Comatose Consciousness, Glowing Frogs, Race Car Blinks
Curiosity Weekly · Warner Bros. Discovery
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Show Notes
Today, you’ll learn about hidden consciousness in comatose patients, the eerie secret glowing language of frogs, and the mysterious blinking of race car drivers.
Comatose Consciousness
- “Source of Hidden Consciousness in ‘Comatose’ Brain Injury Patients Found.” Columbia University. 2023.
- “Injury patterns associated with cognitive motor dissociation.” by Eva Franzova, et al. 2023.
Glowing Frogs
- “Many frogs glow in blue light, and it may be a secret, eerie language.” by Jake Buehler. 2023.
- “Evidence for ecological tuning of novel anuran biofluorescent signals.” by Courtney Whitcher, et al. 2023.
- “Naturally occurring fluorescence in frogs.” by Carlos Taboada, et al. 2017.
- “Ultraviolet fluorescence discovered in New World flying squirrels (Glaucomys).” by Allison M Kohler, et al. 2019.
- “Salamanders and other amphibians are aglow with biofluorescence.” by Jennifer Y Lamb & Matthew P Davis. 2020.
Race Car Blinks
- “Race car drivers usually blink at the same places in each lap.” by Darren Incorvaia. 2023.
- “Why You Blink Your Eyes.” by Troy Bedinghaus, OD. 2023.
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