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Curiosity Weekly
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Curiosity Weekly episodes
- Prince Rupert’s Drop, Why Earth’s Core Is Younger Than Its Surface, and Newborn Babies May Be Super SmartLearn why a Prince Rupert’s drop is both super-fragile and virtually unbreakable; why researchers think newborn babies are a lot smarter than they look; and why Earth’s core is younger than its surface.In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:SKILLSHARE: Two months of unlimited access to more than 20 thousand classes for just 99 cents — http://skillshare.com/curiousA Prince Rupert's Drop Is Both Extremely Fragile and Virtually Unbreakable — https://curiosity.im/2DbfwVXNewborns Are Way Smarter Than They Appear, According to Science — https://curiosity.im/2D7lTcVThanks to Time Dilation, Earth's Core Is Younger Than Its Surface — https://curiosity.im/2D7ziS0Please tell us about yourself and help us improve the show by taking our listener survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/curiosity-listener-surveyIf you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron!Learn about these topics and more on Curiosity.com, and download our 5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable our Alexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!Support the show.10 min
- Prince Rupert’s Drop, Why Earth’s Core Is Younger Than Its Surface, and Newborn Babies May Be Super SmartLearn why a Prince Rupert’s drop is both super-fragile and virtually unbreakable; why researchers think newborn babies are a lot smarter than they look; and why Earth’s core is younger than its surface.In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:SKILLSHARE: Two months of unlimited access to more than 20 thousand classes for just 99 cents — http://skillshare.com/curiousA Prince Rupert's Drop Is Both Extremely Fragile and Virtually Unbreakable — https://curiosity.im/2DbfwVXNewborns Are Way Smarter Than They Appear, According to Science — https://curiosity.im/2D7lTcVThanks to Time Dilation, Earth's Core Is Younger Than Its Surface — https://curiosity.im/2D7ziS0Please tell us about yourself and help us improve the show by taking our listener survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/curiosity-listener-surveyIf you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron!Learn about these topics and more on Curiosity.com, and download our 5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable our Alexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!10 min
- Scientific Method Inventor, America’s First Beach, and How Many Faces You Can Recognize
Learn about the man who invented the scientific method; the story of America’s first beach; and how many faces the average person can recognize.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
- Who Invented the Scientific Method? You've Probably Never Heard of Him — https://curiosity.im/2DaISUj
- America's First Beach Is on the North Carolina Outer Banks — https://curiosity.im/2DbVuL2
- You Can Recognize About 5,000 Faces — https://curiosity.im/2D8UR4N
Please tell us about yourself and help us improve the show by taking our listener survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/curiosity-listener-survey
If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron!
Learn about these topics and more on Curiosity.com, and download our 5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable our Alexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!
Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/scientific-method-inventor-americas-first-beach-and-how-many-faces-you-can-recognize
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8 min - Scientific Method Inventor, America’s First Beach, and How Many Faces You Can RecognizeLearn about the man who invented the scientific method; the story of America’s first beach; and how many faces the average person can recognize.In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:Who Invented the Scientific Method? You've Probably Never Heard of Him — https://curiosity.im/2DaISUjAmerica's First Beach Is on the North Carolina Outer Banks — https://curiosity.im/2DbVuL2You Can Recognize About 5,000 Faces — https://curiosity.im/2D8UR4NPlease tell us about yourself and help us improve the show by taking our listener survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/curiosity-listener-surveyIf you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron!Learn about these topics and more on Curiosity.com, and download our 5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable our Alexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!8 min
- Scientific Method Inventor, America’s First Beach, and How Many Faces You Can RecognizeLearn about the man who invented the scientific method; the story of America’s first beach; and how many faces the average person can recognize.In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:Who Invented the Scientific Method? You've Probably Never Heard of Him — https://curiosity.im/2DaISUjAmerica's First Beach Is on the North Carolina Outer Banks — https://curiosity.im/2DbVuL2You Can Recognize About 5,000 Faces — https://curiosity.im/2D8UR4NPlease tell us about yourself and help us improve the show by taking our listener survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/curiosity-listener-surveyIf you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron!Learn about these topics and more on Curiosity.com, and download our 5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable our Alexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!Support the show.8 min
- Acoustic Levitation, Stephen Hawking’s Science Bets, Helmholtz Resonance, and Where Your Body Feels Emotions
Learn about how scientists mapped where people feel emotions in their bodies; how scientists can make things levitate using sound; 3 times Stephen Hawking placed a bet on science; and why your car makes different noises when the windows are open.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
- Scientists Have Mapped Where People Feel Emotions in Their Bodies — https://curiosity.im/2D8oJyj
- We Can Make Things Levitate Using Sound — https://curiosity.im/2Da0iQU
- 7 Times People Made Bets on Science — https://curiosity.im/2D8HZeP
“Helmholtz Resonance” and why your slightly opened car windows make those awful thudding noises:
- Why Do Slightly Opened Car Windows Make That Awful Sound? | Jalopnik
- Flute acoustics: an introduction to how a flute works | UNSW
Please tell us about yourself and help us improve the show by taking our listener survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/curiosity-listener-survey
If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron!
