Feb. 3, 2026

Science - Swearing is Good For You!

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Firstly, a study confirms that swearing can boost physical performance by reducing inhibitions and increasing focus. Secondly, the successful reintroduction of white storks to the UK has led to their return to London. Thirdly, tattoo artist Beth is helping breast cancer survivors by offering free 3D nipple tattoos. Fourthly, Samsung is close to commercializing solid-state batteries, which could significantly enhance electric vehicle range and safety. Lastly, in Christchurch, humorous and absurd street signs by an artist named Cameron are delighting pedestrians and encouraging them to rethink their surroundings.

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Caloroca Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack with five

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good news stories. Now good news for me when I'm

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not hosting the show and trying to keep things clean.

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Scientists tell us dropping an F bomb can boost your

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performance by helping you feel stronger, more focused, and disinhibited.

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A study published by American psychologists shows that swearing can

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boost people's physical performance by helping them overcome their inhibitions

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and pushing themselves harder in strength and endurance tests. Doctor

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Richard Stevens says, in many situations, people hold themselves back,

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consciously or unconsciously from using their full strength. Swearing is

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an easily available way to help yourself feel focused, confident,

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less distracted, and go for it a little more. But

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the real question is I was swearing helping us? What's

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the psychological mechanism? Doctor Stevens explains, by swearing, we throw

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off social constraint and allow ourselves to push harder in

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different situations. They even did a study they ask participants

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to repeat either a swear word of their choice or

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a neutral word every two seconds while doing a chair

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push up. The team found that participants who swore during

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the chair push up task were able to support their

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body weights significantly longer than those who repeated a neutral word.

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So if my kids are listening the next time we're

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in the car and Dad gets a little frustrated with

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the other drivers, I'm just staying strong. Okay. Good news

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if you're a white stork. Sam Davenport is the director

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of Nature Recovery at London Wildlife Trust and says the

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white storks are coming back. Following the successful reintroduction of

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white storks at the NEP estate in West Sussex, white

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storks are now returning to London. The same project will

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also see beavers released into flooded formal gravel pits at

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eastbrook End County Park. White storks have been spotted regularly

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on Thames Side wetlands since their return at NEP, where

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chicks successfully hatched for the first time in twenty twenty.

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White storks are known for nesting on chimney rooftops and

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had been extinct as breeding birds in Britain since fourteen sixteen. WOW.

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The white storks will be placed in a large aviary

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hidden within grassland and scrub behind the data center. The

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birds will be allowed time to climatize before the roof

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of the AVIARYA is gradually rolled back, enabling them to

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come and go and forge for themselves. Nice job by Beth.

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She's a tattooist helping breast cancer survivors regain their confidence

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by giving them free three D effect nipple tattoos. Beth

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had specialist training and creating a realistic areolas and spends

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up to twenty minutes on each nipple to prevent overworking

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the skin. One woman, Anne, had a doublemasectomy and said

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she felt put back together after the work by Beth.

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Nice job there. This would be great if they can

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figure this out. Samsung says they're moving closer to commercializing

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solid state battery technology. The batteries boast an energy density

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of about five hundred watt hours per kilogram, roughly double

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that of today's lithium ion batteries. So what does that

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actually mean? Johnny Max Samsung says this could mean electric

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vehicles with up to six hundred miles of range and

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charging times as short as nine minutes. Now that eliminates

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you know, Like I used to drive to Chicago from

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New Jersey a lot, and I would sometimes think, boy,

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if I had to stop for an hour to charge

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this thing up. The new batteries are smaller, lighter, and

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for safer because they replace flammable liquid electrolytes with a

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solid electrolyte. Samsung estimates a lifespan of up to twenty years,

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or around two thousand charging cycles, which could equal more

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than a million miles of driving in an EV. Let's

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hope that all works out. That'd be neat If you

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you like to show without commercials. In christ Church, pedestrians

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have been puzzled and amused by a series of official

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looking street signs with absurd messages. One says don't that's it,

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just don't. Another says this area is slightly haunted, but manageable.

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This is from a guy named Cameron who attributes the

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signs to christ Church City Confusion. Cameron says the goal

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was to mimic official signage closely enough to stop people

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in their tracks that surprise them with something completely illogical.

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He describes the effect as a moment of confusion followed

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by joy. The project has intended to encourage people to

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slow down, notice the environment, and rethink everything that usually

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take for granted. I love it. Those are your five

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good news stories for today. You have an awesome one.