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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly
Episode: Palm-Less Oil, Polyglot Brain, Ayahuasca & Fear
Description: Today, youâll learn about an effort to create palm oil without burning down millions of acres of forest, the surprising way polyglotsâ brains approach their own native language, and new research on how the powerful psychedelic drug ayahuasca extinguishes fear.  Palm-Less Oil  âThey Want to Make Palm Oil in a Lab. Without Palm Trees.â by Dionne Searcey. 2024.  âThings To Know About Palm Oil.â WWF. n.d.  Polyglot Brain  âFor people who speak many languages, thereâs something special about their native tongue.â by Anne Trafton. 2024.  âFunctional characterization of t...