Hammerhead Embryos, Free Throw Touch, Kinky Alloy

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Today, you’ll learn about the rare study of a hammerhead shark embryo, how touching your teammate might help them make free throws, and a super alloy that doesn’t break - it kinks.

Hammerhead Embryos

“Secrets of Hammerhead Sharks Revealed in ‘Very Rare’ Images.” by Robyn White. 2024.
“Bonnethead shark.” David A. Ebert, et al. 2021.
“Are Hammerhead Sharks Dangerous and Do They Attack Humans?” by Robyn White. 2022.
“Embryonic development in the bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), a viviparous hammerhead shark.” by Steven R. Byrum, et al. 2023.

Free Throw Touch

“Physical touch from teammates appears to improve free throw accuracy in basketball.” by Eric W. Dolan. 2024.
“The power of human touch: Physical contact improves performance in basketball free throws.” by Christiane M. Buttner, et al. 2024.

Kinky Alloy

“This Allow is Kinky.” by Aliyah Kovner. 2024.
“Kink bands promote exceptional fracture resistance in a NbTaTiHf refractory medium-entropy alloy.” by David H. Cook, et al. 2024.

Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Curiosity Daily from Discovery. The very best place to get
0:08.4	smarter in just a few minutes. That's what we do here. My name is Nate and I'm
0:12.4	Gally. If you're dropping in for the first time, welcome to curiosity, where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind. If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today, you'll learn about the rare study of a hammerhead shark embryo, how touching your
0:24.9	teammate might help them make free throws, and a super alloy that doesn't break, it kinks.
0:31.9	This is going to be fun.
0:32.8	Discovery Shark Week is stealthily silently approaching like an Apex predator of great television.
0:38.3	July 7th is coming up and I will be watching it on Max.
0:41.5	I think I'm going to be watching it on discovery.
0:44.3	Sure. And so in honor of Shark Week we are covering some of the newest breakthroughs
0:48.3	in the world of the shark. And today it's not just the world of the shark,
0:51.8	it's the world of the baby shark.
0:54.4	Don't sing it.
0:55.8	No, I didn't get stuck on my head for ever.
0:59.0	Okay, so not that kind of baby shark.
1:00.9	Today we're talking about the hammerhead. Scientists at the
1:03.7	University of Florida got their hands on an extremely rare embryo of this
1:07.1	enigmatic shark and for the first time ever observed the early stages of its
1:11.0	development including skull and eye formation.
1:14.3	Okay, so they saw the head becoming like that hammer?
1:17.5	Something like that?
1:18.8	Yeah. So this is a pretty major development because it's nearly impossible to obtain an
1:23.4	embryonic specimen. Okay but why I mean I can imagine it's not easy to see the
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -262 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Warner Bros. Discovery, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Warner Bros. Discovery and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.