Scott and SadieIt’s time for Nerd News, covering the most important news for your brain. Here’s a quick rundown of this week in science . . .
1. In apocalypse news: The chances of that big asteroid hitting us in 2032 just went way down. NASA was saying a 3% chance at one point, but revised it down yesterday to just 0.28%. So, there’s a 99.7% chance it won’t hit us. They also think it’s smaller, maybe 180 feet across instead of 300.
2. In Ancient Egypt news: What does a 5,000-year-old mummy smell like? A study found they smell . . . pretty good, actually. (???) The top words people used were “woody,” “spicy,” and “sweet.”
3. In AirPod news: Noise-cancelling headphones could affect your hearing if you use them too much, but they don’t actually damage your ears. You just get so used to no background noise, your brain can’t process it. So it gets harder to hear things like dialogue in movies when there’s music behind it.
4. And in food news: A study figured out why you can eat a huge meal and still have room for dessert. The same neurons in our brain that tell us we’re full also release a hormone that makes us crave sugar, and only sugar. Experts say it could lead to new weight-loss drugs for people who can’t resist sweets.
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