Interesting Things with JC #461: "Where Traditional Kampo Medicines of Japan Came From" - Researchers from Japan and China, led by Professor Toshihiko Matsuo of Okayama University's Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, conducted a thorough review of available Chinese, Japanese, and English literature in order to shed light on a long-standing mystery.

Interesting Things with JC #460: "Scientists Create a Miniature Universe" - A group of physicists utilized a "quantum field simulator" to model an expanding ultracold atom cosmos, in a lab.

Viermann, Celia & Sparn, Marius & Liebster, Nikolas & Hans, Maurus & Kath, Elinor & Parra-López, Álvaro & Tolosa-Simeón, Mireia & Sánchez-Kuntz, Natalia & Haas, Tobias & Strobel, Helmut & Floerchinger, Stefan & Oberthaler, Markus. (2022). Quantum field simulator for dynamics in curved spacetime. Nature. 611. 260-264. 10.1038/s41586-022-05313-9.

Interesting Things #459: "Crystals That Generate Electricity From Heat" - A new study shows that simple changes to a synthetic copper mineral's composition can give it a complex structure and microstructure, laying the groundwork for properties that could change the way industry generates electricity.

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Interesting Things with JC #458: "Put the Rubber Band in the Fridge" - You’ve seen it. You go to Nan’s house, and the butter tray in the fridge is overflowing with rubber bands, which just will not work well on your biscuit. Why does she put them in there? Let’s find out! (1:07)

Interesting Things with JC #457: "Sneezing Can Break Your Ribs" - You could break a rib if you sneeze too hard!

Interesting Things with JC #454: "Crocodile Tongue" - A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

Interesting Things with JC #451: "Vitamin D Deficiency" - Vitamin D's main job is to keep the right amount of calcium and phosphorus in the blood, which is important for keeping bones strong. Experts say that our modern way of life is one of the primary causes of vitamin D deficiency.

Interesting Things with JC #447: "Princeton Physicists Find Room-Temperature Quantum State".

Interesting Things with JC #435: "Tummy Rumblies" - Why is your tummy growling after you've just eaten?

Interesting Things with JC #425: "Alhazen & the Book of Optics - 1011AD." Spending a decade in prison from 1011 to 1021, the greatest physicist of the medieval era published a seven-volume dissertation on optics, physics, mathematics, anatomy, and psychology called the Book of Optics.

Interesting Things with JC #421: "4 Minutes to Fall in Love"

Interesting Things with JC #420: "Life Satisfaction" - According to life satisfaction theories, happiness is defined as having a positive outlook on one's life as a whole.

Interesting Things with JC #418: “Stick to Plan A” - There is an important reason why!

Interesting Things with JC #417: "Happiness" - It’s a state of being, not a feeling!

Interesting Things with JC #414: “Tattoo ink is not stored on your skin,” it's actually trapped in the immune system!

Interesting Things with JC #409: "OCD" - Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a prevalent, chronic, and long-term disorder characterized by uncontrollable, recurring thoughts, obsessions, behaviors, or compulsions that you feel compelled to repeat over and over.

Interesting Things with JC #408: "Why Coffee Makes Us Happy"-Overall, the evidence suggests that coffee is more beneficial than harmful!

Interesting Things with JC #406: "Skin" is the only visible organ on your body and the largest! Also, do you know there’s something special to help pigs with dry skin?

Interesting Things with JC #400 - Numbers are all around us and play a role in everything we do…but what about the number 400?

Interesting Things with JC #396: "Subglacial Fossils in Greenland"—Researchers discovered well-preserved fossil plants and biomolecules at the bottom of a 1.4 km core sample from Greenland.