Should You Avoid Fever-Reducing Drugs? Plus: Teeth-Replacing Dinosaurs and Phantosmia Smell Hallucinations
Learn about whether you should avoid fever reducing drugs; why some dinosaurs replaced their teeth as much as sharks do; and how the smelling disorder \u201cphantosmia\u201d can make you hallucinate with smell.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
- If Fever Helps Fight Infection, Should I Avoid Fever-Reducing Drugs? | The New York Times \u2014 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/well/live/fever-infection-drugs-tylenol-acetaminophen-ibuprofen-advil-aspirin.html
- The Case for Letting Fevers Run Their Course | The Daily Beast \u2014 https://www.thedailybeast.com/let-it-burn-why-you-should-let-fevers-run-their-course
- Commonly found fossils | Journal of Thoriacic Disease \u2014 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4703655/
- Commonly found fossils | National Trust \u2014 https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/commonly-found-fossils
- 10 Rough Facts About Majungasaurus | Mental Floss \u2014 https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/66566/10-rough-facts-about-majungasaurus
- Researchers determine dinosaur replaced teeth as fast as sharks } Phys.org \u2014 https://phys.org/news/2019-11-dinosaur-teeth-fast-sharks.html
- Plant-eating dinosaurs replaced teeth often, carried spares | Phys.org \u2014 https://phys.org/news/2013-07-plant-eating-dinosaurs-teeth.html
- Evolution of high tooth replacement rates in theropod dinosaurs | PLOS \u2014 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0224734
- Phantom smells may be a sign of trouble } NBC News \u2014 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/phantom-smells-may-be-sign-trouble-n890271
- What to know about phantom smells (phantosmia) | Medical News Today \u2014 https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322698.php
- What is phantosmia? | Healthline \u2014 https://www.healthline.com/health/phantosmia#common-causes
- Phantosmia: What causes olfactory hallucinations? | Mayo Clinic \u2014 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/temporal-lobe-seizure/expert-answers/phantosmia/faq-20058131
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