Curiosity Weekly

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:

• You Can Get to Know Someone Through All Your Senses at Sensory Speed Dating
• People Appreciate Thank You Cards a Lot More Than You Think
• Meet the 2018's New UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Want to master the art of writing a professional thank-you note? You need Jeffrey Seglin's "The Simple Art of Business Etiquette." We handpick reading recommendations we think you may like. If you choose to make a purchase through that link, Curiosity will get a share of the sale.

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/thank-you-card-science-sensory-speed-dating-and-new-unesco-world-heritage-sites

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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:

• More Than a Quadrillion Tons of Diamonds Might Be Hiding Deep Underground
• There's a Biological Reason It's Hard to Hit the Gym After a Long Day at Work
• 6 Questions You've Always Had About Air Travel, Answered

There are a ton of fascinating mechanisms at play between the body and the brain, and you can learn about many of them in our interview with Alex Hutchinson on The Curiosity Podcast or in his book "Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance." We handpick reading recommendations we think you may like. If you choose to make a purchase, Curiosity will get a share of the sale.

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/why-youre-tired-after-work-air-travel-question-answers-and-a-quadrillion-tons-of-diamonds

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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com — and talk to astrophysicist Katie Mack about black holes — to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

• Performing Meaningless Rituals Can Improve Your Self-Control
• There Are at Least 4 Ways a Black Hole Could Kill You
• What's The Difference Between Ice Cream, Gelato, Frozen Custard, Frozen Yogurt, And Others?

More from Dr. Katherine “Katie” Mack, theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist:

• Katie Mack's official website
• Research website
• Blog: The Universe, in Theory
• YouTube series "Pint in the Sky"
• "Pint in the Sky" podcast

If you like black holes, you'll love the story of how scientists first detected gravitational waves. That's beautifully told in "Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space" by Janna Levin, a theoretical astrophysicist and award-winning writer. We handpick reading recommendations we think you may like. If you choose to make a purchase, Curiosity will get a share of the sale.

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/ways-black-holes-can-kill-you-w-katie-mack-rituals-to-improve-self-control-and-ice-cream-types

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