Stem Cell Meat, Antarctica Cavern and Ants Playing Dead

Today you’ll learn about lab-grown meat, a world hundreds of feet below a West Antarctic glacier, and a new discovery about the mysterious behavior of ants. Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/stem-cell-meat-antarctica-cavern-and-ants-playing-deadStem Cell Meat  “Cultured Meat Produced Using Immortal Stem Cells.” by Molly Campbell. 2023.https://www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/news/cultured-meat-produced-using-immortal-stem-cells-373195“Meat accounts for nearly 60% of all greenhouse gases from food production, study finds.” by Oliver Milman. 2021.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/13/meat-greenhouses-gases-food-production-study“Lab-Grown Meat’s Carbon Footprint Potentially Worse Than Retail Beef.” by Amy Quinton. 2023.https://www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/lab-grown-meat-carbon-footprint-worse-beef#:~:text=Under%20that%20scenario%2C%20researchers%20found,conventional%20beef%20production%2C%20they%20calculate.“Yes, Lab-Grown Meat Is Vegan.” by Jude Whiley. 2023.https://www.wired.com/story/lab-grown-meat-vegan-ethics-environment/Antarctica Cavern“A massive cavern beneath a West Antarctic glacier is teeming with life.” by Douglas Fox. 2023.https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cavern-west-antarctic-glacier-life“Melting and Refreezing in an Ice Shelf Basal Channel at the Grounding Line of the Kamb Ice Stream, West Antarctica.” by A Whiteford, et al. 2022.https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2021JF006532“The Six Moons Most Likely to Host Life in Our Solar System.” by Rebecca Boyle. 2023.https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-six-moons-most-likely-to-host-life-in-our-solar-system/#:~:text=Life%20could%20flourish%20in%20half,dwarf%20planets%20Ceres%20and%20PlutoAnts Play Dead“Kangaroo Island ants 'play dead’ to avoid predators.” University of South Australia. 2023.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230509122125.htm#:~:text=Summary%3A,is%20a%20recorded%20world%20first.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.

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