Published: June 14, 2023, 7 a.m.
Today you\u2019ll learn about what really happens when we get a whiff of something, about the mechanism that allows dolphins to communicate with vocal fry, and the dark and windy history of body donation.
Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/odor-receptors-whale-vocal-fry-body-donation
Odor Receptors\xa0\xa0\xa0
- \u201cHow do we smell? First 3D structure of human odour receptor offers clues.\u201d by Miryam Naddaf. 2023
- \u201cFirst 3D model of human odor receptor tells us how we smell.\u201d by Nergis Firtina. 2023.
- \u201cMaking Sense of Scents.\u201d by Robin Marks. 2023.
Whale Vocal Fry
- \u201cWho\u2019s Using Vocal Fry in the Ocean? Dolphins and Whaaaaaales.\u201d by Sam Jones. 2023.
- \u201cThey\u2019re, Like, Way Ahead of the Linguistic Currrve.\u201d by Douglas Quenqua. 2012.
Body Donation\xa0
- \u201cFrom grave robbing to giving your own body to science - a short history of where medical schools get cadavers.\u201d by Susan Lawrence & Susan E. Lederer. 2023.
- \u201cThe Body-Snatching Horror of John Scott Harrison.\u201d by Livius Drusus. 2015.
- \u201cIn Need of Cadavers, 19th-Century Medical Students Raided Baltimore\u2019s Graves.\u201d by Antero Pietila. 2018.
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