice Versus Wheat Agriculture Status Quo Bias in Decision Making

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/53\r\nThis week we\'re talking about food and allergies.\r\nMusic by Solomon Krause-Imlach.\r\nFollow us on Twitter as @usefulsci, Instagram as @usefulscience, or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org.\r\nShow NotesWhen surveyed, almost 1 in 5 Americans report that they have a food allergy, but only 1 in 10 report symptoms consistent with food allergies or have received a diagnosis from a physician. This suggests that around twice as many Americans believe they have a food allergy than actually do.\r\nFoods that mothers eat regularly while breastfeeding are later more accepted by their infants.\r\n

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/52\r\nThis week we\'re talking about behavior change.\r\nMusic by Solomon Krause-Imlach.\r\nFollow us on Twitter as @usefulsci, Instagram as @usefulscience, or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org.\r\nShow NotesTeaching temptation bundling to boost exercise: A field experiment\r\nForgoing earned incentives to signal pure motives\r\n

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/51 This week we're talking about parenting. Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach. Follow us on Twitter as @usefulsci, Instagram as @usefulscience, or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show NotesCurious Neuron

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/50 This week we're talking about parenting. Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach. Follow us on Twitter as @usefulsci, Instagram as @usefulscience, or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show NotesMothers In Science

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/49 The COVID vaccine is a major medical triumph. But not everyone is so excited to receive it. What do we know about vaccine hesitancy? How about its more radical cousin, vaccine rejection? And how does the situation in the United States differ from other countries, like Australia? All that and more on this episode of the podcast, featuring Duncan, Avaneesh, and Cameron. Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach. Follow us on Twitter as @usefulsci, Instagram as @usefulscience, or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show NotesVaccine Hesitancy: In Search of the Risk Communication Comfort Zone Gizmodo: The Last of the Iron Lungs Epidemic prevalence information on social networks can mediate emergent collective outcomes in voluntary vaccine schemes

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/48 This week we're talking about sleep and lunch breaks. Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach. Follow us on Twitter as @usefulsci, Instagram as @usefulscience, or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show NotesEnhancing daily well-being at work through lunchtime park walks and relaxation exercises: Recovery experiences as mediators. Sleep in university students prior to and during COVID-19 Stay-at-Home orders

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/47 The way we make decisions says a lot about us. In this episode, we highlight two studies that delve into the idea of “Blind Cooperation.” It turns out that being the kind of person who spontaneously cooperates with others and offers help without calculation can confer social benefits in the long run. Namly, it’ll earn you the reputation of being trustworthy. Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach. Follow us on Twitter as @usefulsci, Instagram as @usefulscience, or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show NotesPreferential interactions promote blind cooperation and informed defection Uncalculating cooperation is used to signal trustworthiness

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/46 In an annual ceremony at Harvard University, the Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that "first make people LAUGH, and then make them THINK.” It's a quirky and entertaining tradition, and we've featured their 2020 ​A​wards in this episode of the podcast. Hear from Susan, Duncan, and Camerom, who discuss their favorite Ig Nobel Prize winners, and learn more about the ​30-year-old tradition organized by the Annals of Improbable Research. "The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology." Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach. Follow us @usefulsci or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show Notes30th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/45 Not all laughter is created equal, and the truth is you probably laugh differently around people you don’t know than you do with friends and family. While subtle, many people can tell the difference. And do social media sites like Facebook provide a replacement for real interactions? A famous study from 2013 says no. Facebook may even make people less happy. Find out more in this episode on Social Connection. Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach. Follow us @usefulsci or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show NotesOver a two-week period, young adults' Facebook use predicted decreased self-reported well-being. This was true for individuals with both small and large social networks. Detecting affiliation in colaughter across 24 societies

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/44 Research suggests that higher local temperatures are associated with a greater incidence of antibiotic-resistant infections. In other words, climate change may exacerbate the already growing problem of antibiotic resistance in humans. On the flip side, scientists in Portland, Oregon find that planting more vegetation, using reflective materials on hard surfaces, and installing green roofs on buildings may help cool urban areas susceptible to extreme heat. Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach. Follow us @usefulsci or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show NotesAntibiotic resistance increases with local temperature A combination of planting more vegetation, using reflective materials on hard surfaces, and installing green roofs on buildings may help cool urban areas susceptible to extreme heat.

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/43 The average person eats at least 50,000 microplastics a year, and inhales a similar amount. Microplastics have been found in every part of our digestive tract, and are deleterious to the liver and gut. There is good news, however: researchers at Penn State are working on eco-friendly and biodegradable substitutes. They're made from squid teeth. Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach. Follow us @usefulsci or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show NotesSquid-Inspired Tandem Repeat Proteins: Functional Fibers and Films Human Consumption of Microplastics Plastic and Human Health: A Micro Issue?

https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/43 The average person eats at least 50,000 microplastics a year, and inhales a similar amount. Microplastics have been found in every part of our digestive tract, and are deleterious to the liver and gut. There is good news, however: researchers at Penn State are working on eco-friendly and biodegradable substitutes. They're made from squid teeth. Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach. Follow us @usefulsci or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show NotesSquid-Inspired Tandem Repeat Proteins: Functional Fibers and Films Human Consumption of Microplastics Plastic and Human Health: A Micro Issue?