Curiosity Daily Podcast: Why Stress Makes You Eat Differently, Humpback Whales Hunt with Bubble Nets, and the Surprising Genetic Reason Females Outlive Males
Learn about why you eat differently when you’re stressed; how humpback whales use “bubble nets” to catch fish; and the surprising genetic reason why females outlive males.
April 16, 2020
Episode Show Notes:
Why do we eat differently when stressed? by Steffie Drucker
- How to Manage Stress Eating (or Not Eating). (2020, March 25). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/well/how-to-manage-stress-eating-or-not-eating.html
- Harvard Health Publishing. (2018, July 18). Why stress causes people to overeat. Harvard Health; Harvard Health. https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/why-stress-causes-people-to-overeat
- Adam, T. C., & Epel, E. S. (2007). Stress, eating and the reward system. Physiology & Behavior, 91(4), 449–458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.04.011
- Rutledge, T., & Linden, W. (1998). Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 21(3), 221–240. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1018784015771
- Exercise and stress: Get moving to manage stress. (2018). Mayo Clinic. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/exercise-and-stress/art-20044469
Humpback whales use 'bubble nets' to catch fish by Cameron Duke
- How humpback whales catch prey with bubble nets. (n.d.). ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 26, 2020, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110624083516.htm
- Humpback whales use their flippers and bubble “nets” to catch fish. (2019, October 15). Science News. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/humpback-whales-bubble-nets
- Kosma, M. M., Werth, A. J., Szabo, A. R., & Straley, J. M. (2019). Pectoral herding: an innovative tactic for humpback whale foraging. Royal Society Open Science, 6(10), 191104. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191104
- Trifonovitch, K. (n.d.). Whale bubble-net feeding documented by UH researchers through groundbreaking video | University of Hawaiʻi System News. Retrieved March 26, 2020, from https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/10/13/whale-bubble-net-feeding-video/
The surprising genetic reason females outlive males by Cameron Duke
- Inherited Colour Vision Deficiency - Colour Blind Awareness. (2019). Colour Blind Awareness. http://www.colourblindawareness.org/colour-blindness/inherited-colour-vision-deficiency/
- Why do men — and other male animals — tend to die younger? It’s all in the Y chromosome. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/uons-wdm030320.php
- Xirocostas, Z. A., Everingham, S. E., & Moles, A. T. (2020). The sex with the reduced sex chromosome dies earlier: a comparison across the tree of life. Biology Letters, 16(3), 20190867. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0867
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