Native American Languages

Native American Languages

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 44 , Segment 3

Episode: Police Cameras, Jet Lag, Eye on the Struggle

  • Apr 16, 2015 9:00 pm
  • 16:40 mins

Guest: Colleen Fitzgerald, professor of linguistics at the University of Texas at Arlington and director of the Native American Languages Lab Of the hundreds of native languages once spoken in North America, 194 remain, and only 33 of those are spoken by both adults and children. The rest are endangered as the older speakers of those languages pass away without teaching them to the young. The Native American Chickasaw language is on that endangered list.

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Jet Lag and Fruit Fly Brains

15 MINS

Guest: Todd C. Holmes, professor of physiology and biophysics at the University of California Irvine and lead researcher on the fruit fly study published in the journal Current Biology A new study published in the journal Current Biology gets at the reasons why we experience jet lag when travelling across time zones. It has to do with light and the synchronization of our body's circadian clock. And the researchers behind the study figured this out by manipulating the disembodied brains of fruit flies in jars. "To decrease the effects of jet lag, begin the process before you start the trip. Once you get to your destination - track the day of where you are. Get up early in the morning to encounter as much sunlight as you can. Then, avoid alcohol and taking naps. The quicker you can sink into your new zone, the better."

Guest: Todd C. Holmes, professor of physiology and biophysics at the University of California Irvine and lead researcher on the fruit fly study published in the journal Current Biology A new study published in the journal Current Biology gets at the reasons why we experience jet lag when travelling across time zones. It has to do with light and the synchronization of our body's circadian clock. And the researchers behind the study figured this out by manipulating the disembodied brains of fruit flies in jars. "To decrease the effects of jet lag, begin the process before you start the trip. Once you get to your destination - track the day of where you are. Get up early in the morning to encounter as much sunlight as you can. Then, avoid alcohol and taking naps. The quicker you can sink into your new zone, the better."