Re-release: Solar Salads, Cursed Caffeine, Webb’s First Photo

While Curiosity Daily is a on a break for the holidays, we wanted to leave you with a few of our favorite episodes from 2022. Today, you’ll learn about the benefits of shading rooftop gardens with solar panels, caffeine’s dark secrets, and how the first i

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December 29, 202213m 55s

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Today, you’ll learn about the benefits of shading rooftop gardens with solar panels, caffeine’s dark secrets, and how the first image from the James Webb telescope promises a great run for Hubble’s successor.

Solar Salads

“Your Rooftop Garden Could Be a Solar-Powered Working Farm” by Matt Simon
- https://www.wired.com/story/your-rooftop-garden-could-be-a-solar-powered-working-farm/
“Exploring The Potential of Rooftop Agrivoltaics” by Jennifer Bousselot and Thomas Hickey, Jr.
- https://livingarchitecturemonitor.com/articles/potential-rooftop-agrivoltaics-sp22
“Volunteer State (Finally) Discovers Solar Power — With A Regenerative Twist” by Tina Casey
- https://cleantechnica.com/2022/04/04/volunteer-state-finally-discovers-solar-power-with-a-regenerative-twist/

Cursed Caffeine

“The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?” by Michael Pollan
- https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/jul/06/caffeine-coffee-tea-invisible-addiction-is-it-time-to-give-up
“Caffeine: How much is too much?” by Mayo Clinic Staff
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/caffeine/art-20045678#:~:text=Caffeine
“Caffeine - Uses, Side Effects, And More” from WebMD
- https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-979/caffeine#:~:text=Caffeine
“How and When Did Humans Start Consuming Alcohol?” by Sedeer el-Showk
- https://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/accumulating-glitches/how_and_when_did_humans/#:~:text=According
“Coffee and caffeine consumption and depression: A meta-analysis of observational studies” by Longfei Wang, Xiaoli Shen, Yili Wu, and Dongfeng Zhang
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26339067/

Webb’s First Photo

“1st image snapped by iconic Webb telescope pushes limits of the 'laws of physics'” by Tom Metcalfe
- https://www.livescience.com/james-webb-telescope-image-limits-of-physics
““Better than our most optimistic prediction” – first images from James Webb exceed all expectations” by Jamie Priest
- https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/james-webb-telescope-first-images/
“About Webb Orbit” By NASA
- https://webb.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html

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