Re-release: Podcast Friends, Drunk Plants, Hot Temper
Today we discuss the psychological effects of listening to podcasts, how climate change actually makes us more likely to engage in hate speech, and how giving plants alcohol in the form of ethanol can make them resistant to drought.
Podcast Friends
- \u201cListening to podcasts may help satisfy our psychological need for social connection, study finds\u201d by Beth Ellwood
- \u201cWhy people listen: Motivations and outcomes of podcast listening\u201d by Stephanie J. Tobin
Drunk Plants
- \u201cGetting Plants \u2018Drunk\u2019 Insulates them Against Drought, According to New Research\u201d by Andy Corbley
- \u201cPretreating soil with ethanol protects plants from drought, study finds\u201d by Khurram Bashir
Hot Temper
- \u201cAI-Based Research Reveals That Extreme Temperatures Fuel Online Hate Speech\u201d by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
- \u201cOnline Hate Speech Increases During Extreme Hot and Cold Weather, Study Shows\u201d by Jeffrey Kluger
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