Learn about these topics and more on Curiosity.com, and download our 5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable our Alexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!
Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/acoustic-levitation-stephen-hawkings-science-bets-helmholtz-resonance-and-where-your-body-feels-emotions
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11 min - Acoustic Levitation, Stephen Hawking’s Science Bets, Helmholtz Resonance, and Where Your Body Feels EmotionsLearn about how scientists mapped where people feel emotions in their bodies; how scientists can make things levitate using sound; 3 times Stephen Hawking placed a bet on science; and why your car makes different noises when the windows are open.In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:Scientists Have Mapped Where People Feel Emotions in Their Bodies — https://curiosity.im/2D8oJyjWe Can Make Things Levitate Using Sound — https://curiosity.im/2Da0iQU7 Times People Made Bets on Science — https://curiosity.im/2D8HZeP“Helmholtz Resonance” and why your slightly opened car windows make those awful thudding noises:Why Do Slightly Opened Car Windows Make That Awful Sound? | JalopnikFlute acoustics: an introduction to how a flute works | UNSWPlease tell us about yourself and help us improve the show by taking our listener survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/curiosity-listener-surveyIf you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron!Learn about these topics and more on Curiosity.com, and download our 5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable our Alexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!11 min
- “Drunkard’s Walk” Sunlight, The Undiagnosed Diseases Network, and the Only Universal Word
Learn about why the sunlight you feel might be 50 million years old; learn about the Undiagnosed Diseases Network that has diagnosed hundreds of people with previously undiagnosable diseases; and the closest thing scientists have found to a “universal word.”
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
- That Sunlight You Feel Might Be 50 Million Years Old — https://curiosity.im/2D7J1rG
- "Huh" Is the Closest Thing We've Found to a Universal Word — https://curiosity.im/2D5QGXh
- This NIH Project Has Diagnosed Hundreds of People with Previously Undiagnosable Diseases — https://curiosity.im/2D6dq9H
Please tell us about yourself and help us improve the show by taking our listener survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/curiosity-listener-survey
If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron!
Learn about these topics and more on Curiosity.com, and download our 5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable our Alexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!
Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/drunkards-walk-sunlight-the-undiagnosed-diseases-network-and-the-only-universal-word
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9 min - “Drunkard’s Walk” Sunlight, The Undiagnosed Diseases Network, and the Only Universal WordLearn about why the sunlight you feel might be 50 million years old; learn about the Undiagnosed Diseases Network that has diagnosed hundreds of people with previously undiagnosable diseases; and the closest thing scientists have found to a “universal word.”In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:That Sunlight You Feel Might Be 50 Million Years Old — https://curiosity.im/2D7J1rG"Huh" Is the Closest Thing We've Found to a Universal Word — https://curiosity.im/2D5QGXhThis NIH Project Has Diagnosed Hundreds of People with Previously Undiagnosable Diseases — https://curiosity.im/2D6dq9HPlease tell us about yourself and help us improve the show by taking our listener survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/curiosity-listener-surveyIf you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron!Learn about these topics and more on Curiosity.com, and download our 5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable our Alexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!9 min
- “Drunkard’s Walk” Sunlight, The Undiagnosed Diseases Network, and the Only Universal WordLearn about why the sunlight you feel might be 50 million years old; learn about the Undiagnosed Diseases Network that has diagnosed hundreds of people with previously undiagnosable diseases; and the closest thing scientists have found to a “universal word.”In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:That Sunlight You Feel Might Be 50 Million Years Old — https://curiosity.im/2D7J1rG"Huh" Is the Closest Thing We've Found to a Universal Word — https://curiosity.im/2D5QGXhThis NIH Project Has Diagnosed Hundreds of People with Previously Undiagnosable Diseases — https://curiosity.im/2D6dq9HPlease tell us about yourself and help us improve the show by taking our listener survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/curiosity-listener-surveyIf you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron!Learn about these topics and more on Curiosity.com, and download our 5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable our Alexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!Support the show.9 min
About Curiosity Weekly
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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…
don’t need a PhD to understand it. From neuroscience to climate tech to AI and genetics, no subject is off-limits. Join Sam as she interviews expert guests and investigates the research guiding some of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs affecting our world today.
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