Smart Drugs, Frozen Organ Transplant, Curly Hair Cool

Today, you’ll learn about a new study that shows drugs like Ritalin aren’t so smart after all, how frozen rat kidneys could lead to a medical revolution, and a new study that shows how people with curly hair are extra cool. 

Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/smart-drugs-frozen-organ-transplant-curly-hair-cool

Smart Drugs  

• “'Smart Drugs' Make You Worse at Solving Complex Problems, New Study Finds.” by Elizabeth Bowman, et al. 2023.
  • https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add4165
• “People who use ‘smart drugs’ worse at complex tasks, study finds.” by Melissa Davey. 2023.
  • https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/15/people-who-use-smart-drugs-worse-at-complex-tasks-study-finds

Frozen Organ Transplant 

• “Scientists Successfully Unfroze Rat Organs and Transplanted Them - a 'Historic' Step that Could Someday Transform Transplant Medicine.” by Marion Renault. 2023.
  • https://www.statnews.com/2023/06/21/cryogenic-organ-preservation-transplants/
• “Organ Donation Statistics.” HRSA. 2023.
  • https://www.organdonor.gov/learn/organ-donation-statistics
• “Vitrification.” Wikipedia. N.d.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitrification

Curly Hair Cool 

• “Life Before Air Conditioning: Curly Hair Kept Early Humans Cool.” by Francisco Tutella. 2023.
  • https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/life-air-conditioning-curly-hair-kept-early-humans-cool/
• “Human scalp hair as a thermoregulatory adaptation.” by Tina Lasisi, et al. 2023.
  • https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2301760120

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