Learn CASIS’ criteria for getting approval for a science experiment in space; when is the right time to get your flu shot; and the top 10 relationship deal breakers, according to research. 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: Before They're Allowed in Space, Science Experiments Need to Meet These 3 Criteria When's the Right Time to Get Your Flu Shot? Scientists Have Identified the Top 10 Relationship Deal Breakers Please tell us about yourself and help us improve the show by taking our listener survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/curiosity-listener-survey If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! Learn about these topics and more on Curiosity.com, and download our 5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable our Alexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!
Learn CASIS’ criteria for getting approval for a science experiment in space; when is the right time to get your flu shot; and the top 10 relationship deal breakers, according to research.
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:
Please tell us about yourself and help us improve the show by taking our listener survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/curiosity-listener-survey
If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron!
Learn about these topics and more on Curiosity.com, and download our 5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable our Alexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!
Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/flu-shot-timing-space-experiment-requirements-and-relationship-deal-breakers-according-to-research
[MUSIC PLAYING] CODY GOUGH: Hi. We've got three stories from curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. I'm Cody Gough.
ASHLEY HAMER: And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today, you'll learn the criteria for getting approval for a science experiment in space, when the right time is to get your flu shot, and the top 10 relationship deal-breakers according to research.
CODY GOUGH: Let's satisfy some curiosity. If you're thinking about conducting a science experiment in space-- and who isn't-- then we've got some important information for you, as in the three criteria your experiment needs to meet before you can do it. What's your space experiment, Ashley?
ASHLEY HAMER: Oh, man, I do burpees in space.
CODY GOUGH: Why? Do you like burpees?
ASHLEY HAMER: I don't like burpees, but I feel like they'd be a lot nicer in space.
CODY GOUGH: Easier if there was less gravity?
ASHLEY HAMER: Yeah.
CODY GOUGH: Burpees are literally the worst.
ASHLEY HAMER: They really are.
CODY GOUGH: Why would you even bring them up?
ASHLEY HAMER: Someone I calls them "throw-upees."
[LAUGHTER]
CODY GOUGH: They're not. Oh, they're the worst thing ever. It's an exercise. Look it up. We're not going to go into that. Oh, man, that's tough. Well, if you have a better idea than that, then you can actually get a science experiment happening in space. And these criteria for getting that experiment up there comes from the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space or CASIS.
Since the NASA Authorization Act of 2010, cases has been a gatekeeper to the US National Lab on the International Space Station. Congress wanted to open up research channels to a variety of researchers from the US. See at the time, NASA was more interested in space exploration, which makes sense. So CASIS works with organizations to focus on using the Space Station to benefit life on Earth more specifically.
CASIS now works with NASA, SpaceX, and Orbital ATK on NASA's cargo resupply missions to the ISS. On those missions, half of the payload is reserved for the research, which comes from private companies and a variety of researchers that CASIS chooses. Once the goodies get up to the station, half of the crew members working time is dedicated to those experiments. Pretty important stuff.
To get your research aboard these missions and up to the ISS for hardcore science thing, you need to meet CASIS's has three criteria. First, it must be operationally feasible and safe. In other words, you have to make sure that it's even possible aboard the ISS. Blue Whale Research? Probably not going to happen just now. The blue whales in space reminds me of Star Trek 4. That's a phenomenal movie.
Anyway, the second condition, it must benefit life on Earth. You have to be able to answer questions about how microgravity can impact whatever it is that you want to send to the station on top of how it can possibly improve life on Earth. And the third and final criteria, it must have a reasonable return on investment for the American taxpayer. In other words, is the potential result of the research worth the cost of carrying it out? So to recap, the three criteria are, it has to be feasible, it has to benefit life on Earth, and it has to have a reasonable cost. But don't be afraid to get creative.
At one point, CASIS was in talks with Budweiser to figure out how brewing beer in microgravity would work. And we've got you covered if you already have a great idea. There's a link to the proposal submission form and our full write-up on curiosity.com and on a Curiosity app for Android and iOS. Let us know if they picked your idea.
ASHLEY HAMER: Pharmacies are already plastered with flu shot signs, but it might feel like you just got your shot. Aggressive marketing tactics aside, when are you actually supposed to get your flu shot? Don't worry, we've got you covered. Cody, do you have your flu shot yet?
CODY GOUGH: No. Do you?
ASHLEY HAMER: I just got mine today, actually.
CODY GOUGH: Hmm.
ASHLEY HAMER: Yeah. It was painless. No, it wasn't painless. It hurt a little bit, but I was brave. No tears.
CODY GOUGH: Well done. Easier than getting blood drawn, right?
ASHLEY HAMER: Definitely easier than getting blood drawn.
CODY GOUGH: For some of us.
ASHLEY HAMER: The Center for Disease Control says to get your flu shot by the end of October.
CODY GOUGH: I'm good.
ASHLEY HAMER: Simple. Yeah, you totally are.
CODY GOUGH: I got plenty of time.
ASHLEY HAMER: Getting vaccinated later can still be beneficial even into January or later, but October is ideal. The idea here is that flu generally starts to spread as the weather cools down, partially because the influenza virus has a protective coating that needs cold temperatures to stay intact. You want to be protected from the virus before that happens. And it takes about two weeks post flu shot before your body has built up its protective store of antibodies.
Children between six months and eight years old need two doses, spaced four weeks apart. So they should start even earlier, basically, as soon as that year's vaccine is available. But a study published just last month in Clinical Infectious Diseases says there's evidence that there is such a thing as getting your flu shot too early. The study found that a person's likelihood of contracting influenza increased by about 16% for every month after their vaccination.
In this case, the early bird doesn't catch the worm, but it might just catch the flu. Still, if you got your shot early, there's no reason to be alarmed. Other studies show that most people still have a sizable antibody army even after more than nine months. Getting your flu shot is just a good idea no matter when it happens. Speaking of good ideas, if you're looking for something to listen to after this have we got the podcast for you.
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CODY GOUGH: Sometimes, it might feel like literally everyone has articles about relationships and dating advice. I mean you can find dating tips on Forbes and Business Insider for crying out loud. But we like science here, and we like fun. So today, we're going to be one of those people because we're going to get into a 2015 study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin-- pretty legit-- that shows the relationship deal-breakers many people agree on. This is deal-breakers. Do you have a lot of these? I feel like everyone has their little short list.
ASHLEY HAMER: I mean they can't believe in pseudoscience. It seems silly, but that's a very core part of me. And my partner needs to have a similar view on the world.
CODY GOUGH: For a while, my deal-breaker was I wouldn't date a girl that wasn't into video games and ended up marrying a girl that doesn't care about video games.
ASHLEY HAMER: Hey, yeah, that's the thing about deal-breakers. Sometimes they just fall by the wayside if you like the person enough.
CODY GOUGH: However, I think that some of these deal-breakers are ones that probably most people are not going to change their minds on.
ASHLEY HAMER: Yes. So according to this study quote "these findings support adaptive attentional biases in human social cognition" unquote. In other words, we evolved to pay attention to some things in our partners above other things. The study identified the top 10 deal-breakers in two categories-- long-term relationships and short-term relationships. Do your deal-breakers line up with what this study found?
CODY GOUGH: First, here are the deal-breakers for short-term relationships. Making the top 10, number 10, the person is racist or bigoted. Number 9, the person does not take care of themselves. Number 8, the person is currently dating multiple partners. Number 7, the person is unattractive. Number 6, the person is bad in bed. Number 5, the person has anger issues or is abusive. Number 4, the person is already in a relationship or married. Number 3, the person has poor hygiene. Number 2, the person smells bad. And number 1, is the person has health issues, such as STDs.
ASHLEY HAMER: And here are the long-term relationship deal-breakers. You'll see that there are a lot of overlaps and weirdly some repeats. But I swear, this is what the study said. Number 10, they smell bad. Number 9, they have poor hygiene. Number 8, they have anger issues, or they're abusive. Number 7, they're inattentive or uncaring. Number 6, they have an alcohol or drug problem. Number 5, they have health issues, such as STDs. Number 4, they're already in a relationship, or they're married. Number 3, they're untrustworthy. Number 2, they're currently dating multiple partners. And number 1, is again, they have anger issues, or they're abusive.
CODY GOUGH: Twice. That's emphatic.
ASHLEY HAMER: It's an important one.
CODY GOUGH: So yeah. If you're doing these things, then stop doing these things. Otherwise, keep on keeping on, and we hope you find love if you haven't already.
ASHLEY HAMER: Oh. Read about today's stories and more on curiosity.com.
CODY GOUGH: Join us again tomorrow for the Curiosity Daily and learn something new in just a few minutes. I'm Cody Gough.
ASHLEY HAMER: And I'm Ashley Hamer. Stay curious.
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