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Learn about why opposites don’t really attract; the “propinquity effect” and how physical distance affects the way we feel about other people; and the history of when and why we started using last names.
Opposites Don’t Attract by Kelsey Donk
We Like What’s Physically Close to Us by Mae Rice
The History of Last Names by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Gregory)
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Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/opposites-dont-attract-we-like-whats-physically-close-to-us-and-the-history-of-last-names
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Learn how atomic clocks and how GPS clocks work, with help from the engineer who made GPS clocks possible: Hugo Fruehauf. But first, you’ll learn about how Harvard researchers finally figured out why stress can turn your hair gray.
Why Stress Turns Hair Gray by Grant Currin
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Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/how-gps-clocks-work-w-hugo-fruehauf-and-why-stress-turns-hair-gray
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Learn about why students with higher emotional intelligence do better in school; how scientists solved an 80-year mystery of how atoms split; and an adorable discovery that changes what we know about the canine brain. Spoiler: it involves wolf puppies.
The Academic Benefits of Emotional Intelligence by Kelsey Donk
Atoms Split in Uneven Shapes by Grant Currin
Wolf Puppies Can Play Fetch by Steffie Drucker
Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY
Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/the-academic-benefits-of-emotional-intelligence-atoms-split-in-uneven-shapes-and-wolf-puppies-can-play-fetch
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Learn about why successful people should reveal their failures; the extreme story of the death of planet WASP-12b; and why tulips used to cost more than houses during a period known as “tulip mania.”
A Reason to Reveal Your Failures by Kelsey Donk
The Death of Planet WASP-12b by Grant Currin
Tulips Cost More Than Houses During Dutch "Tulip Mania" by Cody Gough
https://curiosity.com/topics/tulips-cost-more-than-houses-during-dutch-tulip-mania-curiosity
Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY
Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/a-reason-to-reveal-your-failures-the-time-tulips-cost-more-than-houses-and-the-death-of-planet-wasp-12b
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Learn about how doctors on Earth diagnosed and treated an astronaut’s medical problem in space for the first time; a new study that explains why whales are so big, but not bigger; and a Stanford technique for getting better at picking creative ideas.
The First Medical Diagnosis and Treatment in Space from Earth by Mae Rice
Why Whales Are So Big (But Not Bigger) by Steffie Drucker
Stanford Technique for Picking Creative Ideas by Steffie Drucker
Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY
Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/stanford-technique-for-picking-creative-ideas-why-whales-are-so-big-but-not-bigger-and-the-first-medical-diagnosis-and-treatment-in-space-from-earth
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Learn about how scientists measure the contagiousness and deadliness of diseases like coronavirus; the history of acedia, an emotion that is similar to (but distinct from) depression; and why it helps to do a “potty dance” when you really have to go to the bathroom.
Measuring the Deadliness of Viruses (Like Coronavirus) by Ashley Hamer
Depression’s Cousin “Acedia” by Mae Rice
Why We Do the Potty Dance by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Stewart C.)
Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing
Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/measuring-the-deadliness-of-viruses-like-coronavirus-why-we-do-the-potty-dance-and-depressions-cousin-acedia
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Hugo Fruehauf, one of the inventors of GPS and a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, tells the surprising story of how GPS was invented. Plus: learn about how planning cheat days could make your next goal easier to achieve.
Planning Cheat Days to Achieve Your Goals by Mae Rice
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Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/the-invention-of-gps-w-hugo-fruehauf-and-planning-cheat-days-to-achieve-your-goals
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Learn about why criminal profiling doesn’t seem to work in real life; planets with oceans of molten rock that basically eat the sky; and superhuman red blood cells that could be used to deliver life-saving drugs.
Criminal Profiling Probably Doesn’t Work by Kelsey Donk
Some Exoplanets’ Magma Oceans Eat Their Skies by Grant Currin
Superhuman Red Blood Cells for Drug Delivery by Cameron Duke
Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing
Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/criminal-profiling-doesnt-work-exoplanets-magma-oceans-eat-their-skies-and-superhuman-red-blood-cells-for-drug-delivery
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Learn about the 13 categories of emotions that music makes you feel; how scientists solved the mystery of two strangely small tyrannosaurus rex fossils; and surprising things that happen to a pregnant person’s body.
Research Suggests That Music Evokes 13 Key Emotions by Kelsey Donk
Two Tiny T-Rexes Turned Out to Be Teenagers by Mae Rice
Surprising Things Pregnancy Does to the Body by Kelsey Donk
Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing
Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/the-13-emotions-music-evokes-surprising-things-pregnancy-does-to-the-body-and-solving-the-tiny-t-rex-mystery
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Learn about why your next relationship will probably be like your last one; what scientists learned by studying the oldest material on Earth; and what researchers learned when they had cuttlefish wear 3-D glasses.
Why Your Next Relationship Will Probably Be Like Your Last by Kelsey Donk
Scientist Discovered the Oldest Material on Earth by Grant Currin
Why Scientists Put Cuttlefish in 3-D Glasses by Grant Currin
Follow Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. Plus: check out Ashley's other podcast, Taboo Science — the podcast that answers the questions you're not allowed to ask — at https://www.tabooscience.show/
Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/your-romantic-relationships-are-all-similar-why-cuttlefish-wore-3-d-glasses-and-the-oldest-material-on-earth
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Welcome to Curiosity Weekly from Discovery, hosted by Dr. Samantha Yammine. Once a week, we’ll bring you the latest and greatest in scientific discoveries and break down the details so that you…
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