Learn about how cold the last ice age was, why your body’s stress response can actually be healthy for you, and how to stop a jack-a-lantern from spoiling.

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Researchers Know How Cold the Last Ice Age Was by Grant Currin

• How cold was the ice age? Researchers now know. (2020). EurekAlert! hcw082120.php">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/uoa-hcw082120.php
• Tierney, J.E., Zhu, J., King, J. et al. (2020). Glacial cooling and climate sensitivity revisited. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2617-x

Pandemic Stress Study Shows That a Stress Response Can be Healthy by Kelsey Donk

• People with Lower Biological Response to Standard Stress Task Showed More PTSD Symptoms After COVID-19 Crisis Began. (2020, August 30). Media and Public Relations | Baylor University. https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php
• Ginty, A. T., Young, D. A., Tyra, A. T., Hurley, P. E., Brindle, R. C., & Williams, S. E. (2020). Heart rate reactivity to acute psychological stress predicts higher levels of PTSD symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychosomatic Medicine, Publish Ahead of Print. https://doi.org/10.1097/psy.0000000000000848

How to stop a jack-o-lantern from spoiling by Ashley Hamer

• Original episode: https://www.curiositydaily.com/arthur-conan-doyle-harry-houdini-friendship-how-to/

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