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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly
Episode: Alien Dataomes, How Animals Smell Viruses, Why to Read Aloud
Description: Learn why aliens have a dataome; how animals sniff out viral infections; and how reading out loud can boost your memory.
Additional resources from Caleb Scharf:
Pick up "The Ascent of Information: Books, Bits, Genes, Machines, and Life's Unending Algorithm" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ascent-Information-Machines-Unending-Algorithm/dp/0593087240
Website: http://www.calebscharf.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/caleb_scharf
When animals sniff out viral infections, what are they smelling? by Cameron Duke
Arakawa, H., Arakawa, K., & Deak, T. (2010). Sickness-related odor communication signals as determinants of social behavior in rat: A role for inflammatory processes. Hormones and Behavior, 57(3), 330–341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbe...