Plastic Waste Fuel, Colds Got Worse?, Trees and Mushrooms
Today you’ll learn about a new process that could turn plastic waste and CO2 into lipstick, how cold and flu season isn’t different, you are, and a way to turn the forest into farmland without cutting down trees.
Curiosity Weekly · Warner Bros. Discovery
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Show Notes
Today you’ll learn about a new process that could turn plastic waste and CO2 into lipstick, how cold and flu season isn’t different, you are, and a way to turn the forest into farmland without cutting down trees.
Plastic Waste Fuel
- “Could waste plastic become a useful fuel source?” by Katherine Latham. 2023.
- “Our planet is choking on plastic.” n.a. N.d.
Colds Got Worse?
- “Colds Haven’t Changed. So Why Do They Suddenly Feel So Bad?” by Katherine J. Wu. 2023.
- “The National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System.” CDC. 2023.
- “BIOFORE Syndromic Trends.” n.a. 2023.
Trees and Mushrooms
- “Growing mushrooms alongside trees could feed millions and mitigate effects of climate change, research finds.” n.a. 2023.
- “Edible fungi crops through mycoforestry, potential for carbon negative food production and mitigation of food and forestry conflicts.” by Paul W. Thomas & Alistair S. Jump. 2023.
- “Edible mycorrhizal fungi of the world: What is their role in forest sustainability, food security, biocultural conservation and climate change?” by Jesus Perez-Moreno, et al. 2021.
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